Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health

CDC’s Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS) has announced the 39 recipients of the five-year funding opportunity OT18-1802: Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Healthexternal icon. These national partners will work toward sustaining and improving the performance of the public health system, with a priority on state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.

Purposes

The purposes of this initiative are to strengthen the nation’s public health infrastructure; ensure a competent, current, and connected public health system; and improve the delivery of the 10 essential public health services through capacity-building assistance.

• Initiative Overview pdf icon[PDF-396KB]

Program Strategies

The program strategies include strengthening the capacities of public health systems infrastructure; leadership and workforce; data and information systems; communication and information technology; partnerships; laws and policies; and programs and services.

Partners will deliver capacity-building assistance through technical assistance, training, information sharing, technology transfer, materials development, or funding that enables organizations to serve customers better and operate in a comprehensive, responsive, and effective manner.

Recipients

Funding has been awarded to—

• America Walks, Inc.external icon (AWI)
• American Academy of Pediatricsexternal icon (AAP)
• American Cancer Societyexternal icon (ACS)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologistsexternal icon (ACOG)
• American College of Preventive Medicineexternal icon (ACPM)
• American Immunization Registry Associationexternal icon (AIRA)
• American Lung Associationexternal icon (ALA)
• American Medical Associationexternal icon (AMA)
• American Public Health Associationexternal icon (APHA)
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forumexternal icon (APIAHF)
• Association of Maternal & Child Health Programsexternal icon (AMCHP)
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officialsexternal icon (ASTHO)
• Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directorsexternal icon (ASTPHND)
• Association of University Centers on Disabilitiesexternal icon (AUCD)
• ChangeLab Solutions external icon(CLS)
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologistsexternal icon (CSTE)
• Health Research and Educational Trustexternal icon (HRET)
• March of Dimesexternal icon (MOD)
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directorsexternal icon (NASTAD)
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directorsexternal icon (NACDD)
• National Association of Community Health Centersexternal icon (NACHC)
• National Association of County and City Health Officialsexternal icon (NACCHO)
• National Conference of State Legislaturesexternal icon (NCSL)
• National Council for Behavioral Healthexternal icon (NCBH)
• National Council of Urban Indian Healthexternal icon (NCUIH)
• National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associationexternal icon (YMCA)
• National Environmental Health Associationexternal icon (NEHA)
• National Foundation for Centers for Disease Control and Preventionexternal icon (CDCF)
• National Governors Association Center for Best Practicesexternal icon (NGA)
• National Indian Health Boardexternal icon (NIHB)
• National Network of Public Health Institutesexternal icon (NNPHI)
• Nemours Foundationexternal icon (NEM)
• Prevention Institute, Inc.external icon (PI)
• PROCEED, Inc.external icon (PROCEED)
• Public Health Foundationexternal icon (PHF)
• Public Health Instituteexternal icon (PHI)
• Smart Growth Americaexternal icon (SGA)
• Society for Public Health Educationexternal icon (SOPHE)
• Task Force for Global Healthexternal icon (TFGH)/Public Health Informatics Instituteexternal icon (PHII)

Funding Period

• Budget period length: 12 months (August 1–July 31)
• Period of performance: 5 years (August 1, 2018–July 31, 2023)