Diabetes Prevention and Management Funding
Prevention Forward Program (October 2018 through June 2023)
In 2018, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Chronic Disease Control Branch (CDCB) received federal funding for a five-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant "Improving the Health of Americans Through Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke" NU58DP006540, known in California as "Prevention Forward" (1815). The funding term began September 30, 2018 and goes through June 29, 2023.
Prevention Forward's diabetes prevention component includes $1,356,623 in Year 1 [State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2018-2019] and $1,658,095 annually in Years 2-5 [SFY (2019-2023)].
In SFY 2018/19, CDPH intended to sub-award a total of $345,040 of this diabetes-specific funding to seven local health departments in high need counties in California, three Regional Health Centers, and two local agencies to implement diabetes prevention and management interventions at the local level. The funded counties for Prevention Forward include Fresno, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Joaquin, Shasta, and Tulare. The funded community clinics include UC Davis, UC San Francisco Transitions Clinic Network, and Dignity Health ā Northridge Hospital Medical Center. The funded local agencies include Touro University, University of California, Berkeley, and the Right Care Initiative.
For more information on the Prevention Forward program's strategies, please visit the Prevention Forward webpage.
Diabetes Awareness and Outreach Campaign (July 2018 through June 2020)CDPH's CDCB received $2,500,000 dollars from the California Budget Act 2018 to develop and implement a Diabetes Awareness and Outreach Campaign through June 2020.
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
CDPH's Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program's (CDAPP) Sweet Success Program implements the Sweet Success program, in SFY 2018-2019 the program was funded with $200,000 by the Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant.
The table below illustrates the breakdown of the aforementioned funding received and expended by CDPH from SFY 2016/17 through 2018/19 related to diabetes prevention and management.
| Funding Year | Program | Funding | Expenditures |
| FY 2018/19 | Prevention Forward | $1,356,623 CDC Diabetes-specific funding | |
| | Diabetes Awareness and Outreach Campaign | $338,406 Budget Act 2018 provided $2,500,000 | |
| | Sweet Success Program | $200,000 - Estimated Maternal and Child Health Title V Block Grant | |
| | | TOTAL: $1,895,029 | |
| FY 2017/18 | Prevention First | $1,473,438 CDC Diabetes-specific funding | Local Health Departments: $485,000 |
| ā | ā | ā | CDPH/CDCB: $988,438 |
| | Lifetime of Wellness | $1,760,000 CDC Diabetes-specific funding | Local Health Departments: $1,500,003 |
| ā | ā | ā | CDPH/CDCB: $259,997 |
| | Sweet Success Program | $200,000 Maternal and Child Health Title V Block Grant | $200,000 |
| | | TOTAL: $3,433,438 | TOTAL: $3,433,438 |
| FY 2016/17 | Prevention First | $1,488,900 CDC Diabetes-specific funding | Local Health Departments: $475,000 |
| ā | ā | ā | CDPH/CDCB: $1,013,900 |
| | Lifetime of Wellness | $1,760,000 CDC Diabetes-specific funding | Local Health Departments: $1,500,003 |
| ā | ā | ā | CDPH/CDCB: $259,997 |
| | Sweet Success Program | $200,000 Maternal and Child Health Title V Block Grant | $200,000 |
| | | TOTAL: $3,448,900 | TOTAL: $3,448,900 |