Overview
On March 2nd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives (PREVAYL) program. Through this program, CDC will award $10 million in total funding to entities (not-for-profit or for-profit) that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Award recipients will address risk factors such as social determinants of health and racial inequity by implementing strategies to prevent and decrease rates of violence, such as education campaigns and jurisdictional violence prevention plans.
The full RFA is available here. Applications are due on May 1st.
Funding
CDC anticipates funding eight awards between $225,000 and $250,000 annually through this program. Contracts are expected to last for five years, beginning on September 1st.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants include:
- Not-for-profit organizations with and without 501(c)(3) status;
- Private institutions of higher education;
- For-profit organizations; and
- Small businesses.
Applicants must demonstrate a strong understanding of the public health approach to violence prevention and have experience implementing adolescent and young adult violence prevention strategies. Applications must include the following to be considered for funding:
- Letter of Support or Memorandum of Understanding from the applicant’s local health department; and
- Current/active violence prevention plan, the quality of which will be assessed during evaluation.
Application
Proposals will be scored based on the following criteria:
- Purpose and Outcomes (20 points)
- Use of Public Health Approach (15 points)
- Evaluation and Performance Measurement (25 points)
- Organizational capacity to Implement the Approach (40 points)
Awards will be distributed based on the above criteria, the availability of funds, an equitable distribution of funding by geographic area, and a consideration of factors related to rural, American Indian/Alaska Native, and economically disadvantaged communities. No more than one applicant within a state will be funded.
Timeline
Proposals must be submitted by May 1st. An optional Letter of Intent may be submitted via email to Corey Lumpkin at clumpkin@cdc.gov.
There will be a conference call for eligible applicants on April 8th from 1:30pm-3pm EST. Registration is available here. Questions may be submitted to the email address above.