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Funded Partners
National Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

Cooperative Agreements for Capacity-Building Assistance

CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) supports 23 national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to provide capacity-building assistance (CBA)* to education agencies, health agencies, community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, organizations that serve youth and parents, organizations that serve youth at high risk for HIV infection, and DASH Funded NGOs.

NGOs apply for and receive funding to provide capacity-building assistance in one or more of the following priority areas:

Preventing Chronic Disease
Physical Activity:
Increasing Physical Activity		 The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
Nutrition:
Increasing Healthy Eating		 National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
Tobacco:
Preventing Initiation and Reducing Tobacco Use		 National School Boards Association (NSBA)
Promoting Coordinated School Health Programs American School Health Association (ASHA)

National School Boards Association (NSBA)

Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (The Society)
Reducing the Burden of Asthma American Association of School Administrators (AASA)

American Lung Association (ALA)

Preventing HIV Infection
Historically Black Colleges and Universities

United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP)
Youth at High Risk:
Organizations that Serve African American and Latina Females

Advocates for Youth (AFY)

AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families (AIDS Alliance)

Girls Inc.
Youth at High Risk:
Organizations that Serve Runaway and Homeless Youth		 National Network for Youth (NNY)
Youth at High Risk:
Organizations that Serve Young Men who have Sex with Men, especially African American and Latino Males		 American Psychological Association (APA)
Youth at High Risk:
Organizations that Serve Youth in Juvenile Justice Facilities and/or Alternative Schools		 Education-Training-Research Associates (ETR Associates)
State and Local Agencies:
Education Agencies		 National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)

Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (The Society)
State and Local Agencies:
Health Agencies		 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)
Promoting School Mental Health Services
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC)
Promoting Sexual Abstinence
Education Program Planning WAIT Training
Parental Involvement in Education Medical Institute (MI)
Youth Development Strategies Institute for Youth Development (IYD)

National 4-H Council
Providing Professional Development
Education-Training-Research Associates (ETR Associates)

 

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Capacity-Building Assistance (CBA) is the transmission of knowledge, skills, expertise, and attitudes to strengthen the core competencies essential for agencies and organizations to improve the delivery, effectiveness, and sustainability of disease prevention and health promotion programs for youth.

See Also

Funding Announcement
Funding Announcement 601 [pdf 245K] (CDC-RFA-DP06-601) provides more information on the NGO funding requirements for providing capacity-building assistance.

Other Cooperative Agreements
DASH also supports four nongovernmental organizations in collaboration with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and other Centers at CDC under collaborative cooperative agreements.

List of NGOs
See also the alphabetical list of all NGOs supported by DASH.
 

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Page last modified: May 15, 2008
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