This NOFO seeks to support innovative, non-site-specific activities to contribute to ATSDR’s capacity and prevention mission. Such efforts can increase the efficiency of activities and expand reach to more communities, thereby increasing public health impact.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – ATSDR
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau American Indian
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/09/2022
Size of the Grant: $73,250,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The primary purposes of this NOFO are to: 1) Decrease or eliminate exposures to hazardous substances through site-related health assessments and 2) Prevent exposures to hazardous substances through proactive programs that inform knowledge, behavior, process, and policy changes through dissemination of best practices.
Purpose
The purpose of APPLETREE is to protect public health by increasing recipient capacity to 1) respond to threats of human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment, 2) engage communities about site contamination and potential health effects, and 3) implement activities to address local environmental health issues of concern.
Outcomes
Programs are expected to demonstrate measurable progress in short-, intermediate-, and longterm outcomes listed in bold in the logic model. Expected program outcomes listed below are required for both components.
- Short-Term Outcomes:
- Timely dissemination of site-specific findings to partners, stakeholders, and community members
- Increased partner buy-in and acceptance of recommendations
- Increased buy in and support from broad array of partners
- Increased stakeholder/partners knowledge of ECE siting issues and recommendations to prevent exposure
- Increased understanding of barriers and facilitators for safe siting
- Enhanced and/or expanded CSPECE programs
- Enhanced infrastructure among partners to sustain CSPECE program
- Increased knowledge among target audience to identify, reduce, or prevent health effects from exposure to hazardous substances
- Intermediate Outcomes:
- Increased implementation of recipient recommendations to reduce, eliminate, or prevent exposures by regulatory agencies, and/or individuals
- Decreased or eliminated site-related exposures
- Increased stakeholder practices to reduce hazardous exposure among children
- Increased process, systems, and policy changes to support exposure prevention
- Increased practices of partners to manage CSPECE program independently
- Increased actions among target audience to identify, reduce, or prevent health effects from exposure to hazardous substances (Component 2)
- Long-Term Outcomes:
- Decreased, eliminated, or prevented exposures to hazardous chemicals
- Increased collection of evidence on effective practices, policies, and processes for preventing exposure.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $73,250,000
- Total Period of Performance Length: 5 year(s)
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Additional Eligibility Category:
- Government Organizations:
- State (includes the District of Columbia)
- Local governments or their bona fide agents
- Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized).
- Government Organizations:
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