The High Obesity Program (HOP)
Agency: Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP
Assistance Listings
- 93.319 -- Outreach Programs to Reduce the Prevalence of Obesity in High Risk Rural Areas
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
CDC announces the availability of fiscal year 2023 funds to implement CDC-RFA-DP23-2313: The High Obesity Program (HOP). Poor nutrition and low levels of physical activity affect overall health and are significant risk factors for obesity and other chronic diseases. Obesity in the United States affects 78.6 million (35%) adults and 12.7 million (17%) children and accounts for approximately $147 billion in annual health care costs. HOP works at the county level to implement evidence-based strategies and leverage resources from stakeholders and sectors (e.g., agriculture, transportation, education,...
business, commerce, and housing) in their populations of focus related to poor nutrition and physical inactivity. This five-year program will fund land grant universities to leverage community extension services to implement evidence-based strategies that improve nutrition, safe and accessible physical activity, including family health weight and early care and education programs in counties with an adult obesity rate of over 40%. It will carry out activities that can inform future state and local level programmatic efforts and provides continued support to achieve optimal health for all Americans.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Additional information
Additional Eligibility Category:
Land Grant Universities located in states with eligible counties are eligible to apply for funding
No more than one land grant university per state will receive funding.
A table of states and the number of eligible counties, defined as "counties with over 40% adult obesity prevalence" which for this NOFO have been based on 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems Data and is provided below. A detailed table listing each eligible county can be found here. States are not listed in the table below if they donot have one or more counties with adult obesity prevalence over 40%.
Counties with Adult Obesity Prevalence over 40%*
State*
Number of Counties (% of Counties in State)
State*
Number of Counties (% of Counties in State)
Alabama
36 (54%)
Missouri
22 (19%)
Alaska
2 (7%)
Nebraska
3 (3%)
Arkansas
22 (29%)
New Mexico
1 (3%)
Florida
2 (3%)
North Carolina
13 (13%)
Georgia
54 (34%)
North Dakota
3 (6%)
Illinois
3 (3%)
Ohio
16 (18%)
Indiana
22 (24%)
Oklahoma
28 (36%)
Iowa
10 (10%)
South Carolina
24 (52%)
Kansas
12 (11%)
South Dakota
7 (11%)
Kentucky
47 (39%)
Tennessee
10 (11%)
Louisiana
35 (55%)
Texas
40 (16%)
Maryland
1 (4%)
Virginia
24 (18%)
Michigan
7 (8%)
Washington
1 (3%)
Minnesota
1 (1%)
West Virginia
25 (45%)
Mississippi
54 (66%)
Wisconsin
2 (3%)
*Source data in the table above is from CDC PLACES using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC, 2020 Small area estimates derived from methodology described in: Greenlund KJ, Lu H, Wang Y, Matthews KA, LeClercq JM, Lee B, et al. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health. Prev Chronic Dis 2022;19:210459. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd19.210459.
Grantor contact information
Description
Laura Kettel Khan
HOP2313@cdc.gov
HOP2313@cdc.gov
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Foa_Content_of_CDC-RFA-DP-23-0013.pdf | Foa_Content_of_CDC-RFA-DP-23-0013.pdf | Jan 18, 2023 01:22 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Archived: April 20, 2023
Award
$57,000,000
Program Funding
16
Expected awards
$500,000
Award Minimum
$1,200,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
CDC-RFA-DP-23-0013
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
January 18, 2023
Archive date:
April 20, 2023
