Funding Opportunity Alerts:

CG 24-10141 Empowering Nonprofits to Work on Tobacco Prevention in American Indian/Alaskan Native Communities  

This Request for Application (RFA) seeks to fund up to ten (10) non-profit organizations and/or tribal consortia that serve American Indian/Alaskan Native communities across California to build capacity toward ending California’s tobacco epidemic through policy, systems, and environmental change strategies. For this RFA, Applicants are required to: 1) Build capacity and skills among tribal members and staff employed by tribal-serving organizations (such as non-profits or consortia) to implement tobacco use prevention and reduction interventions and provide health education services; 2) Mobilize and engage community residents and tribal organizations to engage in tobacco use prevention and cessation, and to support policy and systems changes; and 3) Design, support, adopt, implement, and evaluate tribal policy and systems change campaigns that seek to prevent and reduce tobacco use.​

CG 24-10417 Statewide Messaging and Communications to End California’s Tobacco Epidemic​​​

The purpose of this Solicitation is for California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Prevention Program (CDPH/CTPP) to solicit proposals and fund (1) public or nonprofit agency Statewide Technical Assistance Provider (Statewide Provider). The contractor will provide specialized support on developing and disseminating new and existing messaging and communications from approved statewide campaigns, including the End Commercial Tobacco Campaign, and local policy initiatives. The purpose is to improve the awareness and delivery of local tobacco use prevention programs to priority populations and to provide statewide and regional communication and messaging technical assistance services to support local implementation of tobacco use prevention programs. This project will empower CDPH/CTPP-funded projects, as well as other state and local community partners to advance their work to end the tobacco epidemic in California. This statewide project will provide capacity building direct education, technical assistance, and training to develop responsive messaging and communications to build public support around tobacco prevention efforts at the local level.

CG 24-10095 Ending California’s Tobacco Epidemic in Every Community​​​

This Request for Application (RFA) seeks to fund up to 43 local projects to accelerate momentum toward ending California’s tobacco epidemic through policy, system, and environmental change strategies by increasing community engagement within populations that have been disproportionately targeted by the tobacco industry. “Priority populations” include the following population groups:  African American/Black; Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; Latino; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ+); and rural residents. ​

EVAL 24-10067 California Tobacco Prevention Program Policy Evaluation Tracking System​

The purpose of this Solicitation is to request competitive proposals from eligible experienced agencies to identify, track, collect, and grade the quality of codified city and county tobacco prevention policies across all California jurisdictions on an ongoing basis. The selected Contractor will maintain this information in the Policy Evaluation Tracking System (PETS), including details of policy provisions, jurisdictions, dates of passage, and policy scores. ​