# Strengthening environmental health capacity (EHC) to detect, prevent, and control environmental health hazards through data-driven, evidence-based approaches; pilot Environmental Health Records EHR/COVID-19 community mitigation

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/cdc-rfa-eh20-20050101supp21-strengthening-environmental-health-capacity-ehc-to-detect/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334198

> Centers for Disease Control - NCEH offered grants of up to $250,000 (at least $150,000) to any type of organization. It expected to make about 12 awards worth $250,000 in total. Applications closed on July 23, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | CDC-RFA-EH20-20050101SUPP21 |
| Agency | Centers for Disease Control - NCEH |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 23, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $250,000 |
| Award floor | $150,000 |
| Expected awards | 12 |
| Total funding | $250,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.070 |

## Who can apply

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

This announcement is a supplement to CDC-FOA-EH20-2005. All recipients currently funded through CDC-FOA-EH20-2005 are eligible to submit an application. This announcement will not issues awards to applicants not currently recipients through CDC-FOA-EH20-2005.

## What the grant funds

The environmental health capacity (EHC) funding opportunity seeks to strengthen the nation's environmental health (EH) capacity to protect public health by strengthening the capacity of public health departments using 3 strategies to address specific EH topics and issues. This will ensure safe and healthy environments and improve community health status. The 3 strategies are (1) using EH data and information, (2) identifying and addressing EH hazards, and (3) assessing the effectiveness and impact of EH interventions. All EHC projects must provided activities, objectives, and performance measures that encompases the three primary EHC strategies. This project will be initiated through the CDC environmental health capacity (EHC) project Component C, the purpose of this project is to assess the implementation of COVID-19 community mitigation strategies in communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Focus will be on mitigation strategies promoting behaviors that prevent the spread of the virus and maintain healthy environments (e.g., cleaning and disinfection, proper ventilation, safe water systems, etc.). Project objectives include identifying any existing challenges and differences in strategy implementation to prevent COVID-19 transmission and reduce impact among racial and ethnic minority groups, people with lower incomes and/or experiencing poverty or homelessness, low-wage essential workers, and rural communities. This project will be initiated through the CDC environmental health capacity (EHC) project Component C, the purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility and utility of environmental health records EHRs to provide access to more current data with a minimal delay between cancer diagnosis and reporting, to serve as a potential source of environmental risk factor data, and to provide more complete data relative to sociodemographic factors to better identify inequities.

## Questions people ask

### Is CDC-RFA-EH20-20050101SUPP21 still open?

No. It closed on July 23, 2021. A newer notice is open: PA-27-100, due dates in the notice, expires April 5, 2027.

### Who can apply for Strengthening environmental health capacity (EHC) to detect, prevent, and control environmental health hazards through data-driven, evidence-based approaches; pilot Environmental Health Records EHR/COVID-19 community mitigation?

Centers for Disease Control - NCEH accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Strengthening environmental health capacity (EHC) to detect, prevent, and control environmental health hazards through data-driven, evidence-based approaches; pilot Environmental Health Records EHR/COVID-19 community mitigation?

Closed July 23, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $250,000 each. About $250,000 in total across about 12 awards.

### Who has won Environmental Public Health and Emergency Response grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Minnesota Department of Health, Florida Department of Health. The program made 183 awards worth $213 million in that time.