Deadline: November 22, 2013
Funding Amount: The anticipated
total funding for this initiative, pending availability of funds, is just over
$15.5 million for 11 contracts (10 regional; one statewide) over a projected
four-year and nine-month contract period. Annual funding amounts for 10
regional contracts are expected to be up to
$300,000 per contract; one statewide contract is expected to be funded up to
$275,000.
Eligibility: Public and private
not-for-profit agencies and organizations in New York State, including but not
limited to: local government and public
health agencies, health care systems, primary care networks, academic
institutions, community-based organizations, volunteer associations and
professional associations with experience in health systems level change to
improve quality of care. Experience working with low income and low educational
attainment populations and with individuals with serious mental illness is
expected.
Agency: NYS Department
of Health
Grant ID: FAU Control
#1306271049
Summary: The New York State
Department of Health (Department) Bureau of Tobacco Control (BTC) seeks
applications from organizations that will work to engage health care systems to
improve the delivery of guideline-concordant care for tobacco dependence
through systems and policy change at the organizational level. A systems
approach is consistent with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Health Impact
Pyramid (Frieden, 2010) and interventions that have broader population effect
and require lower individual level effort. Health care organizations that serve
disproportionately affected populations (low income, low educational
attainment, and serious mental illness) are the priority focus for this
contract. Health system interventions should result in expansion of the reach
of evidence-based smoking cessation interventions without direct provision of
those services. The focus is on working with higher level administrative
decision-makers to ensure that the providers in the health systems they oversee
deliver appropriate and aggressive tobacco dependence treatment to its members.Click on link: NYS Department of Health
