[PSR-News] Request for Proposals for State Action concerning Healthy People 2020

[Carr, Alan]

Hello Network Members:

 

Some of you may be interested in the request for proposal "State Action:
Evaluating the Healthy People 2020 Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion Agenda", being funded by the  Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This
project is being administered by John Snow, Incorporated (JSI). This
evaluation project will fund state, territorial, and tribal governments
to conduct innovative and participatory strategic planning activities,
with an emphasis on multi-sector collaboration, using the Healthy People
2020 framework and population health improvement concepts.  Up to 12
projects, taking place between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, will be
funded at a maximum award of $37,000 each. The application deadline is
Monday, April 27, 2009.  For complete details and application forms,
please visit www.healthypeople.gov/stateaction.  For questions, please
contact Ann Loeffler at JSI at 1.800.839.0934 or send email to
state_action at jsi.com. 

 

Eligible applicants that can apply for this funding opportunity include:

*	State and territorial health departments (this includes the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the National Government of the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of
Palau).  
*	Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, tribal
epidemiology centers, and urban Indian organizations.

 

This evaluation program is intended to enhance existing or planned
state, territorial, and tribal activities to develop a Healthy People
plan based on the national Healthy People 2020 framework and objectives.
The project will evaluate ways these eligible entities apply the Healthy
People 2020 framework to their planning activities.  Examples of
possible activities include:

*         Facilitated meetings for multi-sectoral decision makers to
engender buy-in and support

*         Technical assistance in identifying measures around social
determinants of health

*         Development of products and information media regarding
Healthy People 2020 activities

*         Web-based applications to support Healthy People 2020 plans

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Alan Carr, Outreach Coordinator

NN/LM Pacific Southwest Region

UCLA L. Darling Biomedical Library

(310) 825-7263

acarr at library.ucla.edu

 

 

 

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