Key points
- CDC funds states, tribes, universities, and communities to advance the nation’s chronic disease prevention and health promotion efforts.
- CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) supports programs to improve healthy eating and active living to prevent chronic diseases.
Funded programs at a glance
State and local programs
Works to deliver proven public health strategies to help deliver arthritis interventions, improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent chronic diseases. Arthritis funding includes 12 states. SPAN, HOP, and REACH funding includes 17 states, 50 tribal and community organizations, and 16 land-grant universities.
- State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN)
- High Obesity Program (HOP)
- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
- Arthritis Program
Healthy tribes program
Partners with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities to advance culturally responsive, strength-based, and community-led strategies to support health and wellness. DNPAO funding includes 74 tribal organizations.
Program strategies
Healthy tribes program
CDC supports the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities through its Healthy Tribes Program.
- Addresses chronic disease prevention through holistic strategies.
- Helps to reduce chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol.
- Supports community-led interventions.
- Strengthens traditional practices to promote wellness.
- Encourages cultural connection and resilience.
- Supports intergenerational health activities.
- Builds data and public health infrastructure capacity.
- Supports disease monitoring and evaluation.
- Strengthens tribal public health systems.