Dear Campaign Advocate, Please read below for an important opportunity for communities across the country to apply for competitive grants totaling $373 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for interventions that reduce obesity, such as active transportation. Communities engaged in Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's (RTC) Campaign for Active Transportation may be particularly well poised to apply for these grants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On September 17, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new program: Communities Putting Prevention to Work. Thirty to forty communities will receive a total of $373 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) dollars through this competitive grant program to support interventions that reduce obesity (through improved physical activity and nutrition) and/or reduce tobacco use. Communities can apply for either focus area or both. This landmark opportunity is aimed at mobilizing community resources toward broad-based policy, systems, organizational and environmental changes. The application places an emphasis on communities demonstrating effective coalitions, and notes that special consideration should be given to the inclusion of populations disproportionately affected by chronic diseases. Lead Applicants: Local and State Health Departments Deadlines:
The Opportunity for Bike/Ped and Health Officials: Communities Putting Prevention to Work provides an important opportunity for bicycle and pedestrian professionals, enthusiasts, and advocates, as well as health officials, to act quickly to get your city or state to:
RTC has worked with our partners at America Bikes and the Safe Routes to School National Partnership to prepare a list of sample bike/ped activities that fit within the five categories of evidence-based interventions that are required as part of this CDC application. We encourage you to review these sample activities and assess which would work well in your community. Funds are available to make these projects a reality, so it is in your interest to work with your health department to develop the bike/ped aspects of the CDC application for obesity prevention, and to demonstrate how your organization can be a resource. Act Now to Contact Your Health Department and City Officials: Don’t wait! Health departments are making decisions now about whether to apply, and what to propose in their grant applications.
Application Focus: The CDC Request for Proposals notes that the "key to the success of this initiative, Communities Putting Prevention to Work, will be to implement community-wide policies, systems, and environmental changes that reach across all levels of the socio-ecological model and include the full engagement of the leadership in city government, boards of health, schools, businesses, community and faith-based organizations, community developers, transportation and land use planners, parks and recreation officials, health care purchasers, health plans, health care providers, academic institutions, foundations, other Recovery Act-funded community activities, and many other community sectors working together to promote health and prevent chronic diseases. Funded programs need to build on, but not duplicate current federal programs as well as state, local, or community programs and coordinate fully with existing programs and resources in the community." Please note that construction and research are not eligible activities. Resource Links:
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