WISEWOMAN: Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation of WOMen Across the Nation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention announces the opportunity to apply for funds to implement the Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) Program. The WISEWOMAN Program extends preventive health services to participants of the CDC-funded National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). These extended preventive health services include assessment of cardiovascular risk factors and provision of services to reduce...

Eligible applicants must be recipients of National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) funding, per Congressional statute, Title XV, Section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 300n-4a). Section 1502 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300l) and the FY 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 117-328, Div. H).  Under the NBCCEDP, WISEWOMAN is authorized to expand screening services to include cardiovascular risk. To receive WISEWOMAN services, WISEWOMAN program recipients must be NBCCEDP recipients; thus, only organizations that are currently receiving NBCCEDP funding may apply. Current recipients of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program are available at: https://nccd.cdc.gov/dcpc_Programs/index.aspx#/1 

Rebekah Buckley WISEWOMAN2303@cdc.gov