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Grants of $50,000 and in-kind support to USA state, city, and county health agencies to counter childhood obesity. The goal of this program is to strengthen local capacity between decision-makers in health agencies to implement cost-effective strategies to reduce the incidence of obesity.

This partnership opportunity will allow state, city, and county health agencies and their partners to use local data to examine the potential cost-effectiveness, health impacts, and cost of childhood obesity prevention intervention options that could be implemented locally.  

What the CHOICES Partnership will Provide to States, Cities, and Counties

• Funding resources for partnering organizations. Funding support, technical assistance, and training will be provided to up to four partnerships throughout this project period to provide tools and data to support development of key obesity prevention priorities
• Opportunity to participate in a series of learning collaborative sessions facilitated by the CHOICES team, and supported by staff from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO):
• Two required in-person meetings in Cambridge, MA attended by the project lead and supporting project staff, such as epidemiologists and relevant local partner agencies as appropriate (funding for travel provided by CHOICES )
• Four required virtual meetings, attended by agency lead health officer, project lead and supporting project staff, including relevant local partner agencies as appropriate 
• Bi-weekly check-in calls with CHOICES team, health agency project lead and supporting staff as needed, including relevant local partner agencies
• Opportunity to participate in two local site visits/technical assistance sessions organized for local stakeholders, including agency lead health officers, project lead, support health agency staff and other identified local agency staff/partners led by the CHOICES team
• Technical assistance from CHOICES team for cost-effectiveness evaluation of interventions that prevent childhood obesity, including evaluating:
• Intervention effectiveness
• Population reach
• Intervention implementation cost
• Cost-effectiveness
• Impact on specified population obesity rates, population health, and health disparities
• Technical assistance tools and implementation resources to enable partners’ increased capacity for using CHOICES decision tools and decision processes and communications strategies