Per email:
With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is pleased to offer a funding opportunity to provide technical assistance (TA) to help LHDs and their communities understand and strengthen their capacity to address the intersection of intersection of suicide, overdose, and ACEs. The goals of this project are to assist pilot sites in applying a community-based prevention framework to:
Leverage cross-sector partnerships and engage community collaborators to develop an organizing body (internal or with community partners) to commit to working at the intersection
Identify health inequities and focus efforts on supporting those in greatest need within their communities
Develop and adopt a strategic plan to tackle the intersection of suicide, overdose, and ACEs
Identify and select evidence-based strategies to strengthen the prevention response, identifying adaptations, if needed, for the communities’ cultural context and readiness for change
NACCHO invites interested applicants to participate in an informational webinar on Thursday, October 12th, 2023 from 1:00pm-2:00pm ET. Participants are encouraged to come with any questions they may have regarding this opportunity. This webinar will be recorded and will be accompanied by an FAQ document that will cover all questions received to date. Register here.
For full details about the funding opportunity, please review the Request for Proposals. Applications must be submitted using NACCHO’s online portal no later than Friday, October 27th, 2023 at 5:00pm EST. Submissions after this deadline will not be considered. Applicants may pose individual questions to NACCHO at any point during the application process by emailing the Injury and Violence Prevention Team at [email protected].
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