This Request for Application (RFA) seeks to fund up to ten (10) non-profit organizations and/or tribal consortia that serve American Indian/Alaskan Native communities to build capacity toward ending California’s tobacco epidemic through policy, systems, and environmental change strategies. For this RFA, Applicants are required to: 1) Build capacity and skills among tribal members and staff employed by tribal-serving organizations (such as non-profits or consortia) to implement tobacco use prevention and reduction interventions and provide health education services; 2) Mobilize and engage community residents and tribal organizations to engage in tobacco use prevention and cessation, and to support policy and systems changes; and 3) Design, support, adopt, implement, and evaluate tribal policy and systems change campaigns that seek to prevent and reduce tobacco use.

• 24-10141_Funding Opportunity Alert (PDF - 217.98 Kb)

Organization Type

1. Californian public or private non-profit organizations serving American Indian/Alaskan Native communities with a permanent business in California or are qualified through the Secretary of State to do business in California are eligible to apply for these funds.
2. Tribal consortia based in California are eligible to apply for these funds. A Tribal consortium is defined as a non-profit partnership that works together to achieve a common objective and is authorized by the governing bodies of those tribes to apply for and receive assistance. A Tribal consortium may consist of at least two (2) Tribes. If a consortium application is submitted, the lead organization must be the Applicant that will serve as the administrative hub. All Tribal consortium partners must be from Federally Recognized California Tribal Governments per the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Affairs, and Tribal Joint Power Authorities.
3. Applicants claiming private non-profit status must submit proof of their non-profit status with their Application. Certification must be from the State of California, Office of Secretary of State, or a letter from the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) classifying the agency as a non-profit agency is acceptable proof. For an example, see Appendix 4: Sample Non-Profit Status Letter.
4. California Tribal Governments are not eligible to apply for these funds except as a consortium. Additionally, Local Lead Agencies, local health departments, colleges and universities, county offices of education, school districts, and State of California and federal government agencies are not eligible to apply.

Required Scope of Work (SOW)

Applicants are required to use the prescribed SOW intervention and evaluation activities (Appendix 2: Required Scope of Work) that are pre-populated in OTIS. The prescribed activities are comprehensive and designed to support the selected objectives. Applicants may propose one or more additional activities that are not listed in the prescribed SOW, during the modification period (if awarded).  Please note that it is not guaranteed that any proposed activity will be accepted during the modification period. Additionally, a proposed additional activity cannot be used as a substitution for any of the required activities in the SOW and cannot be used as a method to augment available funds.

Certify No Tobacco Industry Conflict

To avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest, the Applicant must certify that it and any of its proposed subcontractors, employees, officers, and directors will not accept funding from nor have an affiliation, contractual relationship, or engage in a corporate responsibility with the tobacco industry, tobacco industry subsidiaries, electronic cigarette/vaping companies and cannabis companies, or related industries. Please see Appendix 5: Certification of Non-Acceptance of Tobacco Funds.

• RFA CG 24-10141_Empowering Nonprofits to Work on Tobacco Prevention in American Indian Alaskan Native Communities (PDF - 450.31 Kb)


• APPENDIX 1_2023 KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEW SUMMARY (PDF - 0.72 Mb)


• APPENDIX 2_REQUIRED SCOPE OF WORK (PDF - 367.23 Kb)


• APPENDIX 3_BACKGROUND AND AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION (PDF - 0.69 Mb)


• APPENDIX 4_SAMPLE NON-PROFIT STATUS LETTER (PDF - 0.65 Mb)


• APPENDIX 5_CERTIFICATION OF NON-ACCEPTANCE OF TOBACCO FUNDS (PDF - 114.96 Kb)


• APPENDIX 6_TOBACCO CONTROL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES (TCFOR) USER INSTRUCTIONS (PDF - 1.31 Mb)


• APPENDIX 7_INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE OTIS APPLICANT TRAINING COURSE (PDF - 1.64 Mb)


• APPENDIX 8_APPLICATION SCORING CRITERIA (PDF - 189.20 Kb)


• APPENDIX 9_BUDGET JUSTIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS (PDF - 0.96 Mb)


• APPENDIX 10_COMPARABLE STATE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS (PDF - 81.24 Kb)


• APPENDIX 11_CTPP PROGRAM LETTER 18-01 INCENTIVE MATERIALS (PDF - 1.49 Mb)


• APPENDIX 12_TEMPLATE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (PDF - 17.44 Kb)


• APPENDIX 13_CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS ATTACHMENT (PDF - 79.86 Kb)


• APPENDIX 14_CTPP ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICY MANUAL: POLICY SECTION (PDF - 1.02 Mb)


• APPENDIX 15_CTPP ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLICY MANUAL: ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION (PDF - 1.23 Mb)

• 24-10141_CDPH 1229 Grant Agreement (PDF - 183.72 Kb)


• 24-10141_Exhibit A Grant Application (PDF - 57.63 Kb)


• 24-10141_Exhibit A Attachment I (PDF - 146.74 Kb)


• 24-10141_Exhibit B Budget Detail and Payment Provisions (PDF - 91.51 Kb)


• 24-10141_Exhibit C Standard Grant Conditions (PDF - 133.93 Kb)


• 24-10141_Exhibit D Request for Application (PDF - 155.76 Kb)


• 24-10141_Exhibit E Additional Provisions (PDF - 104.65 Kb)

An optional Zoom Informational Webinar will be held on October 8, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PT*. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to participate.

The purpose of the Informational Webinar is to provide potential applicants with an opportunity to pose written questions about preparing and submitting the application.

Please register in advance for this webinar: https://cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9xPE1sIQRGGsdas9IFC_HQ

*Dates and times are tentative.

**Final Awards cannot be made until all appeals have been resolved. It is the Applicant’s responsibility to check for notices and addenda for this RFA on the TCFOR website throughout the RFA process.

The maximum award for the full 36-month period is $1,035,000 per awardee. Up to $10,350,000 is anticipated to be distributed among all awardees. Funding is contingent upon available revenues, appropriation by the Legislature and the Governor, multi-year spending authority, and CDPH/CTPP funding priorities and/or legal or administrative limitations.

Written questions on this RFA will be accepted through 5:00 p.m., PT* on October 22, 2024*, by email (CTPPCompetitiveGrants@cdph.ca.gov), and responses will be posted to the https://tcfor.catcp.org/ website on October 29, 2024*.

*Dates and times are tentative.

• Other Materials
• OTIS Setup Account Process Checklist (PDF - 85.71 Kb)
• TCFOR Process for New Applicants Checklist (PDF - 62.45 Kb)
• TCFOR Process for OTIS Account User Checklist (PDF - 89.50 Kb)
• New SSO-MFA Applicant (PDF - 0.51 Mb)
• Project Director-OTIS and Rover Account Request (MP4 File - 7.79 Mb)