Grant Details

The purpose of this grant program is to provide funding and technical assistance to communities to address chronic disease risk reduction through evidence-based strategies and best practices that impact tobacco use, physical activity, nutrition and chronic disease self-management. All applications must address tobacco, while work in physical activity, nutrition and chronic disease self-management is optional.

The grant program is structured to promote community program progress in two distinct phases:

Planning - This phase is appropriate for applicants who lack a functioning coalition to support chronic disease risk reduction work. Planning applicants should not select work plans.

• Participation in or creation of a relevant local community coalition. All CDRR grantees are required to engage a community coalition and/or a subcommittee of a larger community health coalition that focuses on commercial tobacco strategies.

• Attendance at the annual Community Health Promotion Summit, two other CDRR approved trainings and three CDRR quarterly grantee meetings.

• Development of a community chronic disease prevention plan based on community data available from existing sources. 

Implementation - The CDRR implementation applicant must participate in a relevant local community coalition, at minimum for commercial tobacco related work plans. The coalition must provide meaningful, comprehensive support to guide and achieve the work plan objectives. Coalitions are essential mechanisms for policy, system, and environment change, as well as vitally important for ensuring equity and building capacity. For more information and support for continued coalition development, contact Community Health Promotion staff. 

• Activities that further policy, systems and environmental change as outlined in the selected work plans will be reported on as instructed.

• Functional chronic disease prevention coalition that meets at least quarterly. All CDRR grantees are required to participate in a community coalition and/or a subcommittee of a larger community health coalition that focuses on commercial tobacco strategies outlined in the work plans.

• Attendance at the annual Community Health Promotion Summit, two other CDRR approved trainings and three CDRR quarterly grantee meetings.

• Completed coalition self-assessment within three years or at the discretion of the Community Health Specialist. 

State Fiscal Year 2025 proposals will be designed to make progress toward one or more of these goal areas:

• Prevent initiation of commercial tobacco use among young people.

• Eliminate nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke.

• Promote quitting among adults and young people.

• Increase physical activity, access to nutritious foods, and community resiliency.

• Promote development of diabetes workforce or prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.