Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DP18 1803
The grant opportunity "State Public Health Approaches to Addressing Arthritis" (CDC RFA DP18-1803) is a five-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), housed within HHS and NCCDPHP, designed to help states reduce the overall burden of arthritis by improving how adults manage arthritis symptoms and related limitations. The underlying public health case is that arthritis is both widespread and costly: more than one in four US adults live with arthritis (about 54 million at the time of the notice), projections show continued growth over time, and millions experience arthritis-attributable activity limitations that interfere with daily tasks. The notice also emphasizes the outsized impact in rural communities, where prevalence and activity limitations are particularly high. Beyond pain and mobility issues, arthritis is framed as a multiplier problem because it is closely tied to other leading causes of death and disability, including heart disease and diabetes, and it can make those conditions harder to manage by limiting physical activity.
The main strategy the CDC is funding is a statewide push to increase participation in proven, community-delivered supports that help people with arthritis move more and manage symptoms better. The opportunity centers on expanding dissemination, availability, and uptake of CDC-recommended arthritis-appropriate, evidence-based interventions (AAEBIs). These include two broad categories highlighted in the description: physical activity programs (with walking specifically called out as a practical, scalable option) and self-management education programs that teach skills for coping with symptoms, maintaining function, and making day-to-day adjustments. The rationale is straightforward: research and clinical guidelines, including osteoarthritis guidance from the American College of Rheumatology, consistently support exercise as a key non-drug approach, and evidence indicates that physical activity and self-management can reduce pain and activity limitations substantially. At the same time, inactivity remains common among adults with arthritis, and many people do not know about local programs that could help them.
A second core piece of the funding is strengthening the link between clinical care and community programs, because the NOFO leans heavily on the idea that provider recommendation drives behavior. The CDC is asking funded states to adopt systems-based and innovative approaches that make it easier and more routine for healthcare providers to do two things during patient encounters: counsel adults with arthritis about physical activity (including walking) and refer them to appropriate evidence-based programs in the community. This reflects the reality that many adults with arthritis see clinicians regularly, sometimes for other chronic conditions or routine checkups, creating repeated opportunities for brief counseling and referral. In practice, the emphasis is on building or enhancing referral pathways and clinical workflows so that advice and referrals are not one-off efforts, but part of a sustainable system that can reach large numbers of people.
The NOFO also calls for state-level walking initiatives tailored to the needs of adults with arthritis. Walking is highlighted because it is accessible, generally low-cost, and adaptable across many communities and ability levels, making it a strong candidate for statewide scale. The intent is not merely to promote walking in a generic way, but to ensure initiatives account for pain, mobility limitations, and other barriers that can be more common in this population. Taken together, the grant is aiming for complementary approaches: building community program capacity and demand on one side, while improving clinical counseling and referral systems on the other, so that adults with arthritis can more easily find, enroll in, and stick with programs that improve function and quality of life.
Equity is explicitly part of the expectation. In addition to serving the main target adult population, applicants are expected to engage underserved adult populations in the state to address health disparities. The CDC signals that successful applicants will be those positioned to reach a sizeable share of the state population and deliver measurable statewide impact, which implies an emphasis on broad reach, strong partnerships, and the ability to implement interventions at scale rather than small pilot projects. The opportunity anticipates funding 12 to 15 state programs total, with up to one award per state, reinforcing the idea that this is meant to build or strengthen statewide infrastructure rather than fragmented local efforts.
On the administrative side, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement (not a simple pass-through grant), meaning the CDC typically expects substantial involvement and ongoing collaboration during implementation. The CFDA number listed is 93.945. The award ceiling is $500,000 (per award), and eligibility is described as unrestricted (open broadly), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement. The NOFO was created January 29, 2018, with an original closing date of April 2, 2018, and electronic applications were due by 5:00 p.m. ET on the deadline. Overall, the funding is designed to help states build sustainable, system-level approaches that increase physical activity and self-management among adults with arthritis, strengthen healthcare-to-community connections, expand access to proven programs, and reduce the real-world impact of arthritis on pain, function, and daily life statewide.Apply for CDC RFA DP18 1803
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "State Public Health Approaches to Addressing Arthritis" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 29, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 02, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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