Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA OT18 1802
The grant opportunity "Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health" (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA OT18 1802) is a CDC-led cooperative agreement designed to reinforce the core infrastructure of the US public health system through national partnerships. Its central aim is to make public health agencies and their partners more capable, better connected, and more consistent in how they deliver essential public health services, especially by investing in capacity building assistance (CBA). In this context, CBA means practical support that helps organizations and systems function better over time by improving the underlying structures, skills, tools, and processes that public health depends on. Rather than focusing on a single disease or narrow program area, the funding is oriented toward strengthening the foundation that allows public health agencies to respond effectively across many issues.
The program frames capacity building as a broad set of services and supports that can include technical assistance, training, information sharing, technology transfer, development of materials and resources, and in some cases funding that enables organizations to better serve their customers and operate in a more comprehensive and responsive way. The point is not just to deliver one-time training, but to strengthen and maintain the infrastructure and resources that sustain performance. The NOFO emphasizes improvements at multiple levels: system-level capacity (how the overall public health system functions), organizational capacity (how agencies and partner organizations operate), community capacity (how communities and local networks coordinate and act), and individual capacity (skills and competencies of the workforce). The overall goal is to help build a public health system that is competent, current with modern practices, and connected across jurisdictions and sectors.
A key part of the opportunity is that it seeks applicants with demonstrated capability and reach. The CDC is looking to fund organizations that already have expertise, resources, national or broad geographic coverage, and a history of delivering capacity building efforts that align with the program's strategies and intended outcomes. The funded recipients are expected to implement and scale capacity building activities that directly support the NOFO's priority strategy areas. Those strategy areas include strengthening: (1) health systems infrastructure overall, (2) leadership and workforce development, (3) data and information systems, (4) communication and information technology, (5) partnerships, (6) laws and policies, and (7) programs and services. In practice, this means awardees may help public health entities modernize data systems, improve workforce competencies, adopt better communication tools, build stronger cross-sector collaborations, strengthen policy and legal readiness, and improve the design and delivery of public health programs.
Administratively, this opportunity is offered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically through OSTLTS, and it is categorized as discretionary funding using a cooperative agreement mechanism. A cooperative agreement typically signals that the CDC expects substantial involvement in the funded work, such as collaborating on technical direction, performance monitoring, or coordination with other national initiatives. The funding activity category is health, and the CFDA number listed is 93.421. The creation date for the opportunity was January 29, 2018, and the original application deadline was March 29, 2018, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date.
Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories); private institutions of higher education; and other entities as allowed under the additional eligibility language in the full announcement. The scale of the program is significant: it anticipated up to 24 awards, with an award ceiling listed at $150,000,000. Overall, the NOFO is best understood as a large infrastructure-strengthening effort that channels resources through capable national partners to provide hands-on capacity building support, with the expectation that these investments will optimize the public health system and improve the nation's health outcomes over time.Apply for CDC RFA OT18 1802
- 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.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 29, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 29, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 24 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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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