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CDC-RFA-TS-23-0001: ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote Local Efforts To Reduce Environmental Exposure

Closed Closed December 9, 2022 Opportunity CDC-RFA-TS-23-0001 ☆ Save

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• Total funding$73.3 million
• Expected awards34
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments and tribes.

Eligibility for funding under this announcement is limited by statute to States or political subdivisions thereof as described in Sections 104(i)(15) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(15)]. Under 42 U.S.C. Section 9604(i)(15), the activities of the Administrator of ATSDR shall be carried out by the Administrator of ATSDR, either directly or through cooperative agreements with States (or political subdivisions thereof) which the Administrator of ATSDR determines are capable of carrying out such activities. Thus, the eligible applicants for this award, per the statutory language, are States and political subdivisions thereof.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (82% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

In 1980, Congress created the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to implement the health-related sections of laws that protect the public from hazardous wastes and environmental spills of hazardous substances. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as the "Superfund" Act, provided the Congressional mandate to remove or clean up abandoned and inactive hazardous waste sites and to provide federal assistance in toxic emergencies. As the lead Agency within the Public Health Service for implementing the health-related provisions of CERCLA, ATSDR is charged to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites, to help prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from such exposures, and to expand the knowledge base about health effects from exposure to hazardous substances. In 1984, amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) authorized ATSDR to conduct public health assessments (PHAs) at these sites. ATSDR was also authorized to assist the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in determining which substances should be regulated and the levels at which substances may pose a threat to human health. With the passage of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), ATSDR received additional responsibilities in environmental public health. This Act broadened ATSDR's responsibilities in the areas of PHAs, establishment and maintenance of toxicological databases, information dissemination, and medical education. In 2017, ATSDR launched the Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education (CSPECE) effort under CDC-RFA-TS17-1701 to prevent harmful exposures among children before they occur. Newly licensed ECE programs might inadvertently open in places where children and staff could be exposed to environmental contamination. CSPECE helps prevent new ECE locations from being sited in potentially harmful locations through licensing landscape assessment, partnership building, and other activities. Several state programs demonstrated CSPECE is effective at preventing ECEs from being located at sites that risk harmful environmental exposures. This NOFO builds on previous efforts of developing CSPECE programs where there were none and expanding existing programs.

Category: Health.

Applying now

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