The Centers for Disease Control is seeking applications for Creating Safer States by Advancing Health Equity, Injury, and Violence Prevention.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The purpose of this NOFO is to contribute to the prevention of injuries and violence by strengthening IVP public health infrastructure and capacity in SHDs. In addition, all activities proposed in response to this NOFO should have a health equity lens. Health equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Achieving this requires ongoing societal efforts to address historical and contemporary injustices, overcome economic, social, and other obstacles to health and health care, and eliminate preventable health disparities.
Applicant activities are intended to demonstrate measurable progress towards the following outcomes in IVP SHDs and LHDs:
- Increased ability for IVP funded and unfunded SHDs and LHDs to identify and respond to emerging injury and violence threats
- Increased capacity for IVP funded and unfunded SHDs and LHDs to address health equity and DEBIA within their organization and with their communities served
- Increased access for IVP funded and unfunded SHDs and LHDs to resources and tools to improve the health of communities served
- Increased capacity for IVP funded and unfunded SHDs and LHDs to strengthen communities by increasing protective factors for injuries and violence using best available evidence
- Increased ability for IVP funded and unfunded SHDs and LHDs to implement evidenceinformed programs
- Increased ability for IVP partnerships to collaborate across various sectors (SHDs, LHDs, research, public health, etc.)
- This award is intended to enhance the infrastructure and capacity of SHD IVP programs, all entities are eligible to apply.
Injuries are the leading cause of death for Americans aged 1 to 44, and a leading cause of disability for all ages, regardless of sex, race and ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Seven people per hour die a violent death. More than 19,100 people were victims of homicide and almost 46,000 people died by suicide in 2020 alone. More than 3 million people are hospitalized, and 27 million people treated in emergency rooms because of injuries and violence each year. In fact:
- Motor vehicle crashes killed almost 41,000 people in 2020, that’s more than 110 people every day
- Deaths from traffic crashes in the U.S. cost over $430 billion in medical and lost work annually
- In 2020, an estimated 12.2 million American adults seriously thought about suicide, 3.2 million planned a suicide attempt, and 1.2 million attempted suicides.
- The estimated annual cost of youth violence is nearly $100 billion.
- Each day more than 1,000 youth are treated in emergency departments for physical assault-related injuries
- There were approximately 223,000 traumatic brain injury (TBI)-related hospitalizations and 64,000 TBI-related deaths in 2020.
- The 2020 cost of injury in the U.S. was $4.6 trillion.
Funding Information
- Total Period of Performance length: $10,000,000
- Maximum Award: $10,000,000
- Minimum Award: $500,000
- Total Period of Performance Length: 5 year(s)
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Independent school districts
- City or township governments
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility
To be deemed responsive, applicants must provide evidence of providing technical assistance to SHD’s related to injury and violence prevention. Acceptable evidence includes the following: Documentation of a functional website, or Letter of support from an SHD stating they have received technical assistance from the applicant related to injury and violence prevention. This required evidence/documentation must be uploaded as a separate PDF attachment. It must be titled Organization’s Injury and Violence Prevention website, or Letter of Support, as applicable, as described in section H. Other Information of this NOFO. Applicant(s) that fail to upload and provide this required evidence/documentation will be deemed unresponsive and will receive no further consideration.
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