National Health Promotion

Activities as may be required to make information respecting health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care available to the consumers of medical care, providers of such care,

Assistance to be provided to satisfy program needs of the National Health Promotion Program, including but not limited to: (1) identifying or developing materials for health promotion programs for use by states, Tribes, territories, localities, schools, medical treatment sites, worksites, and community health promotion programs; (2) adding to the scientific data base, especially to fill gaps identified in the "Healthy People 2030: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives"; (3) identifying the needs of special population groups, such as Blacks, Hispanics, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, American Indians and Alaska Natives, those with disabilities or special health care needs, and elderly Americans; and (4) enhancing capacity of states, Tribes, territories, localities, schools, medical treatment sites, worksites, and community health promotion programs to reduce health disparities by addressing the social determinants of health.

Proof of nonprofit status is required. Costs will be determined by HHS Regulations 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart Q.

Funds must be used to supported the awarded project as described in the application and as modified by any subsequent amendments approved by the Grants Management Officer.

Awards are generally funded in 12-month budget period(s), and are typically awarded in partnership with other HHS components. Awards may generally have a period of performance of 1 to 3 years, but may be up to 5 years. Support beyond the first year is contingent upon acceptable evidence of satisfactory progress, availability of funds, continuing program relevance, and best interests of the government.

All grant announcements are posted on www.grants.gov. NOFOs may be published in collaboration or jointly with other HHS funding components.

The rating criteria and the weight attached to each criterion is included in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that requests project proposals. An independent review panel evaluates applications that pass the screening and meet the responsiveness criteria in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). These reviewers are experts in their fields, and are drawn from academic institutions, non-profit organizations, state and local government, and Federal government agencies. Based on the Application Review Criteria as outlined in the NOFO, the reviewers will comment on and rate the applications, focusing their comments and scoring decisions on the identified criteria. In addition to the independent review panel, Federal staff will review each application for programmatic, budgetary, and grants management compliance.

Applications will be screened upon receipt. Those that are incomplete or arrive after the deadline will not be forwarded for merit review. Applications that fail to meet the eligibility screening criteria will be disqualified and will receive no further consideration. All eligible applications are evaluated for merit by a panel of independent experts who assess the application against the criteria published in the NOFO. After considering the panel reviews, the Office Director makes recommendations to the Grants Management Officer for funding. The Grants Management Officer will conduct a risk assessment in accordance with 45 CFR part 75, and will then make the awards based on the recommendations. All applicants are notified in writing of actions taken on their applications. More information can be found at https://www.hhs.gov/grants/grants/get-ready-for-grants-management/grant-process/index.html.

All decisions are final including level of funding. There is no appeal process.