Funding Opportunity Announcement
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
availability of fiscal year (FY) 2008 funds for cooperative agreements
between the CDC and State Health Agencies. The purpose of this cooperative
agreement is to improve healthful eating and physical activity to prevent
and control obesity and other chronic diseases by building and sustaining
statewide capacity and implementing population based strategies and
interventions.
This announcement requests that State programs develop strategies to leverage resources and coordinate statewide efforts with multiple partners to address all of the following Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity principal target areas:
- Increase physical activity.
- Increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables.
- Decrease the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages.
- Increase breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity.
- Reduce the consumption of high energy dense foods.
- Decrease television viewing.
Resources for Writing Your Application
- Program Technical
Assistance Manual
(PDF-1Mb) - January 30, 2008 FOA
technical assistance call script
(PDF-68k)
- Frequently Asked Questions — Responses to all questions received about CDC-RFA-DP08-805 are posted here. The FAQ Web page is updated weekly. Please check the FAQ page frequently. To ask questions about the RFA contact DNPAO-FOA2008@cdc.gov.
- CDC Procurement and Grant Office (PGO) resources regarding FOA guidance:
(DOC-100k)
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Page last updated: February 14, 2008
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion