ACHIEVE Communities
CDC's ACHIEVE communities (Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental changE) develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that can help prevent or manage health risk factors for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and arthritis. CDC provides funds to selected national organizations, which provide technical support and funds to selected communities. Through this funding mechanism, ACHIEVE communities are able to capitalize on the experience and expertise of national organizations in strengthening community leadership, building capacity, and activating change.
Funded organizations will help to build healthy communities and eliminate health disparities by developing and disseminating tools, models, activities, and strategies for collaborating with a broad cross-section of partners. Specific activities will be directed toward reducing tobacco use and exposure, promoting physical activity and healthy eating, and improving access to consistent, high-quality preventive health services.
CDC’s Healthy Communities Program provides funding and technical assistance to selected national organizations in two categories: (A) community funding and (B) translation and dissemination.
Category A recipients are the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, the National Recreation and Park Association, and the YMCA of the USA. Category A organizations facilitate program development; implement a coordinated community selection process; award funding to local entities; review and approve community action plans; provide community-based technical assistance and support; assist in the local development and implementation of needed health-related policy, systems, and environmental change strategies; provide linkages to resources and other funding opportunities; connect local communities to national partners and experts; identify nontraditional partners who can provide additional technical assistance; provide assistance in community evaluation methods; and support sustainability planning.
Category B recipients are the National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Society for Public Health Education. Category B organizations develop health promotion tools and resources and provide effective policy, systems, and environmental change strategies to communities, with a specific emphasis on the following activities: building leadership; disseminating effective tools, resources, and community-based models; promoting electronic communications; providing technical assistance; developing policy-related products; and creating training opportunities.
During the next 3 years, the four national organizations in Category A will continue to individually select and fund approximately 40 new communities each year (10 per organization) for 3-year periods.
In January 2008, 10 initial communities were selected to pilot the ACHIEVE model in its first year.
In March 2009, 43 communities were selected to join ACHIEVE.
In February 2010, 41 more communities were added, bringing the current total to 94.
By spring 2013, at least 200 communities will be participating in ACHIEVE.
ACHIEVE NATIONAL COMMUNITY LIST PDF FILE:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogr...
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