Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention – State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease and Stroke

The purpose of this program is to support implementation of population-wide and priority population approaches to prevent obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and stroke and reduce health disparities in these areas among adults.

Eligible Applicants: State Departments of Health or their Bona Fide Agents (includes the District of Columbia) 2. Large city health departments or their bona fide agents, with populations of at least 900,000 (using July 2012 U.S. census Estimates xviii) 3.Special Eligibility Requirements: Large city applicants must work in partnership with and provide a letter of support from the state department of health or its bona fide agent documenting activities proposed.

States and communities will benefit from this assistance in many ways including through improved clinical and other preventive services for self-management of hypertension, diabetes, overweight and obesity

Applicants should document the need for assistance, State the objectives of the project, outline the method of operation, describe evaluation procedures, and provide a budget with justification for funds requested. Costs will be determined in accordance with 2 CFR Part 225, 45 CFR Part 92, OMB Circular No. A-102, and OMB Circular A-133.

Continue to build on public health activities such as partnership engagement, workforce development, guidance and support for programmatic efforts, strategic communication, surveillance and epidemiology, and evaluation. Continue to extend the activities supported with basic funding under DP13-1305 under enhanced component to achieve even greater reach and impact through implementation of evidence-based strategies that are more extensive and wider-reaching than those implemented in the basic component. Supplemental funding may be provided that is specific to a chronic disease such as diabetes and/or heart disease and/or risk factor(s). Funds may be used for costs associated with planning, implementing, and evaluating chronic disease prevention and control programs

12-month budget period within a 5-year project period

Submit Annual Progress Reports through www.Grants.gov. If you encounter any difficulties submitting your interim progress report through www.Grants.gov, please contact CDC's Technical Information Management Section at (770) 488-2700 prior to the submission deadline. If further information is needed regarding the application process, please contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office at (770) 488-2710 located at 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341

Continuation applications will undergo a technical review prior to award. A summary statement will be provided which may or may not require a grantee response. For any supplemental funding all applications will be reviewed initially for completeness by CDC PGO staff and will be reviewed jointly for eligibility by the CDC NCCDPHP and PGO. Incomplete applications and applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria will not advance to Phase II review. Applicants will be notified that their applications did not meet eligibility or published submission requirements. A review panel will evaluate complete, eligible applications in accordance with the "Criteria" section of the FOA. There may or may not be an additional review which will be provided in the FOA. Not more than thirty days after the Phase II review is completed, applicants will be notified electronically if their application does not meet eligibility or published submission requirements.

After review and approval, a notice of award is prepared and processed, along with appropriate notification to the public, initial award provides funds for first budget period (usually 12 months) and Notice of Award indicates support recommended for the remainder of project period, allocation of Federal funds by budget categories, and special conditions, if any. However, applicants are encouraged to call CDC for programmatic technical assistance prior to the development and submission of their assistance application.

Renewals will be based upon the availability of funding and satisfactory programmatic progress. Project period is for 4 years with 12 month budget periods