This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks to advance health equity through strategic partnerships and community engagement by addressing disparities caused by menthol and other flavored tobacco product marketing and use.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – NCCDPHP
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $750,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
This collaboration will promote and support social, economic and community change; educate the public, community leaders, partners, and decision makers on policy, systems, and environmental changes that can prevent and reduce menthol tobacco use; implement culturally appropriate interventions tailored for community needs; and use research, surveillance, and evaluation to measure progress made and inform public health action. Over 5 years, this NOFO aims to achieve the following community-based outcomes:
- Increased participation, engagement, and mobilization among inclusive and diverse multi-level/ multi-sectoral partners in promoting social, economic, and community changes
- Increased knowledge of the harms of menthol and other flavored tobacco use among youth and populations experiencing tobacco-related disparities and increased public support for evidence-based tobacco control interventions
- Increased awareness of cessation services and coverage options among populations experiencing tobacco-related disparities
- Increased equitable adoption, implementation, and enforcement of policies prohibiting the sale of menthol and other flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.
Target Populations
This NOFO addresses the public health needs of populations that are disproportionately affected by disparities related to chronic disease and related risk factors from menthol and other flavored tobacco products. Depending on the needs and priorities of the applicant, these populations may include Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian/ Asian American, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people, and other people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people; people with disabilities; people who have mental health and substance use diagnoses; women, youth, and people otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.
Grant Strategies
The strategies and activities in this NOFO are designed to be conducted over a 5-year period of performance in the proposed community(ies). Applicants must select a minimum of one activity per strategy. Recipients are allowed to change or add activities annually. Applicants may not propose additional activities other than what is listed in the NOFO. Recipients may propose additional activities starting in year two. All proposed activities must use local level policy, system and environmental (PSE) approaches that support community level activities/actions. Strategies that address flavored tobacco products must include menthol. All recipients are required to conduct an equity assessment in the first six months of the cooperative agreement. Equity assessments are systematic examinations of available data and expert input on how various groups—especially those facing inequity or disparities—are or likely will be affected by a policy, program, or process. They aim to minimize unintended adverse outcomes and maximize opportunities and positive outcomes.
- Strategy 1: Engage diverse partners to promote and support social, economic and community change to increase awareness of the harms of menthol and other flavored tobacco product use and availability of cessation services.
- Strategy 2: Educate the public, community leaders, partners, and decision makers on policy, systems, and environmental changes that can prevent and reduce menthol tobacco use.
- Strategy 3: Implement culturally appropriate interventions tailored for community needs to prevent and reduce menthol and other flavored tobacco product use
- Strategy 4: Use research, surveillance, and evaluation to measure progress made in reducing tobacco use and menthol tobacco-related disparities and inform public health action.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $750,000
- Award Floor: $300,000
- Period of Performance: 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- For profit organizations other than Small businesses
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts.
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