Att 3 - ARRA Funded Communities

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Prevention and Wellness Initiative:

Communities Putting Prevention to Work
Award Recipients:
yy
CDC received 263 eligible applications from communities in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico,
and five Pacific Territories (American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and the
Republic of Palau).
yy
After a thorough review process, awards were made to 44 communities, listed below. The communities receiving
awards are diverse: 14 are large cities, 11 are urban areas, 16 are small city/rural areas funded through nine state
departments of health, and three are tribes. The communities will be addressing obesity and tobacco prevention:
23 communities are receiving funding for obesity prevention alone, 14 communities are receiving funding for
tobacco prevention alone, and an additional seven communities are receiving funding for both obesity and
tobacco prevention efforts.
TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT
1. Obesity Awards
2. Tobacco Awards

$372.8 million
$230 million
$142.8 million

Strategies to Impact Health:
yy
Communities are required to implement practice- and evidence-based strategies.
yy
These practice and evidence-based strategies can have a profound influence on improving health behaviors by
changing community environments. Awarded communities will be using multiple strategies to improve nutrition,
increase physical activity, and reduce tobacco use rates, initiation, and secondhand smoke exposure.
Awards:
COMMUNITY

TOTAL

OBESITY

TOBACCO

Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, Texas

$7.5 Million

Boston Public Health Commission, Massachusetts

$12.5 Million

$6.4 Million

$6.1 Million

Cherokee Nation Health Service Group, Oklahoma

$2.1 Million

$1 Million

$1.1 Million

$7.5 Million

City of Chicago (Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago), Illinois $11.6 Million

$11.6 Million

Cook County (Cook County Department of Public Health/Public Health Institute
of Metropolitan Chicago), Illinois

$15.9 Million

$15.9 Million

County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, California

$32.1 Million

$15.9 Million

County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency, California

$16.1 Million

$16.1 Million

County of Santa Clara Public Health Department, California

$6.9 Million

$6.9 Million

DeKalb County Board of Health, Georgia

$3.2 Million

$3.2 Million

District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, D.C.

$4.9 Million

$4.9 Million

Douglas County Health Department, Nebraska

$5.7 Million

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Wisconsin

$1 Million

Hamilton County General Health District, Ohio

$6.7 Million

$6.7 Million

Hawaii – State of Hawaii Department of Health for the following communities:
yy
Kauai, Hawaii
yy
Maui, Hawaii

$3.4 Million

$3.4 Million

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

$16.2 Million

$5.7 Million
$1 Million

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

COMMUNITY

TOTAL

OBESITY

Indiana – Indiana State Department of Health for the following communities:
yy
Bartholomew County, Indiana
yy
Vanderburgh County, Indiana

$5.4 Million

$5.4 Million

Iowa – Iowa Department of Public Health for the following communities:
yy
Linn County, Iowa
yy
Ringgold County, Iowa

$3.3 Million

Jefferson County Department of Health, Alabama

$13.3 Million

$6.3 Million

Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky

$7.9 Million

$7.9 Million

Maine – Maine Department of Health and Human Services for the following
$4.3 Million
communities:
yy
Healthy Lakes, Communities Promoting Health Coalition, People’s Regional
Opportunity Program
yy
Healthy Portland, City of Portland Health and Human Services Department,
Public Health Division

$4.3 Million

Miami-Dade County Health Department, Florida

$14.7 Million

$14.7 Million

Minnesota – Minnesota Department of Health for the following communities:
yy
Olmsted County, Minnesota
yy
Minneapolis, Minnesota

$5.9 Million

$5.9 Million

Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon

$7.5 Million

$7.5 Million

Nashville/Davidson County Metro Public Health Department, Tennessee

$7.5 Million

$7.5 Million
$15.5 Million $15.6 Million

$3.3 Million

New York City (Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.), New York

$31.1 Million

Orange County Health Department, Florida

$6.6 Million

Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Pennsylvania

$25.4 Million

$15 Million

Pima County, Arizona

$15.8 Million

$15.8 Million

Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico

$0.9 Million

$0.9 Million

Rhode Island – Rhode Island Department of Health for the following
community:
yy
Providence, Rhode Island

$3.3 Million

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Texas

$15.6 Million

South Carolina – South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control for the following communities:
yy
Horry County, South Carolina
yy
Florence County, South Carolina

$6 Million

St. Louis County, Missouri

$7.6 Million

Seattle – King County Department of Public Health, Washington

$25.5 Million

Southern Nevada Health District, Nevada

$14.6 Million

Tri-County Health Department, Colorado

$10.5 Million

$10.5 Million

West Virginia – West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources for
the following community:
yy
Mid-Ohio Valley

$4.5 Million

$4.5 Million

Wisconsin – Wisconsin Department of Health Services for the following
communities:
yy
LaCrosse County, Wisconsin
yy
Wood County, Wisconsin

$6 Million

$6 Million

Communities Putting Prevention to Work

Community Awards

TOBACCO

$7 Million

$6.6 Million
$10.4 Million

$3.3 Million

$15.6 Million
$6 Million

$7.6 Million
$15.5 Million $10 Million
$14.6 Million

3/19/10

Page 2