The Innovative Cardiovascular Health Program

Background
The grant opportunity is titled The Innovative Cardiovascular Health Program and is issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with the goal of preventing, controlling, and managing high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol. The program aims to address health disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and improve related outcomes, specifically for those with hypertension and high cholesterol.

Grant Details
The program focuses on comprehensive efforts to identify and respond to health care disparities in CVD and improve related outcomes. It includes strategies such as tracking and monitoring clinical measures, implementing team-based care, and linking community resources and clinical services. Recipients are expected to collaborate or partner with a heart disease and stroke learning collaborative (LC) or similar entity. The program will require recipients to use Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping technology to identify priority populations with the highest prevalence rates of CVD.
Recipients are also expected to establish collaborative partnerships with other CDC-funded programs within and outside the state health departments, tribes, tribal organizations, and community-based organizations.

Eligibility Requirements
The grant opportunity is open for competition. It is a Cooperative Agreement (CA) funding instrument type. The total period of performance funding is $105,000,000 with an average one-year award amount of $950,000. There are no cost sharing or matching requirements.

Period of Performance
The period of performance length is 5 years, with an estimated award date of August 30, 2023.

Grant Value
$105,000,000 is the total period of performance funding available for approximately 12 awards. The average one-year award amount is $950,000.