This landmark funding opportunity supports public health efforts across the country, channeling millions of dollars towards initiatives that will increase opportunities for physical activity, nutrition, and decreased smoking. From menu-labeling efforts in New York, to improving physical activity through land use and transportation planning in North Carolina, the new grant allocations represent a real investment in common sense prevention efforts: they save money by building healthier communities.
To see more information on the state funding distribution, please click here to download the CDC overview.
Prevention Institute's own study, Prevention for a Healthier America, authored with Trust for America's Health, makes a compelling case for similar community prevention strategies:
- Prevention saves money—an investment of $10 per person per year in programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent tobacco use could save the country more than $16 billion in annual health care costs within five years.
- There is a substantial return—on-investment in prevention-for every $1 invested in community-based prevention, the return amounts to $5.60 within five year.
- High rates of saving are possible in every state—the return on investment projected varies from state to state, from a low of $3.70 to $1 in Utah to a high of $9.90 to $10 in Washington, D.C.
