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March 23, 2009
Building Healthy Communities: Engaging Elementary Schools and Community Partners
Requests for Proposals
Notice of Intent deadline: April 3, 2009
Submission deadline: April 24, 2009
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is currently accepting grant proposals from Michigan elementary schools and
their community partners who are committed to taking a comprehensive approach to improving physical activity
and nutrition for children and those who influence them. Grant-funding and collaboration
initiatives for 2009 and 2010 focus on two key areas:
- Combating childhood obesity by improving physical activity and nutrition among children
- Stabilizing and expanding access to health care services for the uninsured
By targeting critical public health issues, such as childhood obesity, Blue Cross believes the overall health of
Michigan residents can be significantly improved.
February 9, 2009
Integrating Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs with Other Chronic Disease Programs
Closing Date for Applications: April 10, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for state, tribal, and territorial health agencies.
The purpose of this funding program is to establish and integrate evidence-based colorectal cancer screening programs with existing CRC screening programs and/or other cancer screening or chronic disease programs, in order to increase population-based CRC screenings.
February 3, 2009
 Request for Applications (RFA):
Reducing Women’s Health Disparities
[PDF file, 93 Kb]
Due Date: March 2, 2009
This funding opportunity is intended to support projects to reduce women's health disparities. Health disparities refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. In the United States, studies have shown that health disparities have been experienced by African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Latinos, isolated rural women and populations of lower socioeconomic status. Health disparities may have an impact on quality of life and mortality; quality and appropriateness of health care; the prevalence of certain health conditions or diseases, and in health outcomes.
January 23, 2009
Request for Applications:
Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls Project
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Due Date: February 23, 2009
Funding is available for specific events or activities intended to prevent, raise awareness of, or respond to the epidemic of violence against women and girls in the United States. Violence against women and girls encompasses intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, stalking, emotional and verbal abuse; as well as bullying, human-trafficking, and other forms of trauma or abuse.
December 29, 2008
Request for Applications (RFA): National Women’s Health Week [PDF file, 88 Kb]
Due Date: January 15, 2009
National Women’s Health Week (NWHW) empowers women across the country to get healthy by taking action. The nationwide initiative, coordinated by HHS OWH, encourages women to make health a top priority and take simple steps for a longer, healthier and happier life. During the week, families, communities, businesses, government, health organizations and other groups work together to educate women about steps they can take to improve their physical and mental health and prevent disease, like: engaging in physical activity most days of the week; making healthy food choices; visiting a healthcare provider to receive regular check-ups and preventive screenings; and avoiding risky behaviors, like smoking and not wearing a seatbelt. NWHW funding applications could include: health walks, health fairs, health workshops for women and girls.
Fiscal Year 2009 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program
This Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program furthers the Department's mission by encouraging state, local, and tribal governments and state, local, and tribal courts to treat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system. The letters of intent to apply should be submitted by December 18, 2008. All applicants should register online with Grants.gov by January 6, 2009. All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. EST on January 15, 2009. As with all OVW discretionary grant programs, applicants must apply via www.Grants.gov.
Fiscal Year 2009 Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women Later in Life Program Solicitation
The Enhanced Training and Services to End Domestic Violence Against and Abuse of Women Later in Life Grant Program is designed to address the issue of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking against victims who are 50 years of age or older, through training and services. The letters of intent to apply should be submitted by January 7, 2009. All applicants should register online with Grants.gov by January 14, 2009. All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. EST on January 28, 2009. As with all OVW discretionary grant programs, applicants must apply via www.Grants.gov.
Fiscal Year 2009 Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Solicitation
The Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse or violence. The letters of intent to apply should be submitted by January 7, 2009. All applicants should register online with Grants.gov by January 7, 2009. All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. EST on January 28, 2009. As with all OVW discretionary grant programs, applicants must apply via www.Grants.gov.
Fiscal Year 2009 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault Program Solicitation
The OVW Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, or Sexual Assault Program (Transitional Housing Assistance Program) focuses on a holistic, victim-centered approach to provide transitional housing services that move individuals into permanent housing. The letters of intent to apply should be submitted by December 24, 2008. All applicants should register online with Grants.gov by December 24, 2008. All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. EST on January 8, 2009. As with all OVW discretionary competitive programs, applicants must apply via www.Grants.gov.
Fiscal Year 2009 STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program Solicitation
The Services*Training*Officers*Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program (STOP Program) supports communities in their efforts to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women and to develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent crimes against women.
The STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program is not a discretionary program. Applications will continue to be submitted through the Grants Management System. The Grants Management System (GMS) registration deadline is 8:00 p.m. EST on December 9, 2008. The due date for applying for funding under this announcement is 8:00 p.m. EST on January 9, 2009.
November 16, 2008
Parents Speak Up National Campaign
Request for Quotations: Outreach Centers
Due Date: December 23, 2008
As the lead contractor on the Parents Speak Up National Campaign, Rosenberg Communications will fund three Outreach Centers for the Parents Speak Up National Campaign. One Outreach Center will serve the African-American community; one will serve the Hispanic community; and one will serve the Native American community.
This Request for Quotations is to compete for and, if successful, operate one or more Outreach Centers as part of the Parents Speak Up National Campaign (PSUNC), a nationwide public education campaign funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
November 16, 2008
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Funding Opportunity
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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. The purpose of this annual day is to raise awareness of the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls and encourage women and girls to take action.
Activities should take place on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. However, activities conducted one week before or one week after March 10, 2009 are acceptable.
The timeline for projects selected for funding will begin upon receipt of award notification and end by March 30, 2009 (including submission of final report).
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day funding applications could include: health walks, health fairs, health workshops for women and girls. Ideas for projects, flyers, and other educational materials are available at http://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv/nwghaad.
All funded events must be logged on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day web site ( http://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv/nwghaad).
November 16, 2008
The Heart Truth Campaign Funding Opportunity [PDF file, 81 Kb]
The Heart Truth Campaign was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with the HHS OWH to raise awareness about women and heart disease. The timeline for projects selected for funding will begin upon receipt of award notification and end by July 23, 2009.
The Heart Truth Campaign funding applications must be for one of the following areas:
- Consumer education focused on women ages 40 to 60 based on the NHLBI The Heart Truth Campaign, examples of activities include: heart health walks, heart health fairs, heart health workshops for women.
- The Heart Truth Professional Education Campaign activities using materials designed by the HHS Office on Women’s Health.
October 15, 2008
FY08 BCRP Concept Award: New Breast Cancer Research Funding Opportunities
The Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) announces new funding opportunities for Fiscal Year 2008. The following program announcement was released on October 15, 2008.
Concept Award deadlines
Pre-application submission: November 6, 2008
Proposal submission: November 20, 2008
A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP eReceipt web site, https://cdmrp.org. All proposals must be submitted through Grants.gov.
October 7, 2008
Youth Build Grant Competition Announced:
DOL to award $47 Million to Faith-Based and Community Organizations
The YouthBuild program provides education and training to high risk youth, giving them tools to compete
in today's quickly changing job market. This alternative education program provides a path to higher education in
addition to tools for immediate work in high demand fields such as construction. The program aims to provide an
education for young people who have been in the juvenile justice system, youth aging out of foster care,
high school dropouts and other at-risk populations, and immediately uses the vocational tools learned to expand
affordable housing in low income communities. This vocational experience strengthens the leadership and
learning skills of participating youth to help in future employment. The program is sponsored by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Association, working to give at risk youth concrete tools to achieve
sustainable employment.
October 2, 2008
Enhancing Acess to Quality HIV Care for Women of Color
1) Demonstrations Sites and 2) Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center
This award will support organizations funded under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006 to implement and evaluate focused interventions designed to improve women of color's timely entry into HIV primary care following diagnosis and retain women of color in quality primary HIV care. The focus of this initiative is to identify, evaluate and disseminate successful strategies to recruit and retain HIV positive women of color in primary care. Applicants must propose interventions to address provider-patient communication, patient treatment education, cultural competence, fragmented clinical care, complex and confusing medical procedures and clinical facilities. Applicants will be expected to describe in detail, a plan to compile lessons learned and best practice models that can be shared with Ryan White grantees and other providers to improve access and quality of Ryan White services for women of color. One Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) will be awarded and will be responsible for coordinating and conducting a multi-site analysis, providing clinical expertise, developing guidelines for integrated programs, conducting cost-effectiveness analysis, and dissemination of results.
September 9, 2008
Translating Basic Behavioral and Social Science Discoveries into Interventions to Reduce Obesity: Centers for Behavioral Intervention Development (U01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is being issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, with participation from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. This FOA solicits cooperative agreement (U01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to translate findings from basic research on human behavior into more effective clinical, community, and population interventions to reduce obesity and improve obesity-related behaviors. This FOA will support Centers for Behavioral Intervention Development (CBIDs) in which interdisciplinary teams of basic and applied behavioral and social science researchers develop and refine novel interventions based on basic research findings to reduce obesity and alter obesity-related health behaviors (e.g., diet, physical activity).
September 2, 2008
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Returning Combat Veterans in the Community (R01)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), solicits applications to study the impact of existing national, state, and/or local community-based programs addressing the adjustment and mental health needs of recent combat veterans, including returning National Guard, Army Reserve, and newly separated active duty personnel. Research projects supported through this FOA will produce new information concerning effective strategies for fostering successful transition from combat to civilian roles for returning service members. NIMH expects that knowledge gained will benefit service members and their families, employers, and relevant federal, state, and local agencies, and will inform future initiatives for recently returned combat veterans.
August 27, 2008
Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality Action Learning Collaborative
CityMatCH, the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), and the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA), with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have created the Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality. The vision for this project is to eliminate racial inequities contributing to infant mortality within U.S. urban areas. Applications are due no later than 11:00pm Eastern on Monday, September 8, 2008.
August 11, 2008
2008 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Services for Female Youth at Greater Risk for Juvenile Delinquency
The Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health to solicit for contractors to Implement a program that provides prevention/intervention education, on a community level, to female youth that are putting themselves at greater risk for gang involvement and STD/HIV infection. This requirement is being solicited and awarded under FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Period of Performance shall be one year from date of award and the Government anticipates making multiple awards from this solicitation, not to exceed 10 awards. Due September 3, 2008.
August 11, 2008
End Violence Against Women on College/University Campuses Program
The Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health to solicit for contractors to develop and implement an education and awareness program focused on violence against women, to promote safety and nonviolence on college and university campuses and at residential schools. The contractor shall work with a college, university or residential school within its geographical location to educate and promote awareness to the issue of violence against women by developing 3-4 activities/events for the students, awareness training for campus police and establish an on-campus task force to prioritize specific violence awareness objectives.This requirement is being solicited and awarded under FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Period of Performance shall be one year from date of award and the Government anticipates making one (1) award. Due September 3, 2008.
August 11, 2008
2008 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Services for Female Youth at Greater Risk for Juvenile Delinquency
The Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health to solicit for contractors to Implement a program that provides prevention/intervention education, on a community level, to female youth that are putting themselves at greater risk for gang involvement and STD/HIV infection. This requirement is being solicited and awarded under FAR 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Period of Performance shall be one year from date of award and the Government anticipates making multiple awards from this solicitation, not to exceed 10 awards. Due September 3, 2008.
July 21, 2008
Evaluation of the Advancing System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People 2010 (ASIST2010) Program
The Department of Health and Human Services/Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office of Public Health Science/Office on Women's Health (OWH). Offers will be solicited from all sources through a full and open competition. Offerors should be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database for NAICS code 541690 which has a size standard of $6.5 million. The purpose of this requirement is to conduct an evaluation of the Advancing System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People 2010 (ASIST2010) program to answer the following evaluation question – Can a public health system/collaborative partnership approach have a positive impact on Healthy People 2010 targets? A public health system is defined as an established collaborative partnership between governmental and non-governmental partners. The OWH implemented the ASIST2010 program in September 2007. The intent of the program is to use a public health systems approach, a sex and gender-based focus, and evidence-based strategies to improve performance on two or more of the seven HP 2010 Focus Areas targeted by this initiative – Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke, Access to Quality Health Services, Educational and Community-Based Programs, Nutrition and Overweight, and Physical Activity and Fitness – and on at least one objective within each Focus Area. The OWH has 13 very different ASIST2010 programs serving diverse populations and located in diverse organizations. The goals of the ASIST2010 program are to: 1) Support existing public health systems/collaborative partnerships that add a sex and gender focus to the selected HP 2010 Focus Areas and objectives identified above, and 2) Provide additional support to HP 2010 objectives that track the health status of women to help them move towards their targets. It is anticipated that the contract will be for a period of 26 months.
June 27, 2008
Primary Care Partnerships to Prevent Heart Disease in Women
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women's Health (OWH), requires statewide evidence-based educational interventions (using The Heart Truth Professional Education Campaign materials) to expand the role of primary care in the prevention and treatment of heart disease risk factors, and the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome and heart disease among women aged 40 to 75, with specific emphasis on blood pressure control, tobacco cessation, lipids control (including triglycerides, LDL-C, HDL, total cholesterol), diabetes control (including testing, monitoring, nutrition counseling, and foot care), weight loss or control, and symptoms of heart disease. Preference will be given to interventions in fifteen states with the highest heart disease mortality rates in women.
August 1, 2007
2007 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Services for Girls at Risk for Juvenile Delinquency
The Program Support Center (PSC) has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health (OWH) to implement new programs that provide prevention/intervention education on a community level to girls that are putting themselves at greater risk for gang involvement and STD/HIV infection. DHHS/OWH defines girls as persons who are aged 9-16 years. The program shall be specifically designed to serve female youth at risk for juvenile delinquency and STD/HIV infection.
July 26, 2007
Prevention and Intervention of HIV/AIDS Related Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence
The Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health (OWH) to develop and implement programs addressing the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS, especially among female survivors of domestic violence. Contractors responding to the request for quotation shall have experience and knowledge about the domestic violence community and HIV/AIDS and shall submit evidence of their work with domestic violence groups.
May 29, 2007
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Services for Girls at Risk for Juvenile Delinquency
The purpose of this solicitation is to implement new programs that provide prevention/intervention education on a community level to girls that are putting themselves at greater risk for gang involvement and STD/HIV infection. DHHS/OWH defines girls as persons who are aged 9-16 years. The program shall be specifically designed to serve female youth at risk for juvenile delinquency and STD/HIV infection.
May 1, 2007
Women Across the Lifespan Pilot Program; intergenerational approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention education
The purpose of the Intergenerational
Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention
Education with Women Across the
Lifespan Pilot Program is to develop
cross-generational HIV/AIDS prevention
education approaches specific to
women at risk for or living with HIV/
AIDS and other female members of the
family 12+ years old, particularly
African American, Native American/
American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and
Asian/Pacific Islander women from the
Diaspora who are grandmothers,
mothers, daughters, granddaughters,
and aunts.
April 16, 2007
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program for High-Risk and Minority Women
This procurement, from the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, furthers President George Bush's agenda to broaden Federal efforts to work with faith based and community organizations.
Further, the requirement of the contract to be awarded will mean that the offeror or offerors awarded contracts will put emphasis on performance that is aligned with the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People 2010 and the HealthierUS Initiative. More information on the Healthy People 2010 objectives may be found at http://www.health.gov/healthypeople. more detailed information on the HealthierUS Initiative may be found at http://www.healthierus.gov/.
August 10, 2006
Lupus Education Seminars Presolicitation Notice
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health (OWH) has a requirement for community-based Lupus Education Awareness Programs. The successful contractors shall be responsible for developing and implementing four Lupus educational seminars based on the national model.
July 14, 2006
Obesity Grant
This cooperative grant announcement focuses on the development and demonstration of creative and innovative approaches that are effective in reducing the prevalence of overweight/obesity in young women, ages 16–24, by increasing the number of women who adopt positive, healthy, lifestyles. Organizations will be provided with funding that will aid in the development, expansion, or sustainment of effective obesity-related programs in order to effect lifestyle changes that will prevent the development of type II diabetes in the targeted population. The interventions implemented must be substantive in nature, incorporating evidenced-based nutrition, physical activity, and health/ wellness components, while also positively impacting knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Proposals must include programs for women who are members of racial and ethnic minority populations who are disproportionately affected by overweight/obesity. Grantees will be asked to describe the characteristics of its target population. Programs that seek to target audiences with a prevalence of overweight/obesity greater than 25% are particularly encouraged to submit proposals.
Intergenerational Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education for Women Across the Lifespan Pilot Program
The Intergenerational Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education with Women Across the Lifespan Pilot Program intends to: (1) Develop a cross-generational HIV/AIDS prevention education program to establish effective and/or increase communication about sexual health between African American, Native American/American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander women at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS with other female family and/or kinship network members 12+ years old; (2) provide opportunities for African American, Native American/American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander women and other female members of the family 12+ years old to know their serostatus; and (3) address the age-, gender-, cultural-, spiritual-, and language-specific needs of African American, Native American/American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian/Pacific Islander women and other female members of the family 12+ years old regarding their sexual health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS prevention so they may decrease their risks for disease.
This program builds on Minority AIDS Initiative- and Office on Women's Health-funded Women and HIV/AIDS Programs (e.g., Model Mentorship Program; HIV Prevention Education for Young Women Attending Minority Academic Institutions) by addressing HIV/AIDS issues using the strength of familial and kinship networks, as well as women-specific vulnerabilities to acquiring the virus.
Mentoring Partnership Program
The Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health to select Contractors to provide professional services as the "Mentor/Mentoring Agency" and develop a mentoring partnership approach while implementing a process of infrastructural capacity building with Protégés/Protégé Organizations. The Protégés/Protégé Organizations are women's service organizations, community based organizations, and faith based organizations that deliver HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority women residing in rural and urban areas across the United States. The Mentor shall have expertise in: 1) organization infrastructure development (fiscal management, human resources, organizational governance, data management, and technology development); 2) gender-focused program development (implementation, reporting, monitoring, and evaluation; and 3) minority women's health issues, particularly HIV/AIDS prevention services for minority women at risk for and living with HIV/AIDS. The Mentor works with the protégé to strengthen capacity in the aforementioned areas. The primary intent of this requirement is that through mentoring partnerships, training, tutorials, and skills-building exercises, protégé organizations can gain opportunities for organizational and program sustainability while delivering improved HIV/AIDS prevention services to minority women at risk for HIV/AIDS.
August 16, 2005
Lupus Education and Awareness Program
The new Lupus Education and Awareness announcement can be found at www.fedbizopps.gov. Contract No 05T050085. The announcement was posted on 8/12/2005. Submitters need to respond within 15 days of the announcement date (8/27/2005). This announcement is opened to all small businesses meeting the requirements listed in the announcement. All questions should be referred to the contracting officer listed in the announcement.
June 27, 2005
Improving , Enhancing, and Evaluating Outcomes of Comprehensive Heart Health Care
The Office on Women's Health (OWH) within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is interested in improving, enhancing, and evaluating outcomes of comprehensive heart health care programs for high-risk women. Under this announcement, OWH anticipates making up to five new awards, through the cooperative agreement grant mechanism, to provide funding to improve and enhance existing women's heart health care programs in hospitals, clinics, and/or health centers and to enable the programs to track and evaluate outcome data. Each grantee shall enhance an existing women's heart health care program so that it provides a continuum of heart health care services through the integration of the following five interrelated components: Education and Awareness, Screening and Risk.
CoE/CCOE Ambassadors for Change Program
Applications are due to the Grants Management Office by July 25, 2005 at 5 pm.
June 9, 2005
Rural/Frontier Women's Health Coordinating Center
Proposals due 1pm, Friday July 22nd.
May 27, 2004
5th Generation National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
Region 8 Demonstration Project --
National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
April 29, 2004
Young Women's Health Summit (conference) for adolescent girls
The Program Support Center has a requirement for the Office on Women's Health to solicit contractors to organize and implement a city/state Young Women's Health Summit (conference) for adolescent girls. The Summit shall be developed to address a variety of health issues affecting young women from promoting a positive and healthy body image and building healthy relationships to the prevention of obesity, teenage pregnancy, teen violence, alcohol and drug use.
October 20, 2003
Faith-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program for Women of Color
This requirement is being issued by GovWorks, under the franchise authority of the Department of the Interior (DOI), on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health, Washington, DC. GovWorks is seeking potential contractors to provide one or more cardiovascular disease prevention programs for women of color, aged 40-60 years. Each program shall be implemented at 25 faith-based sites throughout the United States.
August 12, 2003
Lupus Education and Awareness Seminars
The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is sending out Requests for Proposals (RFP) to community organizations in specific communities in eight states to partner with OWH to provide lupus educational and awareness seminars to the public and health professionals on the subject of lupus the disease, managing lupus, research and treatment, and acquiring social services assistance for lupus patients and their support groups.
RFPs will be accepted from community organizations, faith-based organizations, and public health clinics currently providing services to women, particularly women of color. The contracts will be in the amount of $10,000 each and the period of performance will be one year.
The RFPs will be awarded to community organizations within the following communities: Marshall, Alabama; Pope, Arkansas; W. Felicia, Louisiana; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Swift, Minnesota; Clatsop, Oregon; and Windsor, Vermont.
June 16, 2003
Women, Gender Differences and Drug Abuse
This PA encourages gender-based drug abuse research that explores the mechanisms, origins, and consequences of drug abuse, and that develops and assesses gender-based prevention and treatment interventions and services. It also encourages the study of female-specific issues in all areas of drug abuse.
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