Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health | CDC RFA OT18 18020403SUPP21

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA OT18 18020403SUPP21

The grant opportunity titled "Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health" is a CDC supplemental funding announcement offered through a cooperative agreement mechanism. It is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically within OSTLTS (the Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support). The core purpose is to reinforce and extend work that strengthens public health systems and services by leveraging national partnerships, with an emphasis on improving and protecting population health through coordinated, system-level capacity building rather than isolated, one-off activities.

This particular notice is not an open competition for new organizations. It is supplemental funding tied directly to an earlier CDC funding announcement, CDC-RFA-OT18-1802, and it is only available to organizations that were previously awarded funding under Funding Strategy 1 of that earlier program in FY18. In other words, eligibility to apply is effectively restricted to existing recipients from that specific funding track, and applicants must remain aligned to the same Target Population Category and Target Population Description under which they originally received funding. The supplemental request is framed around submission of FY21 CIO Project Plans, meaning recipients are expected to propose specific project activities and deliverables for the FY21 period that fit within their originally funded scope and target population focus.

The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement instrument, which typically indicates that CDC will have substantial involvement in the funded work compared to a standard grant. While the eligibility listing includes a broad range of entity types such as state, county, and city or township governments; public and private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, this should be read in the context of the supplemental restriction. Practically speaking, only those entities that already hold awards under the referenced FY18 Funding Strategy 1 award are able to submit for this supplement, even if the broader eligibility categories would normally allow additional applicants.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number CDC RFA OT18 18020403SUPP21 and an application due date of August 6, 2021, with electronic submissions required by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the deadline date. CDC indicated it expected to make approximately 12 awards, with award timing anticipated in late September 2021. The proposed project period is an 11-month budget period, so applicants were asked to build a project plan and budget that fit within a shorter-than-typical one-year cycle. The notice lists an award ceiling of 0, which generally signals that a specific maximum award amount was not stated in the public synopsis and that applicants would need to consult the full announcement or CDC guidance to understand budget expectations or constraints.

The program is aligned with CDC funding activity categories in health and is associated with CFDA numbers 93.421 and 93.430, which are federal catalog identifiers used for tracking federal assistance programs. Overall, this supplemental opportunity is best understood as a continuation and enhancement funding vehicle for a limited set of existing CDC partners, intended to sustain momentum and advance planned FY21 public health system strengthening activities through national partnership-based work within the recipients' established target population parameters.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - OSTLTS in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.421, 93.430.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 08, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 06, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm ET on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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