National Organizations of State and Local Officials: Health Legislation and Governance

The summary for the National Organizations of State and Local Officials: Health Legislation and Governance grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

National Organizations of State and Local Officials: Health Legislation and Governance: This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the National Organizations of State and Local Officials (NOSLO) Program: Health Legislation and Governance. The purpose of this program is to assist states and local authorities in a) preserving and improving public health, b) building capacity to address other public health matters and support and enforce regulations intended to improve the public's health, and c) preventing and suppressing communicable diseases. To fulfill the program's purpose, NOSLO: Health Legislation and Governance has the following objectives: 1) facilitate bidirectional communication and data/information-sharing between HRSA and state officials, 22) strengthen HRSA-funded programs by better understanding state stakeholder needs, priorities, and perspectives, and 3) support capacity-building activities at the state level that strengthen the health care safety net and advance shared public health goals with HRSA.2 The term “capacity-building” includes actions that build, strengthen, and maintain the necessary competencies and resources needed to sustain or improve health services delivery to vulnerable and underserved populations. Capacity-building activities supported through NOSLO: Health Legislation and Governance include technical assistance and training; data collection, sharing, and analysis; materials development; or other agreed-to actions that enable states to operate in a comprehensive, responsive, coordinated, and effective manner. Through NOSLO: Health Legislation and Governance, HRSA will provide assistance to an organization that can build the capacity of the nation's state legislators and legislative officials to learn from one another about public health- and health care safety net-related best practices.