Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- CDC-RFA-TS-24-0005
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $2,000,000 to $6,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- County Governments
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Independent School Districts
- Other
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Unrestricted
- Small Businesses
- Special District Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking applications for a 3-year cooperative agreement to maintain and strengthen the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) program. The PEHSU network provides evidence-based scientific and medical information and consultative advice on health issues arising from environmental exposures during vulnerable stages of development. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to manage similar cooperative agreements and collaborate with academic medical centers, agencies, and organizations. Key strategies include education of healthcare professionals and communities, consultations, referrals, and partnerships to address environmental hazards. Applicants must describe evaluation plans and organizational capacity to implement activities supporting outcomes like increased integration of environmental health into clinical care. The application deadline is May 7, 2024.
The anticipated total funding is $14 million over 3 years, with an average annual award of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. The successful applicant will be expected to contract with the existing 10 regional PEHSU units and coordinate the national program office. This funding opportunity is assigned to the Health Program for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry federal grant program (CFDA 93.161).
Synopsis
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Environmental Medicine and Health Systems Intervention Section seeks to maintain and strengthen the Pediatric Environmental Health Unit (PEHSU) program as a network of experts providing evidence-based scientific and medical information and consultative advice on health issues that arise from environmental exposures throughout the vulnerable stages of reproduction and pediatric development. Five interrelated strategies will be used to achieve the expected outcomes: (1) Education of healthcare professionals (2) Education of and outreach to communities (3) Consultations (4) Referrals (5) Partnerships. This notice of funding opportunity intends to build upon established PEHSU capabilities and to reaffirm and strengthen collaboration between ATSDR, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the PEHSU National Program Office (NPO) recipient that will manage day-to-day operations of the national PEHSU network. The recipient will work collaboratively with each regional PEHSU to maintain and strengthen effectiveness of the PEHSU network, execute program strategies, and achieve desired outcomes.
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