School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students

The purpose of this 5-year cooperative agreement is to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents in underserved and disproportionately affected communities. Recipients will use the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model to: establish key partnerships to support school health programs; promote dissemination and implementation of CDC school health guidelines, tools, and resources through Professional Development (PD) and Technical Assistance (TA); and use action planning to implement physical activity, school nutrition, and school health...

Applicants other than federally recognized and non-federally recognized Native American/American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments and organizations are required to submit a MOU/MOA with the lead state agency (Department of Education or Department of Health) responsible for the administration of YRBS, School Health Profiles, and other health related surveys and data collection.  The MOU/MOA must state the relationship and plans on how both entities will corroboratively work together on proposed strategies and activities in this notice of funding opportunity.  Applicants must name the file “MOU/MOA” and upload it as a PDF file at www.grants.gov.  If a MOU/MOA is not provided, the application will be deemed non-responsive.  In lieu of the MOU/MOA, tribal applicants should describe how strategies and activities will be conducted within the tribe’s education and health programs.

Melissa Fahrenbruch eya6@cdc.gov