Washington, D.C. 
Open Event

Registration is Now Closed for General Registrants!!

SPECIAL NOTE:  If you are a speaker, scholarship recipient or aHealth Impact Project or CDC grantee, please complete your registration. If the system does not recognize your name, please emai  with the name and email address that you are using for registration.

Due to overwhelming interest in the Inaugural National Health Impact Assessment Meeting, registration is now closed for general meeting attendees. We had to limit the number of meeting participants to ensure a high quality, comfortable meeting for all attendees with proper space and staffing.

The partners of the Inaugural National HIA Meeting are dedicated to providing a high quality event that will likely become an annual opportunity and we thank you for your unprecedented interest in the inaugural meeting.  

WAITING LIST INSTRUCTIONS

If you would like to be considered for a waiting list, please complete the standard registration process. Upon completion, however, your registration will be assigned a “pending” status in the system and will only be finalized if you are invited to attend the meeting off of the waiting list. Please note that you will be required to submit credit card information to hold your place on the waiting list, but you will NOT be charged the registration fee unless you are invited to attend the meeting. A waiting list confirmation email will be automatically generated upon completion of the waiting list registration process.

The partners of the Inaugural National HIA Meeting will notify you by email no later than 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, if you have been invited to attend the meeting from the waiting list.  For questions regarding the waiting list process, please contact .

12:00-1:30 PM ET

Background Information/Seeking: On February 28, 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Community Catalyst issued a Call for Proposals for the second round of funding under the Roadmaps to Health Community Grants program. The goal is to issue up to 20 new grants (of up to $200,000 each) in 2012 to organizations that address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health Rankings, most strongly influence health outcomes in their community.

Important Dates:

• March 20, 2012 (12:00-1:30 PM ET): Applicant Web conference call (first in the series). Registration is required.
• April 10, 2012 (12:00–1:30 PM ET): Applicant Web conference call (second in the series). Registration is required.
• May 2, 2012 (3:00 PM ET): Deadline for receipt of brief proposals
• July 25, 2012 (3:00 PM ET): Deadline for receipt of full proposals

Project Timeline:  

• Late September 2012: Notification of finalists
• November 1, 2012: Start of grants (Grantees will have up to 24 months to implement their proposed policy or system change strategy.)

Learn More:  Click for the Call for Proposals. Please direct inquiries to: Alexis Brimage-Major, Community Catalyst ().

Call for Proposals: Pilot Testing Community Resiliency- Implementing THRIVE

Background Information/Seeking: NNPHI and the Prevention Institute (PI) are collaborating to update the Community Tool for Health Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE), and to implement the use of the tool with select Public Health Institutes (PHIs). Originally developed and piloted in 2002-04, THRIVE assists communities to identify and prioritize local determinants of health and to develop effective strategies to achieve equity and improve health and safety. THRIVE has been used as an assessment, planning and strategy development tool in diverse communities across the country. Up to 3 PHIs will each receive $5000 to conduct a training on the use of the THRIVE tool in communities within their region. In addition to the $5000 award,  selected pilot sites will receive two travel stipends to attend the one-day train the trainer THRIVE workshop and receive two complimentary registrations to the NNPHI Annual Conference for the attendees of the THRIVE workshop Complete eligibility and selection criteria can be found in the Call for Proposals. 

Important Dates:

• March 22, 2012 (2:00 PM ET): Optional Applicant Web Conference - Click to access the webinar.
• April 16, 2012: Deadline for receipt of full proposal submitted. Click here to submit proposals NNPHI proposal submission system
• April 23, 2012: Sites notified of selection
• May 21, 2012:  THRIVE training at the NNPHI Annual Conference

Project Timeline:  Selected organizations will be notified in April 16, 2012. The grant period begins May 1, 2012 and continues through August 31, 2012.

Learn More: See the Call for Proposals for additional details. For additional information, please contact An Nguyen, NNPHI Program Manager, at .

Background Information/Seeking: NNPHI and the CDC's Office of the Associate Director for Policy (OADP) are seeking projects for the 2012 Public Health Policy Competition, an annual event that serves to foster a greater awareness of policy as an intervention to support public health goals; inspire cross-CDC agency and public health institute-CDC collaboration; and promote innovative policy interventions. CDC staff submitted proposals for innovative policy projects that met this year’s competition criteria. NNPHI is now soliciting proposals from its member institutes for policy approaches to address the issues presented in the selected CDC entries.  NNPHI, along with a CDC panel, will select two winning projects. Winning NNPHI members will be paired with CDC teams to conduct the selected projects. The winning projects will be funded up to $125,000 each via the NNPHI-CDC cooperative agreement.

Important Dates: 

• March 30, 2012 (11:30AM-12:30PM CT): Informational webinar about the CFP with opportunity for questions
• April 16, 2012: Deadline for full receipt of proposals
• April 23, 2012: Policy Competition projects are selected
  

Project Timeline: Selected organizations will be notified the week of April 23rd. The grant period begins May 1, 2012 and continues through April 30, 2013.

Learn More: See the Call for Proposals for additional details. For additional information, please contact Tiffanie Sherrer, NNPHI Program Coordinator, at .