The Centers for Disease Control announces the availability of fiscal year 2023 funds to implement The State Physical Activity and Nutrition Program (SPAN).
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – NCCDPHP
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,300,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
This program works at the state level to implement evidence-based nutrition and physical activity strategies and collaboratively leverage state investments, partnerships, and resources from various sectors (e.g., agriculture, transportation, education, healthcare, parks/recreation, business, housing, and defense/military) that address health disparities related to poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and/or obesity. This NOFO focuses on strategies for nutrition; physical activity; breastfeeding continuity of care; and integrating nutrition, physical activity, and breastfeeding national standards and advancing Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) programs into statewide ECE systems.
The program will support health for all Americans, especially those most impacted by chronic diseases as well as optimal early life growth and development. No more than one applicant who resides in the state will receive funding
Strategies and Activities
- Nutrition
- Implement state level policies and activities that:
- promote food service and nutrition guidelines and associated healthy food procurement in facilities, programs or organizations where food is sold, served, and distributed and
- coordinate the uptake and expansion of existing fruit and vegetable voucher incentive and produce prescription programs
- Implement state level policies and activities that:
- Physical Activity
- Implement state level policies and activities to connect pedestrian, bicycle, or transit transportation networks (e.g., activity-friendly routes) to everyday destinations
- Breastfeeding
- Implement state level policies and activities that achieve continuity of care for breastfeeding families
- Early Care and Education
- Implement state level policies and activities that integrate national standards related to nutrition, physical activity, and breastfeeding, and advance Farm to ECE
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,300,000
- Award Floor: $600,000
Project Period
12 month(s)
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- 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)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Additional Eligibility Category
- Government Organizations:
- State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia)
- Local governments or their bona fide agents Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
- State controlled institutions of higher education
- American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)
- Non-government Organizations
- American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov.