93.453: Coalition for a Healthier Community

93.453

Inactive

HHS Immediate Office of the Secretary (IOS) [HHS]

Sept. 4, 2013

Sept. 14, 2012

Phase 1 1.Provide 1 year of financial and technical support to an existing wellness coalition to develop a strategic action plan and implementation plan to reduce gender based health disparities in targeted communities. 2. Enhance collaborative working partnerships among health organizations, community based and faith based organizations, public and private academic institutions, hospitals, medical groups and practices. 3. Enhance consumer and provider awareness of gender-based health issues in the community; 4. Increase the capacity and strengthen infrastructure among local public health organizations to increase the coordination of services to better serve women and girls Phase II 5. Provide up to 5 years of financial and technical support for implementation of the strategic action health plan. 6. To develop and implement a health intervention plan which will be sustained after OWH funding ends. 7. To use a public health systems approach to improve on two or more identified health issues affecting women and/or girls. 8. Improve surveillance/information systems that allow tracking of program progress on gender based morbidity/ mortality objectives at the grantee level. 9. Reduce the incidence and prevalence of adverse health outcomes among women girls in local communities.

B - Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)

Eligible applicants include public and private non profit organizations (public and private academic institutions and hospitals); community-based and faith-based organizations, medical groups/practices and State, city, county, and local health departments, tribes and tribal organizations with expertise/experience in the proposed objectives. The applicant must be part of an existing coalition. At least a third of the partners should have demonstrated experience addressing gender differences through appropriate interventions, programs, or research related to the selected objectives. Phase II: Eligible applicants are limited to Phase I grantees.

Women and girls across the life span.