Funding Areas
Professional Development
CDC provides funding to the following organizations to improve the capacity of CDC-funded agencies to implement their school health programs through national professional development events, trainings, and follow-up support:
Contact Info
National Professional Development (NPD) is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the San Francisco Unified School District. NPD plans, implements, and evaluates professional development events designed to build the capacity of state, local, territorial, and tribal education agency staff to
- Prevent HIV infection
- Promote physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use prevention within the context of a coordinated school health program
- Reduce asthma episodes
NPD’s efforts include
- Implementing national events, trainings, and follow-up technical assistance for DASH-funded partners
- Developing a 5-year National Professional Development Plan based on the CDC Professional Development Practices [pdf 179K]
- Collaborating with other DASH professional development providers to implement national events
- Maintaining the National Professional Development website
The National Professional Development website provides resources, technical assistance, and professional development for DASH-funded partners addressing HIV prevention, coordinated school health/physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco, and asthma management. At this site, participants can register for events, access event materials, share success stories, and find contact information for event attendees.
Contact Info
Natalie Boyer
Project Director
RMC Health develops, delivers, and evaluates professional development activities and provides follow-up support to funded nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); builds the skills of NGO staff members to effectively implement programmatic efforts; and collaborates with other CDC-funded professional development providers. RMC Health conducts annual needs assessments to target and tailor professional development service delivery to NGOs and to inform the development of two annual skill-building events, quarterly virtual PD events, individualized technical assistance, and the use of the RMC Health National Network to build collaborative partnerships.
Contact Info
Milagros Garrido Fishbein
Program Manager
Healthy Teen Network (HTN) is funded to provide assistance to state and local education and health agencies, juvenile justice and correctional centers, alternative schools, shelters for homeless and runaway youth, and community-based organizations. HTN helps these organizations select and implement evidence-based interventions identified by CDC as effective in reducing health risk behaviors and improving health behaviors and health outcomes among youth.
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