Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality
Improvement
Deadline: July 15, 2013
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-OT13-1303
Link to Announcement: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=KytzRNpD6s1TC2ttDG6GWxHCsW46Hs35WSbjsvMJrJyTbNJQvrvy!344343282?oppId=234133&mode=VIEW
Description:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office for State, Tribal,
Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS), Tribal Support Unit announces
availability of funds to strengthen and improve the infrastructure and
performance of tribal public health agencies and tribal health systems through
the provision of capacity building and quality improvement. Tribal health
systems provide public health services to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
populations across the United States and are central to reducing health
disparities in AI/AN communities . CDC is committed to supporting and improving
public health at all levels: state, tribal, local and territorial. The Tribal
Support Unit focuses on the agency’s supportive role in ensuring AI/AN
communities receive public health services that keep them safe and healthy. As
sovereign nations, AI/AN tribes exercise inherent sovereign powers over their
members, territory, and lands. As a federal agency, CDC recognizes its special
obligations to, and unique relationship with, the AI/AN population, and is
committed to fulfilling its critical role in assuring that AI/AN communities
establish a safer and healthier environment for its members and territory. CDC
understands the AI/AN need to ensure that tribal health systems receive
culturally appropriate capacity building and quality improvement that can
support them in providing effective public health services to AI/AN persons .
For the purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Tribal Public
Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement (CBQI) refers to improving
tribal health system capacity by improving prevention, service delivery, quality
of service systems, and organizational/systems performance, and evaluating the
effectiveness of funded programs in AI/AN populations. The Priority Area 1
awardees are expected to achieve applicant-identified outcomes from the
following: improve capacity and infrastructure to support the health of the
community and/or target populations, increase ability of individual community
members and public health workers to serve as advocates for health improvement,
disseminate lessons learned, and decrease burden of disease among AI/AN. The
Priority Area 2 awardee is expected to achieve applicant-identified outcomes
from the following: assess Priority Area 1 awardees’ projects, evaluate tribal
public health capacity building among Priority Area 1 awardees, disseminate
lessons learned in order to improve tribal public health efforts for future
improvements to the health of tribal populations, and provide technical
assistance to Priority Area 1 awardees. In order to reduce health concerns
within AI/AN populations in federally recognized tribes, the program strategies
for Priority Area 1 are: (1) to develop disease interventions; (2) to strengthen
and build organizational infrastructure; and, (3) to cultivate community
partnerships. Under Priority Area 2, the program strategy is to conduct
monitoring and evaluation for all Priority Area 1 awardees for quality
improvement, and to disseminate lessons learned. Initiating tribal-specific
programs will allow awardees to accelerate and expand the reach and health
impact of tribal public health infrastructure. CDC/OSTLTS/Tribal Support Unit
will fund federally recognized tribes in Priority Area 1 to develop disease
interventions, build public health infrastructure, and cultivate community
partnerships, and will fund a project evaluator in Priority Area 2 to conduct a
program evaluation project. Once initial awards are made, awardees may be
eligible to compete for additional funding over the course of the program. Cost
sharing and matching funds are not required for this program. To be eligible to
apply for this FOA, applicants must demonstrate significant experience and
expertise in effectively and efficiently working in tribal communities to build
tribal public health capacity (Priority Area 1) or evaluate program
effectiveness (Priority Area 2).
Full Announcement Available at
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=v1kwRTnYy2vTWF0v5J33kvFNSjpRthJQ9Q23DvGQnMLT1sCTXnqq!-443055358.
