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Take Action: Healthy People, Places, and Practices in Communities Project

Request for Proposals: www.osophs.dhhs.gov
Proposals Due: March 30, 2007

Healthy lifestyles can increase an individual's lifespan and quality of life. We can achieve healthier communities when community groups take the lead in getting people involved in healthy habits that can reduce risks for chronic diseases, like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Community groups can lead the way in promoting health and preventing disease in the places where we live, learn, work, and play. They can improve the health of children, underserved adults, seniors, and people with disabilities, among others, by encouraging physical activity and healthy eating for all and by improving the air we breathe by promoting smoke-free environments. Through community involvement at the local level, access to preventive services like screenings can be improved, and the results can be acted on.

Through the Take Action: Healthy People, Places, and Practices in Communities Project, the U.S. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and the Regional Health Administrators (RHAs) are seeking community-based groups to develop, carry out, and evaluate a unique set of activities in local settings that support the President's HealthierUS initiative to promote and sustain healthy lifestyles in communities.

FUNDING INFORMATION

• Up to 270 projects will be funded. Recipients will be geographically diverse, and projects will represent a variety of HealthierUS-relevant activities.

• Only one proposal per organization will be considered for funding.

• Projects will cover the period July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008.

• This is a one-time funding opportunity.

• Each project budget will range from $2,000-$5,000 for the project period.

WHO CAN APPLY

Not-for-profit, community-based organizations, including faith-based groups, after-school programs, coalitions and others can apply for these funds. Preference will be given to small organizations with budgets less than $750,000. Projects that focus on eliminating health disparities are encouraged.

TYPES OF ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED

Proposed projects must include or promote at least one of the following types of activities:

• Physical activity
• Nutrition/healthy eating
• Preventive screenings
• Making healthy choices/avoiding risky behaviors

These types of activities make up the four parts of HealthierUS, a national effort to improve the health of Americans, and they are described at the www.healthierus.gov website.

Examples of possible projects include:

• Walking programs for a neighborhood or workplace.
• School lunch programs that include locally grown, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
• Skin cancer detection programs.
• Smoking prevention programs for teens.

We will give preference to innovative projects that have the potential to be a catalyst for health improvement in the community. Please note that ongoing operations of an organization will not be funded through this project. Proposed activities should be those which can be sustained by non-federal support at the close of the funding period.

REVIEW PROCESS

Proposals will be reviewed by an objective committee comprised of public health experts with final funding approvals guided by the 10 Regional Health Administrators (RHAs).

Successful proposals will be selected based on their relevancy to one or more of the four parts of HealthierUS and the following qualities:

Submitters' abilities to carry out the project and complete deliverables (30 points total)

1. Experience in working with the community (10 points)

2. Readiness for carrying out the project (10 points)

3. Involvement of the community in planning the project (10 points)

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