Modernizing Violent Death and Suicide Surveillance Using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- CDC-RFA-CE-27-0006
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- Up to $966,085
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Special District Governments
- City/Township Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- Points of contact
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- Gabraelle Lane xkp4@cdc.gov (770) 488-7744
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to operate and modernize the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), a state-based surveillance system combining death certificates, coroner and medical examiner reports, toxicology data, and law enforcement reports to provide incident-level data on violent deaths and suicides; a letter of intent or question due date is not provided in the source, and the application deadline is not specified.
Eligible applicants are U.S. state governments (including the District of Columbia), U.S. territorial governments, and political subdivisions of states (county, city or township, and special district governments), or their bona fide agents with documented formal authority to apply on behalf of the eligible entity. Only one application will be funded from each eligible state or territory. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to implement statewide or territory-wide surveillance and access all required data sources: death certificates, coroner or medical examiner reports including toxicology, and law enforcement reports.
No cost share or matching requirement is stated in the source. The source does not specify an award ceiling, floor, or expected number of awards. The period of performance extends up to five years with a 12-month initial budget period, subject to availability of funds and satisfactory progress. Place of performance encompasses statewide or territory-wide surveillance activities.
Recipients will conduct quarterly provisional data pulls beginning in Year 1 to support early access to preliminary data, and will complete annual data closeout processes producing validated, finalized datasets. All recipients must complete a modernization readiness assessment within six months of award and implement at least one modernization pilot during the period of performance to increase efficiency, reduce reporting burden, improve data quality and timeliness, and enhance data usability.
Evaluation criteria include approach, evaluation and performance measurement, and organizational capacity to implement. The assistance listing is CFDA 93.136 (Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs).
Forecast synopsis
The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is CDC's state-based surveillance system for violent deaths and suicides. NVDRS combines information from death certificates, coroner or medical examiner reports, including toxicology reports, and law enforcement reports to provide comprehensive, incident-level data on the circumstances surrounding violent deaths.
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity, CDC will support eligible state, territorial, and local government entities, or their bona fide agents, in operating and modernizing NVDRS. Recipients will conduct statewide or territory-wide surveillance by collecting, linking, managing, analyzing, and submitting high-quality data on violent deaths and suicides.
A central focus of this NOFO is timely and complete data reporting through two coordinated reporting processes: quarterly provisional data pulls and annual data closeout. Beginning in Year 1, recipients will prepare data for CDC's quarterly provisional data pulls to support earlier access to preliminary, actionable information. Recipients will progressively update case records as additional source documents and information become available.
Annual data closeout is the primary process for producing the complete, finalized, and validated NVDRS dataset for each data year. Recipients must ensure that all eligible cases are fully abstracted, updated, validated, and completed using all required and available data sources by the annual closeout deadline. The finalized annual dataset supports national reporting, analysis, dissemination, and public health action.
This NOFO also emphasizes modernization of data systems and workflows to increase efficiency, reduce reporting burden, improve data quality and timeliness, and enhance data usability. All recipients will complete a modernization readiness assessment within six months of award and implement at least one modernization pilot during the period of performance. Pilot activities may include automated data import and extraction, electronic data exchange and interoperability, workflow automation, data-quality tools, and enhanced data analysis and visualization.
With CDC approval, recipients may also participate in optional activities that link NVDRS data with other relevant data systems to improve surveillance and expand public health insights.
The intended outcome is a sustainable, modernized national surveillance system that produces timely provisional data and complete, reliable, high-quality annual data to inform violence and suicide prevention and support public health action.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are U.S. state governments, including the District of Columbia; U.S. territorial governments; and political subdivisions of states, including county, city or township, and special district governments.Bona fide agents may apply on behalf of an eligible state, territorial, or local government organization. A bona fide agent must submit documentation demonstrating its formal arrangement with and authority to apply on behalf of the eligible governmental entity.Only one application will be funded from each eligible state or territory. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to implement statewide or territory-wide surveillance and access the data sources required for the National Violent Death Reporting System, including death certificates, coroner or medical examiner reports, including toxicology reports, and law enforcement reports.
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