Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds to develop multi-sector action plans that address the social determinants of health (SDOH) by accelerating action in state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions, and communities that lead to improved chronic health conditions among Americans experiencing health disparities and inequality. The award ceiling for this NOFO is $125,000. 

Eligibility is limited to State Governments, County Governments, City or Township Governments, Special District Governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia), Local governments or their bona fide agents, Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized) and American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state­-recognized). Eligibility is delineated in Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2023, House Report 117-403 page 82, which directed CDC to award competitive grants to state, tribal, local and territorial (STLT) jurisdictions to support the development of Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans, the implementation of those plans, and to improve the health of Medicaid beneficiaries.Applicants must provide a statement that identifies and defines the community in which the applicant will do the proposed work. This documentation must be labeled “Proposed_Work_Statement” and uploaded as a PDF file at www.grants.gov. Applications that do not include a “Proposed_Work_Statement” will be considered non-responsive and will not receive further review.Recipients under CDC-RFA-DP21-2111 or CDC-RFA-DP22-2210 (Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans) are NOT eligible to apply for this NOFO given they were previously funded to complete SDOH plans. The award ceiling for this NOFO is $125,000. CDC will consider any application requesting an award higher than this amount as non-responsive, and it will receive no further review.  

Tchernavia Gregory SDOHAccelerator@cdc.gov