American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Prevention and Wellness Initiative
Final Award Amounts for State and Territory Component
Friday February 5, 2010

State and Territory Base Awards for Policy and Environmental Change

CDC received 58 applications—from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and 6 Pacific Territories: American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana, and Palau.  All 58 applicants will receive funding for efforts in nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco control.  State, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico award amounts range from $335,801 to $2,200,000; Pacific Territories award amounts range from $99,980 to $100,000.

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State Awards for Tobacco Cessation through Quitlines and Media

CDC received a total of 53 applications—from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam.  All 53 applicants will receive funding to expand tobacco quitlines. The award amounts range from $50,000 to $2,501,528.

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Competitive Special Policy and Environmental Change Initiative

CDC received applications to implement one or more high-impact policy,
environmental, and system change strategies to eliminate health
disparities and achieve health equity related to these individual risk
factors or a combination of them. Thirteen states were funded, the
award amounts range from $1,022,792 to $3,000,000 per state.

Total funding amount: $30,078,163

Colorado - $1,198,785

Advance a comprehensive statewide youth access policy; increase
statewide awareness of the health implications of excess dietary sodium;
reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages; and develop and
implement model food policies for schools statewide.

Delaware - $1,022,792

Educate leaders and decision-makers about the benefits of increasing the
price on other tobacco products such as cigars and smokeless tobacco to
equal the price on cigarettes.

Florida - $1,977,060

Increase physical activity in all 592 Florida middle schools using the
evidence-based physical activity program, Sports, Play and Active
Recreation for Kids (SPARK).

Massachusetts - $1,200,000

Increase restrictions on retail and outdoor advertising by 1) including
cigars in outdoor advertising ban within 1000 ft of schools, parks, and
playgrounds; 2) including all tobacco products in advertising
restrictions; and 3) requiring a health message for every tobacco
message in a retail store.

Michigan - $1,500,000

Reduce exposure to second-hand smoke, including partnering with Native
Americans.

Minnesota - $2,391,627

Implement a statewide initiative to increase access to foods meeting
dietary guidelines and the new Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2009
recommendations for healthy school meals for use in school meal planning
and purchasing across the state; and increase school nutrition
professionals' core competencies through the development of a
sustainable, statewide system for ongoing skill-based staff training for
100% of Minnesota's public school districts.

Mississippi -$2,989,999

Engage in a 2-year campaign that results in passage and implementation
of a comprehensive, statewide smoke-free air policy.

New York - $3,000,000

Menu Labeling - $2,456,073

Educate leaders and decision-makers about, and promote the effective
implementation of, a statewide menu-labeling (calorie posting)
requirement on menus and menu boards of chain restaurants.

Trans Fat - $283,996

Educate leaders and decision-makers about, and promote the effective
implementation of, a ban on the sale of items containing trans fat.

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages - $259,931

Reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.

North Carolina - $3,000,000

Conduct a state-level policy analysis and develop a process to promote
physical activity through land use and transportation planning.

Oregon - $3,000,000

Integrate tobacco control into other health department programs and
include a counter-advertising campaign targeted to vulnerable
Oregonians; support a policy proposal to increase tobacco price.

Rhode Island - $3,000,000

Develop a model for integrating active living into all local planning
decisions through a state-wide policy change.

Texas - $2,797,900

Promote and support breastfeeding statewide.

Wisconsin - $3,000,000

Pilot changes in schools and childcare settings across the state and use
evaluation results and successes to educate statewide legislative action
and achieve state-level policy change in schools and childcare settings
to promote physical activity and prevent childhood obesity.

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