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CDC-RFA-DP-23-0001: State Public Health Approaches to Addressing Arthritis

Closed Closed April 3, 2023 Opportunity CDC-RFA-DP-23-0001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Chronic Disease Education and Awareness (CDC-RFA-DP-27-0068). Status: Expected deadline April 30, 2027. It is in our archive of Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$550,000
• Award floor$200,000
• Total funding$18.5 million
• Expected awards13
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

Applicants must identify the Component they are applying for in the Project Narrative section of their application submission and application Title. Applicants may only apply for ONE Component not for BOTH. If not clearly identified, the application will be considered non-responsive and will not be entered into the review process. Component A eligibility is open to applicants who are not currently funded by the CDC Arthritis Program CDC-RFA-DP21-2106 or CDC-RFA-DP18-1803 cooperative agreements in order to increase national capacity and geographic diversity of arthritis activities and impacts. Applicants currently funded under these cooperative agreements and applying for Component A will be considered non-responsive and will not be entered into the review process. Component B eligibility is unrestricted. Award ceiling for Component A is $300,000 and Component B is $550,000. CDC will consider any application requesting an award higher than the award ceiling for either Component as non-responsive and it will receive no further review.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Assistance Programs for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control awards averaged $1.0 million; this notice allows up to $550,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (45% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

More than 58 million adults in the United States have arthritis, a leading cause of work-related disability. Many adults with arthritis have moderate or severe joint pain and approximately 44% of adults with arthritis report limitations, which can include trouble doing daily activities, attributable to arthritis. Arthritis can affect anyone, but some groups are more affected than others. Recent research found that arthritis prevalence increased with increasing age, body mass index, and physical inactivity. Further, arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations are most prevalent among adults with worse physical and mental health profiles and greater social disadvantage. One in 3 adults with arthritis is inactive and only 11% have taken part in an educational program or course to manage their arthritis. Though research shows that primary care providers are recommending physical activity to patients with arthritis 58% percent of the time, there is room for increasing counseling among providers further, improving the quality of the counseling itself, and increasing referrals to proven interventions. Currently, 65.5% of primary care providers do not recommend arthritis appropriate evidence based interventions (AAEBIs) for patients with arthritis; the most common reported barrier is that the provider was not aware of these specific interventions. People with arthritis face barriers to physical activity such as fear of worsening arthritis pain and progression. These barriers can be effectively addressed through education and training to support physical activity counseling by providers, including physical activity assessments. Arthritis can be better managed, and symptoms improved through routine appropriate physical activity and participation in self-management education programs. Low-cost AAEBIs proven to decrease arthritis pain and disability and/or improve quality of life are available in geographic pockets across the US but are still underused by people who can benefit from them. Lack of awareness about AAEBIs, their benefits, and how to access them remain a challenge and a barrier to participation in these programs. Lack of widespread availability in local communities is a barrier against providers recommending these programs and participation in them. Increasing AAEBI offerings, with greater geographic dispersion and greater promotion, may increase participation.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, CDC-RFA-DP-27-0068, which is forecast.

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