This RFA seeks to fund up to ten (10) non-profit organizations and/or tribal consortia that serve AI/AN communities across California to build capacity toward ending California’s tobacco epidemic through policy, systems, and environmental change strategies.
Donor Name: California Department of Public health
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/21/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This RFA, Empowering Nonprofits to work on Tobacco Prevention in AI/AN Communities, will incorporate the following features:
- Build capacity and skills among tribal members and staff employed by tribal-serving organizations (such as non-profits or consortia) to implement tobacco1 use prevention and reduction interventions and provide health education services.
- Mobilize and engage community residents and tribal organizations to engage in tobacco use prevention and cessation, and to support policy and systems changes.
- Design, support, adopt, implement, and evaluate tribal policy and systems change campaigns that seek to prevent and reduce tobacco use.
For this RFA, Applicants are required to work on two main components:
- Community Engagement and Organizing, and
- Policy Development and Implementation.
Overarching goals and expectations will vary depending on the project’s selected focus, and should demonstrate a vision consistent with the following CDPH/CTPP priority areas:
- Limit Tobacco Promoting Influences. Efforts supporting this goal seek to curb advertising and marketing tactics used to promote tobacco products and their use, counter the glamorization of tobacco use through entertainment and social media venues, expose tobacco industry practices, and hold tobacco companies accountable for the impact of their products on people and the environment.
- Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke, Tobacco Smoke Residue, Tobacco Waste, and Other Tobacco Products. Efforts supporting this goal address the impact of tobacco use on people, other living organisms, and the physical environment resulting from exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS), tobacco smoke residue, tobacco waste, and other non-combustible tobacco products.
- Reduce the Availability of Tobacco. Efforts supporting this goal address the sale, distribution, sampling, or furnishing of tobacco products and other nicotine containing products that are not specifically approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for nicotine or tobacco dependence.
- Promote Tobacco Cessation. Efforts supporting this goal improve awareness, availability, and access to cessation assistance via Kick It California, the health and behavioral care systems, and community.
Funding Information
The total maximum amount to be distributed among all awardees is anticipated to be up to $10,350,000.
Grant Period
The term of the Grant Agreement is expected to be up to 36 months and is anticipated to begin on July 1, 2025, and go through June 30, 2028.
Eligibility Criteria
- Californian public or private non-profit organizations serving American Indian/Alaskan Native communities with a permanent business in California or are qualified through the Secretary of State to do business in California are eligible to apply for these funds.
- Tribal consortia based in California are eligible to apply for these funds. A Tribal consortium is defined as a non-profit partnership that works together to achieve a common objective and is authorized by the governing bodies of those tribes to apply for and receive assistance. A Tribal consortium may consist of at least two (2) Tribes. If a consortium application is submitted, the lead organization must be the Applicant that will serve as the administrative hub. All Tribal consortium partners must be from Federally Recognized California Tribal Governments per the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Affairs, and Tribal Joint Power Authorities.
- Applicants claiming private non-profit status must submit proof of their non-profit status with their Application. Certification must be from the State of California, Office of Secretary of State, or a letter from the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) classifying the agency as a non-profit agency is acceptable proof.
- California Tribal Governments are not eligible to apply for these funds except as a consortium. Additionally, Local Lead Agencies, local health departments, colleges and universities, county offices of education, school districts, and State of California and federal government agencies are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit CDPH.
