Direct Assistance: Assigning CDC Staff to Health Agencies

Direct Assistance: Assigning CDC Staff to Health Agencies is sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This program provides funding for CDC staff to be assigned to provide direct, individualized technical assistance, guidance, and coordination for awardees of grants and cooperative agreements under specific CDC programs.

Funding Details: Direct Assistance: Assigning CDC Staff to Health Agencies - Rural Health Information Hub Direct Assistance: Assigning CDC Staff to Health Agencies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Applications accepted on an ongoing basis Grant recipients should contact their respective CDC program consultant or project officer.

The Direct Assistance (DA) Program offers funding for CDC staff to be assigned to provide direct, individualized technical assistance for health agencies that have been awarded grants and cooperative agreements made under Examples of DA personnel and activities include: Public Health Advisors can provide on-site program technical assistance, guidance and coordination, state or local liaison, and quality assurance oversight in support of the project area's public health program activities, such as: Build partnerships with other agencies and Provide technical guidance and assistance in review, evaluation, and oversight of the administration and management of the cooperative agreement and grant programs Provide substantive and strategic program advice and assistance to the host agency and is responsible for carrying of significant program activities in Conduct program evaluation to review, analyze, and apply programmatic data and report on activities Epidemiologists can serve as a CDC point of contact to the host agency to plan, coordinate, lead, and implement grant activities to improve epidemiologic capacity and public health preparedness activities, such as: Build partnerships with other agencies and Provide epidemiologic consultation and leadership Provide expertise for the design of epidemiological investigations, conducting studies, analyzing data, and publishing findings Develop and implement workforce training and education related to epidemiology CDC programs that qualify for DA include: Authority Respecting Research, Evaluation, and Demonstration in Health Statistics, Health Services, and Health Care Technology Assessment Center for Health Statistics Grants for Preventive Health Services and Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1501 of Title 15, Preventive Health Measures with Respect to Breast and Cervical Cancers Health and Health Services Block Grant Allotments to Eligible participants are health agencies that are recipients of grants and cooperative agreements under the Nationwide and U.S. Territories Funding for the salary and benefits, travel expenses, and other costs related to DA assignees will be paid directly by CDC and reflected in the grant award as part of the DA may be requested at any time during the funding cycle, and it can be made effective at any time that is agreed to by the CDC program official and the STLT requesting STLT grant recipients should first contact their respective CDC program consultant or project officer to begin the DA request process.

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