Rigorous Evaluation of Policies for their Impacts on the Primary Prevention of Multiple Forms of Violence | RFA CE 24 034

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The grant opportunity titled "Rigorous Evaluation of Policies for their Impacts on the Primary Prevention of Multiple Forms of Violence" is a CDC-led research funding announcement from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). Its core purpose is to grow the evidence base around policy-level strategies that can prevent violence before it happens (primary prevention) across the lifespan, including among children, youth, and adults. Rather than focusing on individual-level programs alone, the CDC is looking for rigorous, empirical evaluations of policies that shape the broader social and economic conditions tied to violence, such as community context and structural factors that influence risk and protection.

A central theme of the announcement is that certain public policies may reduce multiple forms of violence at the same time, particularly when they improve social and economic well-being or address community characteristics associated with violence. The opportunity explicitly highlights several forms of violence it aims to impact: child abuse and neglect, youth violence, community violence, intimate partner violence (including teen dating violence), and sexual violence. The intent is to fund studies that can credibly estimate whether a policy leads to measurable reductions in these outcomes, including potential spillover benefits across more than one violence type.

Health equity is not treated as an add-on in this announcement; it is positioned as a major objective. CDC states that violence disproportionately affects certain groups and communities, and the agency wants research that examines how policies can reduce these inequities by addressing social and structural conditions. Applicants are expected to empirically examine the health equity implications of the chosen policy or policies, meaning proposals should not only ask whether violence rates change overall, but also whether impacts differ for populations that are disproportionately burdened by violence. In practice, this points toward study designs that can assess distributional effects across groups, places, or communities, and that can connect policy changes to equity-relevant outcomes.

This funding opportunity is issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, collaboration, technical input, or coordination around evaluation expectations), rather than operating purely as a hands-off grantmaker. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the health activity area under CFDA number 93.136, and it was posted by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The funding opportunity number is RFA CE 24 034. The award ceiling is listed as $350,000, and CDC anticipates making 2 awards under this announcement. The original application deadline was December 1, 2023, with electronic submissions due no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the due date.

Eligibility is broad and spans many organization types, reflecting CDCs interest in partnering with a range of research and practice settings. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses); and small businesses. The listing also notes "others" and "unrestricted" eligibility subject to any clarifications in the additional eligibility text, indicating the opportunity is designed to be open to many capable entities that can conduct high-quality policy evaluation work.

Overall, the announcement is aimed at generating credible, policy-relevant evidence about how upstream policy approaches can prevent multiple kinds of violence and simultaneously advance health equity. The CDC is signaling that strong applications will focus on policy impacts on populations and communities, use rigorous evaluation methods suited to real-world policy changes, and explicitly analyze whether and how those impacts reduce disproportionate violence burdens.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rigorous Evaluation of Policies for their Impacts on the Primary Prevention of Multiple Forms of Violence" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 31, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 01, 2023 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm 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 $350,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification), Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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