National Partners Cooperative Agreement Funding

Key points

  • CDC's National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce announced funding to support 48 recipients as a part of the National Partners Cooperative Agreement (Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health).
  • As the largest umbrella funding mechanism at CDC, it has been a valued, flexible mechanism for 16 years to fund partners to support public health infrastructure and workforce needs.
  • The National Partners Cooperative Agreement (CoAg) supports organizations that work with governmental public health and other sectors to improve their ability to serve the public and positively impact people's health.

Purpose

The National Partners CoAg increases knowledge, skill, and ability to deliver essential public health services. It also improves organizational capability to address equity-based public health priorities and strengthens the nation's public health infrastructure and performance.

Program Strategies

The program strategies include strengthening and maintaining the infrastructure and resources necessary to sustain or improve system, organizational, community, or individual processes and competencies.

Partners will deliver capacity-building assistance (CBA) through technical assistance, training, information sharing, technology transfer, or materials development that enables organizations to operate in a comprehensive, responsive, and effective manner. Partners will implement CBA activities in one or more of the prioritized strategic areas and address the CBA needs for the selected population of focus.

Funding Period

  • Period of performance length: 5 years (August 1, 2024 – July 31, 2029)
  • Budget period length: 12 months, each year (August 1 – July 31)

Resources

Recording: Informational Webinar for Applicants

Recipients

Funding has been awarded to:

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