Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Tobacco Use, Heart Disease, and Associated Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Improve Health in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico | CDC RFA DP14 140603CONT16

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DP14 140603CONT16

This grant opportunity, titled "Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Tobacco Use, Heart Disease, and Associated Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Improve Health in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico," is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continuation funding announcement designed specifically to keep existing chronic disease prevention and control work moving forward in US territories and affiliated jurisdictions. The program focus centers on major, interrelated chronic disease conditions and risk factors that drive illness and early death, particularly diabetes, tobacco use, heart disease, and other associated chronic disease risks. The overarching purpose is to support public health actions that reduce risk, improve disease management, and strengthen prevention systems in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

The opportunity is explicitly categorized as a continuation award, meaning it is not open to new applicants and is only intended for organizations that were previously funded under the earlier Funding Opportunity Announcement DP14-1406. In practice, this kind of continuation notice signals that CDC is extending financial support to sustain or complete previously approved activities, maintain staffing and infrastructure, and continue implementing interventions that were already underway. The grant is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC expects to have substantial involvement beyond simply providing funds, such as providing technical assistance, collaborating on performance monitoring, and aligning work with federal public health priorities and evidence-based approaches.

From the administrative details provided, the funding opportunity number is CDC RFA DP14 140603CONT16 and it falls under CFDA 93.945, a catalog listing associated with chronic disease prevention and health promotion activities. The eligible applicants field is listed as "Others," but the narrative makes clear that eligibility is limited to prior DP14-1406 awardees, so the practical eligibility is restricted regardless of that broad category label. The announcement lists an expected 50 awards, reflecting the program's broad footprint across multiple island jurisdictions and suggesting multiple recipients such as territorial or island health departments and their designated partners that were already part of the DP14-1406 cohort.

Key timeline and funding fields indicate this notice was created on 2015-10-09 with an original closing date of 2015-12-09. The award ceiling is shown as 0, which commonly indicates that the ceiling is either not specified in this summary record, varies by recipient based on continuation-year budgets, or is defined in the continuation terms rather than as a single fixed cap for all recipients. Because it is continuation funding, award amounts are often based on previously negotiated budgets, performance, and the availability of appropriations, rather than an open competition where a maximum award is clearly advertised for new proposals.

Programmatically, the work supported by this continuation funding would be expected to maintain and strengthen public health strategies that reduce tobacco use, improve cardiovascular health, and prevent or better manage diabetes. These strategies often include population-level interventions (such as policy, systems, and environmental changes), health care and community linkages (for screening, referral, and self-management support), surveillance and evaluation improvements to track disease burden and risk factors, and targeted efforts to reach communities with higher risk and limited access to care. The emphasis on "associated chronic disease risk factors" also signals attention to upstream drivers like hypertension control, nutrition and physical activity environments, and broader prevention approaches that reduce multiple chronic disease outcomes at once.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a CDC mechanism to continue a coordinated chronic disease prevention initiative already operating in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. It is not a new competitive grant, but rather a continuation of previously awarded cooperative agreements under DP14-1406, aimed at preserving momentum, sustaining capacity, and continuing implementation of proven public health actions to improve chronic disease outcomes in these jurisdictions.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Tobacco Use, Heart Disease, and Associated Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Improve Health in the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.945.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-10-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-09. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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