UPDATE from HHS for $100 Million

by Native News Network Staff in Native Health. Discussion »

Community Transformation

WASHINGTON - The Native News Network received the following update. If you are interested in applying for these funds, please read:

There has been much interest in the $100 million that is available to nonprofit organizations as part of the Community Transformation Grants. The Centers for Disease Control has an informative website »

Questions about the grants can be posed to CDC and answers will be posted to a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section. A number of questions and answers already pre-populate the FAQ section.

Note that the deadline to submit letters of intent to apply for these funds is June 6, 2011.

The Centers for Disease Control is hosting conference calls on the grants on Wednesday, May 25:

10:00 am - 11:00 am edt - Eligible applicants in the Atlantic, Eastern, and Central time zones.

This conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-972-9343.

The leader for this call is Lori Elmore and the passcode is 8899773.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm edt - Eligible applicants Mountain and Pacific time zones.

This conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-972-9343.

The leader for this call is Lori Elmore and the passcode is 8899773.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm edt - Eligible applicants in the Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian time zones.

This conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-790-3249.

The leader for this call is Lori Elmore and the passcode is 6417596.

posted May 24, 2011 1:57 pm et