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III. Eligibility Information.
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The intent of this funding opportunity is to improve the health and educational outcomes of youth through coordinated school health programs by directly supporting the capacity building efforts of schools and education agencies for positive youth development and health promotion. Funding eligibility is limited to State, Territorial, and local education agencies and tribal government equivalents where there is the greatest likelihood of reaching schools and the youth they serve. If other entities such as state health agencies, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, businesses, universities, colleges, research institutions, hospitals, community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations were permitted eligibility, the education agency might receive a limited benefit from the dollars, but priority funding, commitment and support would be fragmented at best.
Direct funding to other entities reduces the assurance that there would be proper recognition of the unique strategies needed for effective school-based work. Conversely, when education agencies lead the partnership with other such entities, priority health programs are implemented with greater compatibility with schools and schools districts.
If entities other than education agencies are made eligible for funding, the CDC could establish accountability measures for those eligible entities, but could not reasonably hold them accountable for school system and education agency changes. If we view schools and school districts as the “system” that needs to be influenced, not only in implementing more effective programs within its own system, but also in affecting change in student risk-behaviors, then it is important to fund education agencies directly and set accountability measures for determining if schools and school districts are moving in the right direction. The priorities set forth in this funding opportunity announcement go beyond simply accessing schools to reach youth. The funding provided is intended to assist local and state education agencies to establish and sustain the capacity to improve critical health and educational outcomes of youth from within.
Funds are intended to:
Increase support for school health priorities: DASH dollars provide the seed money to stimulate an increase in awareness and need to focus on health priorities. Dollars stimulate the attention on policy and programs that address the health needs of youth. DASH dollars support the establishment of a position within educational agencies that can advocate for health priorities and encourage others in the agency to increase support for health priorities.
Build education agency capacity: Educational agencies are the primary providers of programs in school settings. The education system has not developed sufficient capacity to fully implement effective school health programs that will reduce health problems and disparities. DASH dollars require education agencies to build capacity and implement effective policies and programs. These dollars stimulate increased professional development for education agency personnel in health-related areas, improved management and coordination of health-related programs and priorities, and expanded partnerships with non-school personnel who can assist in improving programs delivered in school. When education agencies develop capacity and leadership for school health programs, efforts are implemented more systematically rather than in a fragmented approach as is evident when external agencies and partners implement school programs.
Increase the responsibility and accountability of education agencies to address the health needs of youth: Education agencies are traditionally responsible for the academic achievement of youth. DASH funds require education agencies to give attention to the health needs of youth and ultimately to take responsibility for implementing programs that can improve the health of youth. In addition, education agencies are held directly accountable for program outcomes if directly funded.
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Tribal Governments (TG) – eligible
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Improving Health and Educational Outcomes of Young People
Announcement Type: New – Type 1
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-DP08-801
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.938
This Funding Opportunity Announcement and all resources for this announcement are located at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/FOA-801.
Key Dates:
Letter of Intent Deadline: October 23, 2007
Application Deadline: November 21, 2007
Synoptic Overview
The purpose of this announcement, Improving the Health and Educational Outcomes of Young People, is to improve the health and well-being of youth and prepare them to be healthy adults. The Project Period is 5 years, the Budget Period is 12 months, and the anticipated award date is March 1, 2008.
Funding is made available to fund the following five Priority areas:
Priority 1: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Priority 2: HIV Prevention (HIV)
Priority 3: Coordinated School Health Programs and Promotion of Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco-Use Prevention (CSHP and PANT)
Priority 4: Asthma Management (AM)
Priority 5: National Professional Development (NPD)
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Establish or strengthen systematic procedures to monitor critical health-related behaviors among high school students within the applicant’s jurisdiction through implementation of the YRBS. |
Enable state, territorial, and local agencies and tribal governments to help school districts and schools implement effective policies and practices to avoid, prevent, and reduce sexual risk behaviors among students that contribute to HIV infection. |
Enable state and territorial agencies and tribal governments to help school districts and schools implement a Coordinated School Health Program and, through this approach, increase effectiveness of policies and practices to promote physical activity, improve nutrition, and reduce tobacco use among students. |
Enable local education agencies to help school districts and schools implement effective policies and practices to prevent and reduce asthma episodes and absences among students with asthma. |
Improve the capacity of state and local education agencies to effectively implement the activities for which they are funded in Priorities 1-4 through national professional development events, trainings and follow-up technical assistance. |
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SEA or SHA* TEA LEA TG** |
SEA TEA LEA TG** |
SEA TEA TG** |
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SEA or SHA*/ TEA/LEA/TG**: $2,570,000 to fund all qualifying
LEA: $800,000 to fund at least 20 |
SEA/TEA/TG**: $9,700,000 to fund all qualifying
LEA: $6,625,000 to fund at least 16 |
$9,600,000 to fund at least 18 |
$2,000,000 to fund at least 10 |
$730,000 to fund 2-3 |
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SEA/SHA*: $35,000 to $50,000
TEA and TG**: up to $10,000
LEA: $25,000 to $40,000 |
SEA/TEA/TG**: $75,000 to $325,000.
LEA: $200,000 to $350,000 |
SEA/TEA/TG**: $250,000 to $475,000 |
LEA: $150,000 to $225,000 |
SEA: up to $350,000
LEA: up to $350,000 |
*SHA is only eligible if the SEA chooses not to apply
**To fund up to 2 TG
Eligible Applicants for FOA DP08-801 include:
State Education Agencies (SEA) – all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
State Health Agencies (SHA) – all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Local Education Agencies (LEA) – 31 eligible agencies: Albuquerque Public School District (Albuquerque, NM), Baltimore City Public School System (Baltimore, MD), Boston Public Schools (Boston, MA), Broward County Public Schools (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Charlotte, NC), City of Chicago School District (Chicago, IL), Clark County School District (Las Vegas, NV), Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX), DeKalb County School System (Atlanta, GA metropolitan area), Detroit Public Schools (Detroit, MI), Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville, FL), East Baton Rouge Parish School System (Baton Rouge, LA), Fort Worth Independent School District (Fort Worth, TX), Fresno Unified School District (Fresno, CA), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, FL), Houston Independent School District (Houston, TX metropolitan area), Jefferson Parish Public Schools (New Orleans, LA metropolitan area), Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA), Memphis City Schools (Memphis, TN), Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Miami, FL), Milwaukee Public Schools (Milwaukee, WI), New York City Department of Education (New York, NY), Newark Public Schools (Newark, NJ), Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, CA), Orange County Public Schools (Orlando, FL), The School District of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, FL), The School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), San Bernardino City Unified School District (San Bernardino, CA), San Diego Unified School District (San Diego, CA), San Francisco Unified School District (San Francisco, CA), and Seattle Public Schools (Seattle, WA)
Territorial Education Agencies (TEA) – eligible agencies: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Tribal Governments (TG) – eligible agencies: Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments.Table of Contents
Synoptic Overview...................................................................................................................... 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement 801 - Acronyms............................................................................ 5
Authority and Purpose....................................................................................................... 6
Technical Assistance Opportunities for Potential Applicants................................................ 8
Priority 1 Activities............................................................................................................ 9
Priority 2 Activities............................................................................................................ 10
Priority 3 Activities............................................................................................................ 13
Priority 4 Activities............................................................................................................ 17
Priority 5 Activities............................................................................................................ 20
CDC Activities for All Priorities......................................................................................... 22
II. Award Information................................................................................................................. 23
III. Eligibility Information.......................................................................................................... 24
III.1. Eligible Applicants..................................................................................................... 24
III.2. Cost Sharing Matching.............................................................................................. 26
III.3. Other........................................................................................................................ 26
Eligible Applicants Chart........................................................................................... 28
IV. Application and Submission Information............................................................................. 33
IV.1. Address to Request Application Package.................................................................. 33
IV.2. Content and Form of Submission/Letter of Intent....................................................... 34
Application Components Chart................................................................................. 36
Applications for Priority 1......................................................................................... 37
Applications for Priority 2, 3 and 4............................................................................ 39
Applications for Priority 5......................................................................................... 44
IV.3. Submission Dates and Times..................................................................................... 47
IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications................................................................. 49
IV.5. Funding Restrictions.................................................................................................. 49
IV.6. Other Submission Requirements................................................................................ 50
V. Application Review Information........................................................................................... 50
V.1. Criteria..................................................................................................................... 50
Criteria for Priority 1................................................................................................. 51
Criteria for Priority 2, 3, and 4.................................................................................. 53
Criteria for Priority 5................................................................................................. 56
V.2. Review and Selection Process.................................................................................... 59
V.3. Anticipated Award Date............................................................................................ 59
VI. Award Administration Information...................................................................................... 59
VI.1. Award Notices ........................................................................................................ 59
VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements....................................................... 60
VI.3. Reporting Requirements............................................................................................ 61
VII. Agency Contacts................................................................................................................. 62
VIII. Other Information.............................................................................................................. 63
Appendix A Priority 2: HIV Prevention Description and Workplan Expectations................ 65
Appendix B Priority 3: CSHP and PANT Description and Workplan Expectations............ 67
Appendix C Priority 4: AM Description and Workplan Expectations................................. 70
Appendix D Priority 5: NPD Workplan Expectations........................................................ 72
Appendix E Additional Budget Guidance........................................................................... 74
Appendix F Travel and Conference Participation Expectations........................................... 75
Funding Opportunity Announcement 801 - Acronyms
AM Asthma Management – Priority 4
AOR Authorizing Organization Representative
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement
CCR Central Contractor Registry
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CSHP and PANT Coordinated School Health Programs and Promotion of Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco-Use Prevention - Priority 3
DASH Division of Adolescent and School Health
DUNS Data Universal Numbering System
eRA Commons Electronic Research Administration System
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
FY Fiscal Year
GMO Grants Management Officer
HHS U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services
HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HIV HIV Prevention - Priority 2
LEA Local Education Agencies
LOI Letter of Intent
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NCCDPHP National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NoA Notice of Award
NIH National Institutes of Health
NPD National Professional Development - Priority 5
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PDC Professional Development Consortium
PDF Portable Document Format
PD/PI Program Directors/Principal Investigators
PGO Procurement and Grants Office
SEA State Education Agencies
SF Standard Form
SHA State Health Agencies
STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases
TEA Territorial Education Agencies
TIMS Technical Information Management System
TG Tribal Governments
YRBS Youth Risk Behavior Survey - Priority 1
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority:
This program is authorized under 317(k)(2) of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 247b(k)(2).
Purpose:
The purpose of this announcement, Improving the Health and Educational Outcomes of Young People, is to improve the health and well-being of youth and prepare them to be healthy adults. This program announcement places a strong emphasis on coordination of school health programs and activities in the following five (5) Priority Areas:
Priority 1: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Priority 2: HIV Prevention (HIV)
Priority 3: Coordinated School Health Programs and Promotion of Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco-Use Prevention (CSHP and PANT)
Priority 4: Asthma Management (AM)
Priority 5: National Professional Development (NPD)
Applicants are encouraged to coordinate their activities through cross-agency partnerships, such as between education and health agencies; across programmatic areas, such as HIV, sexually transmitted disease (STD), and teen pregnancy prevention, or physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use prevention; by establishing or supporting coalitions; and/or across components of a Coordinated School Health Program.
This program announcement supports many Healthy People 2010 health promotion and disease prevention objectives related to school-age youth, including the following:
Increase the proportion of adolescents (9th-12th grade students) who have never had sexual intercourse; if sexually experienced, are not currently sexually active; or if currently sexually active, used a condom the last time they had sexual intercourse.
Reduce the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS diagnosed among adolescents and adults.
Reduce the proportion of adolescents and young adults with Chlamydia trachomitis infections.
Reduce pregnancies among adolescent females.
Increase the proportion of middle, junior high, and senior high schools that provide comprehensive school health education to prevent health problems in the following areas: unintentional injury, violence, suicide, tobacco use and addiction, alcohol and other drug use, unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, STD infection, unhealthy dietary patterns, inadequate physical activity, and environmental health.
Increase high school completion.
Increase the proportion of adolescents who engage in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes on 5 or more of the previous 7 days.
Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education.
Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who view television 2 or fewer hours per day.
Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume at least two daily servings of fruit.
Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume at least three daily servings of vegetables, with at least one-third being dark green or orange vegetables.
Reduce tobacco use by adolescents.
Increase smoke-free and tobacco-free environments in schools, including all school facilities, property, vehicles, and school events.
Reduce the number of school or work days missed by persons with asthma due to asthma.
Increase the proportion of the nation's elementary, middle, and high schools that have a nurse-to-student ratio of at least 1:750.
In addition, this program announcement supports the performance goal of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) of improving youth and adolescent health by helping communities create an environment that fosters a culture of wellness and encourages healthy choices. Specific outcome measures include increasing:
(1) The percentage of high school students who are taught about HIV/AIDS prevention in school;
(2) The percentage of adolescents (grades 9-12) who abstain from sexual intercourse or use condoms if currently sexually active; and
(3) The percentage of youth (grades 9-12) who were physically active for at least 60 minutes per day for at least five of the preceding seven days.
This announcement is only for non-research activities supported by CDC. If research is proposed, the application will not be reviewed. For the definition of research, please see the CDC Web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/regs/hrpp/researchDefinition.htm.
Technical Assistance Opportunities for Potential Applicants
Technical assistance will be available for potential applicants during four conference calls. Participation in a conference call is not mandatory. The purpose of each conference call is to help potential applicants understand the scope and intent of the program announcement and become familiar with Public Health Services funding policies, application, and review procedures. All calls will be accessible for all participants. Instructions for the calls and call recordings will be placed on the CDC/DASH website for review and download at: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/FOA-801.
Calls will be offered on the following dates:
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Territorial education agencies located in American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of Palau, and Republic of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).2.
State education agencies, state health agencies, and territorial education agencies in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).3.
Local education agencies on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).4.
Tribal governments on Thursday, October 4, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Potential applicants are requested to call in using only one telephone line per site. Each call may be accessed at 1-866-764-9780 (enter access code 362801 followed by a “#” when prompted). You must use a touch tone phone to participate in the conference call. Potential applicants who have problems accessing the conference call should call 770-488-6120. Questions and answers from the conference calls will be posted on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grants/foamain.shtm and linked through http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/FOA-801.
Activities
Awardee activities for this program are as follows:
Priority 1 Activities: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
A. Workplan: Develop an annual Workplan that will be negotiated with and approved by CDC/DASH. The Workplan contains the following elements:
Five-year goals (broad statements of the long-term purpose for conducting the YRBS and how YRBS data will be used to improve school health programs and policies);
Objectives written in SMART format (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased); rationale for each proposed objective; primary person/agency responsible for accomplishing the objective; measures of objective accomplishment; and data sources to measure objective accomplishment;
Activities planned to address each proposed objective; primary person/agency responsible for accomplishing the activity; and Gantt chart illustrating the timeline of proposed objectives and activities.
B. Survey Implementation: Complete the YRBS in your jurisdiction according to established YRBS schedule, questionnaire, sampling, and data collection procedures to obtain weighted data.
Develop an implementation plan;
Review and modify questionnaire;
Establish or modify processes for clearance, sample selection, parental approval, survey administration, and sample and survey documentation; and
Prepare data for analysis and reporting.
C. Data Dissemination and Promotion: Communicate and disseminate data results though a variety of methods to government officials; state, territorial, tribal government, and local agencies; nongovernmental organizations; institutions of higher education; institutions targeting underserved or at-risk populations; the media; and the general public. Methods could include: YRBS reports, fact sheets, websites, brochures, journal articles, press releases, or oral presentations.
D. Data Application: Use weighted YRBS data to help develop and improve programs and policies for youth and to identify health disparities impacting youth.
E. Partnerships: Establish and maintain effective partnerships with state, territorial, tribal government, and local agencies; nongovernmental organizations; institutions of higher education; institutions targeting underserved or at-risk populations; and other stakeholders that can help promote, implement, disseminate, and use weighted YRBS data for policy and program improvement.
Performance Measures
Program performance will be measured by the extent to which the grantee provides evidence of progress in accomplishing goals, objectives, and activities related to recipient activities, including:
Obtaining weighted YRBS data in 2009, 2011, and 2013 according to established YRBS questionnaire, sampling, and data collection procedures.
Communicating and disseminating weighted YRBS data to government officials; state, territorial, tribal government, and local agencies; nongovernmental organizations; institutions of higher education; institutions targeting underserved or most at-risk populations; the media; the general public; and other stakeholders through reports, fact sheets, websites, brochures, journal articles, press releases, or oral presentations.
Using weighted YRBS data to help develop and improve school health programs and policies and other programs and policies for youth, and to identify health disparities impacting youth.
Establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with state, territorial, tribal government, and local agencies; nongovernmental organizations; institutions of higher education; institutions targeting underserved or at-risk populations; and other stakeholders that can help promote, implement, disseminate, and use weighted YRBS data for policy and program improvement.
Priority 2 Activities: HIV Prevention (HIV) (For a description of HIV Prevention see Appendix A.)
A. Workplan: Develop an annual Workplan that will be negotiated with and approved by CDC/DASH. The Workplan contains the following elements:
Five-year goals (broad statements of program purpose describing the expected long-term effect(s) of a program, in this case addressing the program’s effects in promoting HIV prevention for youth);
Objectives written in SMART format (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased); rationale for each proposed objective; primary person/agency responsible for accomplishing the objective; measures of objective accomplishments; and data sources to measure objective accomplishment;
Activities planned to address each proposed objective; primary person/agency responsible for accomplishing the activity; and Gantt chart illustrating the timeline of proposed objectives and activities.For a description of HIV Prevention Workplan expectations see Appendix A.
C. Collaboration: Implement a strong partnership between the state, territorial, or local education and health agencies and/or tribal government equivalents in which school-based HIV prevention activities are complementary to community-based HIV prevention activities.
D. Technical Assistance: Provide tools, resources, training materials, professional development, consultation, follow-up support, and evaluation services to help school districts and schools implement effective policies and practices to prevent and reduce sexual risk behaviors among students that contribute to HIV infection. Such policies and practices might include:
Developing and/or using HIV prevention curricula aligned with state or national curricular standards and frameworks.
Assessing student achievement in HIV prevention education.
Delivering culturally appropriate instruction.
Using community-based HIV prevention resources.
Involving youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating HIV prevention programs.
Implementing HIV-related policies.
F. Information Dissemination and Program Promotion: Disseminate accurate information about effective programs and the role of schools in achieving HIV prevention outcomes to decision-makers, school personnel, parents, students, and the media.
G. Capacity Building: Implement strategies for expanding and improving program capacity (i.e., knowledge, skills, expertise, attitudes, and resources that strengthen the core competencies essential for agencies or tribal governments to improve the delivery, effectiveness, and sustainability of their programs). This will include:
Participate a cooperative agreement orientation meeting in Atlanta, GA from April 28-May 2, 2008. Participate in at least two national, CDC/DASH-sponsored trainings, workshops, or conferences each budget year of the project period to improve HIV prevention programs, including participation in the periodic DASH funded partners meeting.
Develop or strengthen partnerships or coalitions with other agencies, nongovernmental organizations, voluntary associations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and others interested in promoting and improving HIV prevention efforts.
Involve youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating HIV prevention programs.
Work with state, regional, tribal, and local partners to enhance program sustainability by securing additional funding or in-kind support.
H. HIV Materials Review Panel: Establish or maintain an HIV Materials Review Panel. The HIV materials review panel will review all written materials, audiovisual materials, pictorials, questionnaires, surveillance instruments, proposed group educational sessions, educational curricula, and like materials, including website materials (see HIV Panel materials and links for guidance related to HIV Program Review Panel Requirements at http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/FOA-801).
I. Program Monitoring: Recipients will be required to:
Document the impact of their program activities by monitoring the percentage of schools in their jurisdiction that are implementing specific, effective HIV prevention policies and practices. The percentage of schools that implement specific policies and practices can be measured through School Health Profiles or a similar state or local survey.
Report on program activities funded in any amount by CDC through the Indicators for School Health Programs (Indicators) (OMB reference number 0920-0772).
Document the use of epidemiological and student health risk behavior data.
Identify youth at greatest risk for HIV infection and document how efforts have focused on meeting the needs of populations that are disproportionately affected.
Communicate the impact of CDC-funded activities by submitting written success stories annually.
Increasing the number of schools in the jurisdiction that are implementing specific, effective HIV prevention policies and practices.
Timely delivery of:¬
Program inventory, strategic plan, revised Workplan, and revised Logic Model in the first annual budget period;¬
Workplan, mid-year progress report, success stories, and annual progress report in each annual budget period; and¬
Final performance report at the end of the fifth annual budget period.
Implementing school-based programs and prevention strategies to reduce health disparities among youth disproportionately affected by HIV infection, other STD, and unintended pregnancy.
Progress in the implementation of activities, including collaboration, program planning, technical assistance, policy development and dissemination, capacity building, information dissemination, HIV Materials Review Panel requirements, and program monitoring.
Priority 3 Activities: Coordinated School Health Programs and Promotion of Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco-Use Prevention (CSHP and PANT) (For a description of CSHP and PANT see Appendix B.)
A. Workplan: Develop an annual Workplan that will be negotiated with and approved by CDC/DASH. The Workplan contains the following elements:
Five-year goals (broad statements of program purpose describing the expected long-term effect(s) of a program, addressing the program’s effects in promoting CSHP and PANT for youth);
Objectives written in SMART format (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased); rationale for each proposed objective; primary person/agency responsible for accomplishing the objective; measures of objective accomplishments; and data sources to measure objective accomplishment;
Activities planned to address each proposed objective; primary person/agency responsible for accomplishing the activity; and
Gantt chart illustrating the timeline of proposed objectives and activities.For a description of CSHP and PANT Workplan expectations see Appendix B.
B. Program Planning: Within the first budget period, the applicant will develop a program inventory and a five-year strategic plan, and review and revise, if appropriate, the five-year goals, year 1 workplan, and program logic model developed for this application. In subsequent budget years, the applicant will review and, if appropriate, revise each of these planning tools.
D. Technical Assistance: Provide tools, resources, training materials, professional development, consultation, follow-up support, and evaluation services to help schools and school districts implement effective policies and practices to establish and strengthen CSHP, promote physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce tobacco use. Such policies and practices might include:
Implementing CSHP-related policies, programs, and services.
Establishing school health councils and school health coordinators in local school districts.
Using health education and physical education curricular standards, frameworks, and curricula.
Delivering culturally appropriate instruction.
Using community-based resources to support school health program strategies and strengthen physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco-use prevention activities.
Involving youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating programs.
Developing or implementing model programs, guidance, or resource materials to promote environmental interventions, such as opportunities for physical activity, efforts to improve nutritional quality of foods and beverages or to market healthier food and beverage choices, and creating tobacco-free environments.
E. Policy Development and Dissemination: Develop and disseminate policies to promote and improve:
School health councils and school health coordinators in local school districts,
Health education curriculum, instruction, and assessment,
Physical education curriculum, instruction, and assessment,
Opportunities for physical activity, including environmental interventions (e.g., walking to school),
Opportunities for healthy eating, including environmental interventions (e.g., increasing fruit and vegetable offerings, limiting foods of less nutritional value at school),
Tobacco use prevention, including environmental interventions (e.g., tobacco-free school campuses), and/or
Other relevant activities in areas such as health services, counseling and psychological services, or staff wellness.
F. Information Dissemination and Program Promotion: Disseminate accurate information about effective programs and the role of school districts and schools in improving the coordination and implementation of school health programs and influencing PANT-related behaviors to decision-makers, school personnel, parents, students, and the media.
G. Capacity Building: Implement strategies for expanding and improving program capacity (i.e., knowledge, skills, expertise, attitudes, and resources that strengthen the core competencies essential for agencies or tribal governments to improve the delivery, effectiveness, and sustainability of their programs). This will include:
Participate a cooperative agreement orientation meeting in Atlanta, GA from April 28-May 2, 2008. Participate in at least two national, CDC/DASH-sponsored trainings, workshops, or conferences each budget year of the project period to improve the coordination and implementation of school health programs and efforts to strengthen PANT, including participation in the periodic DASH funded partners meeting.
Develop or strengthen partnerships or coalitions with other agencies, nongovernmental organizations, voluntary associations, community groups, and others interested in promoting and improving CSHP and PANT.
Involve youth in planning, delivering, and evaluating coordinated school health programs and efforts to improve PANT.
Work with state, territorial, regional, tribal government, and local partners to enhance program sustainability by securing additional funding or in-kind support.
H. Program Monitoring: Recipients will be required to:
Document the impact of their program activities by monitoring the percentage of schools in their jurisdiction that are implementing specific, effective CSHP and PANT policies and practices. The percentage of schools that implement specific policies and practices can be measured through School Health Profiles or a similar state or local survey.
Report on program activities funded in any amount by CDC through the Indicators for School Health Programs (Indicators) (OMB reference number 0920-0772).
Document the use of epidemiological and student health risk behavior data.
Identify youth at greatest risk for inactivity, unhealthy dietary patterns, and tobacco use, and document how efforts have focused on meeting the needs of populations that are disproportionately affected.
Communicate the impact of CDC-funded activities by submitting written success stories annually.
Performance Measures: Program performance will be measured by the extent to which the recipient provides evidence of:
Increasing the percentage of schools in the jurisdiction that are implementing specific, effective policies and practices to improve the coordination and quality of school health programs and PANT policies and practices.
Timely delivery of:¬
Program inventory, strategic plan, revised Workplan, and revised Logic Model in the first annual budget period¬
Workplan, mid-year progress report, success stories, and annual progress report in each annual budget period¬
Final performance report at the end of the fifth annual budget period.
Implementing school-based programs and prevention strategies to reduce health disparities among youth at high risk for inactivity, unhealthy dietary patterns, and tobacco use.
Progress in the implementation of activities, including collaboration, program planning, technical assistance, policy development and dissemination, capacity building, information dissemination, and program monitoring.
A. Workplan: Develop an annual Workplan that will be negotiated with and approved by CDC/DASH. The Workplan contains the following elements:
Five-year goals (broad statements of program purpose describing the expected long-term effect(s) of a program, addressing the program’s effects in promoting asthma management for youth);