In this new memo, Prevention Institute shares strategies for leveraging partnerships and collaboration between health institutions and community change efforts with an aim to spur innovation and success for applicants seeking these new funding opportunities.

Although the strategies offered are applicable across the six new Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) “to advance the nation’s chronic disease prevention and health promotion efforts" released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we focus in particular on the State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease and Stroke (State and Local Public Health Actions), as this FOA requires eligible state and local health departments to address a specified list of community-based and healthcare system strategies. This memo is also valuable for CMMI applicants and for every community trying to advance healthcare’s effectiveness in improving quality, reducing demand in the first place and coordinating with community health efforts.