Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA EH21 2102
The grant opportunity titled "Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children" (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA EH21 2102) is a CDC-funded cooperative agreement designed to strengthen how communities prevent, detect, and respond to childhood lead exposure. It is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). The overall focus is on both primary prevention (stopping exposure before it happens) and secondary prevention (finding children who have already been exposed and making sure they receive appropriate follow-up and services). The program emphasizes building stronger systems that can reliably identify lead-exposed children, connect them to recommended care, and use surveillance data to guide targeted interventions in areas where risk is highest.
A central piece of this funding is improving the end-to-end process of childhood blood lead testing and reporting. Recipients are expected to support efforts that increase appropriate testing, ensure test results are properly reported, and enhance the quality and usefulness of blood lead surveillance systems. In practice, that means improving how blood lead data are collected, managed, analyzed, and shared so public health agencies can more quickly spot trends, identify hotspots, and respond to emerging problems. The CDC is also looking for recipients to strengthen the "linkages" between identifying a child with elevated blood lead levels and ensuring that child actually gets connected to recommended services. Those services can include medical follow-up, case management, environmental investigations, referrals to housing or remediation resources, and other supports appropriate to the child and family.
The NOFO makes it clear that awardees must be able to demonstrate that their processes are not just theoretical but already in place (or can be put in place quickly) to identify lead-exposed children and link them to services. This includes working intentionally in high-risk areas and forming active partnerships with other agencies and providers that serve children. The expectation is a coordinated, comprehensive system that covers identification, referral, follow-up, and evaluation. In other words, it is not enough to simply collect blood lead numbers; recipients should be able to show that the system moves from detection to action, and that the action is tracked and evaluated for effectiveness.
Another major aim is developing and using policies for targeted, population-based interventions. This reflects a public health approach where data from surveillance are used to prioritize communities and populations at greatest risk, then deploy interventions that can reduce exposure at scale. By combining surveillance improvements with stronger service linkages and policy development, the program is designed to support a more proactive and consistent response to childhood lead poisoning rather than a fragmented or purely reactive one.
This is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning recipients should expect substantial involvement from the CDC in the form of collaboration, guidance, and shared responsibility for implementing the program’s goals. The funding activity category is health, and the CFDA number associated with this opportunity is 93.197. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments, reflecting the CDC’s intent to fund public agencies with direct responsibility for public health infrastructure and services.
The opportunity was created on February 24, 2021, with an original application closing date of April 25, 2021, and applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. The award ceiling listed is $850,000 per award, and the CDC anticipated making approximately 61 awards. Overall, the grant is aimed at strengthening statewide and local capacity to prevent childhood lead exposure, improve the accuracy and reach of blood lead surveillance, and ensure that children identified as exposed do not fall through the cracks when it comes to referral, follow-up, and evaluation of outcomes.Apply for CDC RFA EH21 2102
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCEH in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Surveillance of Blood Lead Levels in Children" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.197.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 24, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 25, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $850,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 61 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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