Creating Safer States: Through Building Capacity for Injury & Violence Prevention | CDC RFA CE18 1802

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA CE18 1802

Creating Safer States: Through Building Capacity for Injury and Violence Prevention (CDC RFA CE18-1802) is a CDC-funded cooperative agreement designed to reduce the heavy toll that injuries and violence take across the United States. The opportunity is framed around the scale of the problem: roughly 192,900 deaths each year from injuries and violence (about one death every three minutes), along with more than 3 million hospitalizations and about 27 million emergency department visits annually. The core idea behind the grant is that injuries and violence are not inevitable; they are preventable public health issues, and states can make measurable progress when they have stronger infrastructure, skilled staff, better data systems, effective partnerships, and a consistent focus on evidence-based prevention strategies.

The purpose of the funding is to strengthen Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) capacity within State Health Departments (SHDs) and, by extension, improve prevention efforts at state, local, and community levels. Rather than funding only direct services, the program emphasizes building the foundational public health systems that allow states to plan, deliver, and sustain prevention work over time. CDC intends applicants to use programmatic work, policy support, communications, and evaluation approaches to expand injury and violence prevention expertise and translate it into practical prevention action that reduces illness, injury, and death.

The outcomes expected from funded work are centered on capacity gains that can be demonstrated and measured. First, the NOFO aims for increased state capacity to prevent injuries and violence across both states that already receive CDC Core SVIPP support and those that do not, signaling an intent to lift overall national readiness and consistency. Second, it prioritizes stronger partner networks around state health departments, with those networks helping states improve workforce competencies (training and skills needed for modern IVP practice), expand and improve IVP surveillance (the ability to track injuries and violence with timely, useful data), and increase the capacity to select, implement, and evaluate the best available evidence-based prevention strategies. In practice, this means states should be better equipped to choose interventions backed by research, roll them out effectively, and assess whether they are working.

A third major focus is improving IVP capacity and infrastructure in states that have received STAT visits, with an emphasis on following through on technical assistance (TA) plans. The grant expects implementation of follow-up activities and evaluation tied to those TA plans, so that the assistance provided results in concrete improvements rather than one-time consultations. Fourth, the NOFO elevates youth violence prevention through STRYVE (Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere), calling for increased development of STRYVE Action Councils and broader distribution and implementation of CDCs youth violence technical package. This reflects a structured, community-engaged approach to preventing youth violence using a set of recommended strategies and guidance that states and communities can put into action.

Finally, the opportunity seeks to grow and advance a wider IVP network and shared agenda that builds broader support for injury and violence prevention capacity and infrastructure. This is about creating momentum beyond any single program or state by strengthening coordination, shared priorities, and cross-sector commitment, which can help make prevention work more sustainable and better integrated into routine public health practice.

Administratively, this opportunity was offered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). It is a discretionary cooperative agreement (meaning CDC is expected to have substantial involvement through guidance and collaboration), listed under CFDA 93.136. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, subject to any additional clarifications in the full notice. The posting was created on February 7, 2018, with an original application deadline of May 18, 2018 (applications due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern). The expected number of awards was one, with an award ceiling of $1,000,000, indicating a single, relatively large award intended to support broad capacity-building activities and coordinated national or multi-state impact rather than many smaller state-by-state grants.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Creating Safer States: Through Building Capacity for Injury & Violence Prevention" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 07, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 18, 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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 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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