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Grant Opportunity Profile
| Grant Opportunity ID |
| DOH01-ATFC2-2019 |
| Agency |
| Department of Health |
| Grant Opportunity |
| Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities |
| Contact Name |
| Debbie Spinosa |
| Contact Email |
| TCP@health.ny.gov |
| Solicitation Profile |
The New York State Department of Health (Department) Tobacco Control Program (TCP) seeks applications from organizations for the Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities (ATFC) initiative that will foster environments supportive of policies that reinforce the tobacco-free norm in communities throughout New York State (NYS). This approach to chronic disease prevention utilizes a community-based strategy which includes community education, community mobilization, government policy maker education, and advocacy with organizational decision makers to create local environments that are receptive to or demand policy change. The efforts of these contractors will support the prevention and reduction of tobacco use through strategic youth action and community engagement efforts. Up to 21 awards will be made, one in each of the 21 catchment areas, as listed in Section I.D.3.
Under this Request for Applications (RFA), the Department seeks to develop a statewide network of core contractors, covering all counties in NYS. Each contractor will use a bilateral approach that combines elements of community engagement and youth action (the latter branded as Reality Check) under a single contractor.
Core Awardees will:
• Organize as formal coalitions or as a network of community members and organizations.
• Engage community members, including youth, and leverage resources from the community to advance local and statewide tobacco control action.
• Engage local stakeholders, educate community leaders and the public, and mobilize community members and organizations to strengthen tobacco-related policies (both organizational and municipal) that prevent and reduce tobacco use, reduce youth exposure to harmful tobacco marketing in retail settings, limit tobacco industry manipulation of the retail environment, limit exposure to secondhand smoke, and reduce smoking imagery through the media.
• Administer a youth-oriented component called Reality Check (RC). RC will engage a core group of youth ages 13-18 in action-oriented activities and impart the necessary leadership skills to engage in policy-related tobacco control work of the contract. Youth will be involved through a supportive peer group, working with adult guidance, to work toward the overall goals of the contract.
• Coordinate and collaborate between the two elements (community engagement and youth action), with an aim of improving the health status of communities by changing community policies and norms about tobacco and tobacco use.
Core Awardees will implement strategies across communities that will lead to the following outcomes:
• Reduce the impact of retail tobacco marketing on youth and adults, especially those disparately-affected populations.
• Increase opportunities for tobacco-free outdoor areas.
• Reduce secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit housing.
• Reduce tobacco imagery in youth-rated movies.
• Advance tobacco-free norms, through promising/emerging tobacco control initiatives, with Health Department approval.
The TCP is committed to the elimination of health inequities in its target population. In tobacco control, the demographic groups most negatively affected by tobacco are those persons who are economically disadvantaged, have mental illness or substance use disorders, or have physical disabilities. Other groups may also be disparately affected by tobacco use. Throughout the various components of this application (Program Narrative, Objectives, and Work Plan), applicants are required to:
1) Explain the extent to which health disparities and/or health inequities are manifested within the problem addressed by this funding opportunity. This includes the identification of specific group(s) which experiences a disproportionate burden of disease or health condition in your catchment area (this information must be supported by data);
2) Explain how specific social and environmental conditions (social determinants of health) put groups who are already disadvantaged at increased risk for health inequities; and
3) Explain how proposed program interventions will address these problems.
Optional Component – Statewide Administrative Coordinator:
One organization, funded under this RFA, to provide core Advancing Tobacco-Free services described above, will be awarded up to an additional $125,000 annually to support agency expenses for a 1.0 FTE Administrative Coordinator, employed by the applicant to provide fiscal management, logistical support and statewide coordination for statewide activities that involve all ATFC grants. Responsibilities include (but not be limited to) the following:
• Be the fiscal agent and procurement lead for the required statewide collaborative media campaign:
o Liaise with contracted media agency for fiscal and creative development.
o Provide coordination for statewide website and social media maintenance.
• Be the fiscal agent and logistics lead for the annual RC Youth Summit
• Provide logistics and administrative leadership for Youth Advocate of the Year awards.
• Be the fiscal agent and logistics lead for optional statewide coordinator/youth trainings outside of TCP-organized training program.
• Coordinate planning committees for other statewide activities.
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| Full Announcement Details |
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Applications Due (Date / Time)
January 07, 2019 / 04:00 PM ET |
Bidder's Conference(s)/Application Workshop(s)
None available
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| Anticipated Award Date | Friday, March 29, 2019 |
| Anticipated Initial Contract Length | 5 Years |
| Total Funding Available | $46,375,000.00 |
| Anticipated Amount of Award(s) | |
| Narrative | The maximum annual funding is $9,275,000 for a five-year total of $46,375,000. |
| Letter of Intent | Not Required |
| Letter of Intent Due | Monday, November 26, 2018 |
| Narrative | Prospective applicants may complete and submit a letter of interest (Attachment # 2, Letter of Interest). Prospective applicants may also use the letter of interest to receive notification when updates/modifications are posted; including responses to written questions. Letters of interest should be submitted via the Grants Gateway in the Pre-Submission Uploads section of the online application. Please note that you will receive an error message when uploading the letter into the application as other Pre-Submission uploads are not due until the application is submitted. A copy should also be emailed to tcp@health.ny.gov. The Letter of Interest should be submitted by the date posted on the cover of the RFA. Please ensure that the RFA number is noted in the subject line. |
| Questions Due Date | Tuesday, November 27, 2018 |
| Questions and Answers Narrative | All substantive questions must be submitted in writing via email to:
Stephanie Sheehan
NYS Bureau of Tobacco Control
TCP@health.ny.gov
To the degree possible, each inquiry should cite the RFA section and paragraph to which it refers. Written questions will be accepted until the date posted on the cover of this RFA. This includes Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) questions and questions pertaining to the MWBE forms.
Questions of a technical nature can be addressed in writing or via telephone by calling:
Debbie Spinosa
NYS Bureau of Tobacco Control
518-474-1515
TCP@health.ny.gov
Questions are of a technical nature if they are limited to how to prepare your application (e.g., formatting) rather than relating to the substance of the application.
Some helpful links for questions of a technical nature are available in the RFA, Section IV., B.
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| Questions and Answers Posting Type | Upload |
| Questions and Answers Posting Date | 12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM |
| Questions and Answers Link or Upload | Click here |
| Eligible Applicants | Not-For-Profit, Governmental Entity, Tribal Organization |
| Target Population(s) | Age - Adults, Age - Young Adults, Gender - Female, Gender - Male, Health Status - Chronic Disease, Health Status - Disabilities, Health Status - Mental Illness, Health Status - Substance Abuse, Income Eligibility - Low Income |
| Service Area(s) | Health Services |
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