Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA OT18 1801
The grant opportunity "Strengthening the Nation's Public Health System Through a National Voluntary Accreditation Program" (CDC RFA OT18-1801) is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically through OSTLTS. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning CDC expects to have substantial involvement with the recipient beyond simply issuing funds, typically through ongoing collaboration, guidance, and shared implementation activities. The overall purpose is to support the operation and continuous improvement of the national voluntary accreditation program for public health departments serving state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) jurisdictions.
At the center of this opportunity is the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB), identified in the announcement as the only national accrediting body that assesses public health services delivered by STLT health departments. PHAB is a nonprofit organization established in 2007 and it launched the first national public health department accreditation program in 2011. By December 2017, the program had reached a notable scale: nearly 70 percent of the U.S. population was served by a PHAB-accredited health department. The funding rationale emphasizes that continued support is particularly important at this stage in the program's development, implying that maintaining momentum, ensuring quality, and keeping standards and processes current are priorities for CDC and the public health system more broadly.
The project CDC intends to fund focuses on four main areas. First, the recipient is expected to promote accreditation and improve communication and education about what accreditation is, why it matters, and how health departments can successfully pursue it. This often includes outreach to leadership and staff within health departments, clarifying requirements and benefits, and ensuring that accreditation is understood as a practical pathway for improving performance and accountability rather than simply a compliance exercise.
Second, the award supports evolving and improving the accreditation program itself by developing and refining products, services, and tools that keep the program relevant, current, and easy to navigate. In practice, that can include updating standards or guidance materials as public health practice changes, improving the usability of application and review processes, strengthening training resources for applicants and reviewers, and introducing tools that help health departments measure and document quality improvement efforts. The intent is a smoothly functioning program that can adapt over time to new public health challenges, emerging evidence, and the operational realities of diverse jurisdictions.
Third, the project aims to strengthen strategic partnerships that support and advance accreditation. Accreditation depends heavily on coordination across the public health ecosystem, including relationships with federal partners, state and local associations, tribal public health entities, quality improvement organizations, academic partners, and other stakeholders that influence workforce development and performance improvement. By reinforcing these partnerships, the program can expand adoption, align accreditation with other improvement initiatives, and ensure that accreditation supports broader system goals such as preparedness, health equity, and effective public health governance.
Fourth, CDC is looking to strengthen the evidence base for accreditation and for the use of accreditation to advance public health practice. This component goes beyond running the program day-to-day and focuses on learning and evaluation: generating data and insights about what accreditation changes within health departments, how it influences performance and outcomes, and how accredited departments use the process to institutionalize quality improvement. Strengthening evidence can also help justify continued investment, refine program design, and make accreditation more actionable and valuable for departments at different stages of capacity.
From an administrative standpoint, the announcement lists an award ceiling of $2,000,000 and anticipates making one award, indicating a single recipient will carry responsibility for the national-level work described. The CFDA number is 93.097, and the activity category is listed as Health. The application deadline in the original posting was April 23, 2018, with electronically submitted applications due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others," with additional details referenced in an eligibility clarification field (not included in the excerpt), which commonly signals that the funding is intended for a specific type of organization capable of operating a national accreditation program, rather than for individual health departments applying to become accredited.
Overall, this opportunity is designed to maintain and strengthen a national infrastructure for public health department accreditation, with the CDC using a cooperative agreement to support a single national accrediting body in outreach and education, program modernization, partnership building, and evidence development so that accreditation continues to drive measurable improvements in public health practice across the country.Apply for CDC RFA OT18 1801
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - OSTLTS in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening the Nation's Public Health System Through a National Voluntary Accreditation Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.097.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 21, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 23, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 500 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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