Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation

WISEWOMAN is intended to improve the cardiovascular health of low-income, uninsured and under-insured women, ages 40-64, who are participants in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). Supplements to Public Law 101-354 expand the preventive health services provided through NBCCEDP to: (1) include screenings regarding blood pressure and cholesterol, and health education; (2) provide appropriate referrals for medical treatment of women receiving services pursuant to screenings; (3) ensure, to the extent practicable, the provision of appropriate follow-up services; and (4) evaluate activities conducted under paragraphs (1) and (2) through appropriate surveillance or program-monitoring activities.

Applicants must be recipients of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)

Low Income, uninsured or under-insured women

Funds can be used for salaries for personnel to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the program activities; for contracts or agreements with clinical entities to provide the cardiovascular screenings; risk reduction counseling; diagnostic office visits for abnormal screening values; contracts or agreements with community based organizations to provide health education and lifestyle support programs, or to improve the health of the physical environment (for example to improve access to healthy food, physical activity, or decrease tobacco exposure); or other activities that promote or support healthy behaviors and improved cardiovascular health in women. Funds can be used to pay for activities or expendable equipment necessary to provide the services outlined here, including self-blood pressure monitoring equipment and counseling to enhance medication adherence. Funds can be used to develop and maintain data collection systems to collect and report bio-measures and behavior information and for monitoring systems to augment control of hypertension.

Financial assistance is available for a 12-month budget period and 48-month project period.

Applicants must download supplemental application forms from www.Grants.gov. Supplemental applications must be submitted electronically at www.Grants.gov. If an applicant does not have access to the Internet, or if they have difficulty accessing the forms online, contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office, Technical Information Management Section (PGO-TIMS) staff. For this, or further assistance, contact PGO-TIMS: Telephone: 770-488-2700, email: PGOTIM@cdc.gov. HHS/CDC Telecommunications for the hearing impaired: TTY 770-488-2783

Phase I Review: All eligible applications will be initially reviewed for completeness by the CDC's Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) staff. In addition, eligible applications will be jointly reviewed for responsiveness by the CDC NCCDPHP and PGO. Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive to the eligibility criteria will not advance to Phase II review. Applicants will be notified that the application did not meet eligibility and/or published submission requirements. Phase II Review: An objective review panel will evaluate complete and responsive applications according to the criteria listed in the criteria section of the FOA. Applicants will be notified electronically if the application did not meet eligibility and/or published submission requirements thirty (30) days after the completion of Phase II review. Applications will be funded in order by score and rank determined by the review panel.

All applications submitted by the deadline that are complete and responsive to competitive supplemental grant and cooperative agreement announcements will undergo an objective review process, receive a written critique and be scored according to published review criteria. Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Award (NoA) from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NoA shall be the only binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NoA will be signed by an authorized CDC Grants Management Officer.

Renewals will be based upon the conditions in the funding announcement, program performance including meeting program requirements and performance measures, submission of an acceptable request for continuation funding and are subject to the availability of funds.