Get $4.1M for Community Health & Environment Projects
Summary
State and local health agencies can secure up to $4.1 million to build a national network for tracking environmental health data and improve community well-being. This funding supports integrated data collection and public health capacity building for environmental health surveillance.
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Full Description
CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a program announcement entitled, “National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program.” Approximately $4,115,000 will be available to fund five awards. The purpose of the program is to establish and maintain a nationwide tracking network to obtain integrated health and environmental data and use it to provide information in support of actions that improve the health of communities. The program also aims to build state and local public health capacity in the area of environmental health surveillance.For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at www.grants.gov . The estimated funding date is August 31, 2009.