State Promotion of Strategies to Advance Oral Health | CDC RFA DP 24 0048

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DP 24 0048

The State Promotion of Strategies to Advance Oral Health grant (CDC RFA DP 24 0048) is a three-year competitive funding opportunity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). It is designed to keep building on CDC's long-term investment in strengthening oral health programs by helping recipients concentrate on priority populations and put proven, public health-focused strategies into practice. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC will have an ongoing, collaborative role with funded recipients rather than providing support with minimal federal involvement.

At its core, the opportunity is centered on advancing oral health through several connected strategies that reflect both prevention and systems improvement. One major emphasis is increasing access to optimally fluoridated water and improving the reach of evidence-based preventive dental services, which generally points to population-level prevention combined with interventions known to reduce cavities and other oral disease. Another key focus is strengthening adherence to infection prevention and control recommendations, which speaks to improving safety and consistency in dental settings and related care environments. The grant also prioritizes access to data to build evidence for public health practice, signaling an expectation that recipients will improve surveillance, data availability, analysis, and the use of information for decision-making and program improvement. In addition, it includes work aimed at improving access to care and reducing untreated tooth decay, tying prevention efforts to real-world service access and measurable disease burden. Finally, the announcement includes a specific aim to support foundational information that enables better integration between medical and dental services for people with diabetes, reflecting the well-established relationship between diabetes and oral health and the need for more coordinated care models.

This funding opportunity is positioned as a continuation and evolution of prior CDC oral health efforts. It explicitly references alignment with earlier Notice of Funding Opportunities and incorporates strategies implemented under NOFO DP18-1810 (FY2018 to FY2023). In practical terms, that framing suggests the CDC is looking for applicants that can either build on existing infrastructure and lessons learned from prior oral health programming or adopt approaches that have already shown promise in public health oral health systems work.

The grant is listed under CFDA number 93.366 and falls within the health funding activity category. The maximum award amount is $525,000 (award ceiling), with an estimated 15 awards expected. The opportunity was created on March 25, 2024, and the original application closing date was May 28, 2024. Because it is competitive, applicants would typically be expected to describe a clear workplan that connects activities to the strategies named in the announcement, explains how priority populations will be reached, and shows how progress will be tracked using data and measurable outcomes.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of entities, such as state, county, and local governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other unrestricted applicants. This wide eligibility indicates the program is open not only to state oral health programs but also to partners that can contribute to public health oral health goals through data, service delivery support, systems coordination, training, evaluation, or community-based prevention initiatives, depending on what the cooperative agreement requires and how the applicant proposes to implement the required strategies.

• The Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "State Promotion of Strategies to Advance Oral Health" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.366.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-28. (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 $525,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others, Unrestricted.

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