This Request for Application (RFA) seeks to fund up to six (6) Federally Recognized California Tribal Governments to address tobacco-related disparities affecting the American Indian population. For this RFA, Applicants are required to: 1) Build capacity and skills among tribal members and staff employed by tribal governmental organizations to implement tobacco use prevention and reduction interventions and provide health education services; 2) Mobilize and engage community residents and tribal governmental organizations to engage in tobacco use prevention and cessation and support policy and system changes; and 3) Design, support, adopt, implement, and evaluate tribal policy and system change campaigns that seek to prevent and reduce tobacco use.

• 25-10003 Funding Opportunity Alert (PDF - 284.47 Kb)

ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA

1. Organization Type

a. Federally Recognized California Tribal Governments per the U.S. Department of Interior Indian Affairs, and Tribal Joint Power Authorities are eligible to apply for these funds.

b. Tribal Consortiums, defined as a non-profit partnership between two or more tribes authorized by governing bodies of those tribes to apply for and receive assistance, are not eligible to apply.

c. California public or private non-profit entities are not eligible to apply for these funds. 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.

2. Required Scope of Work (SOW)

Applicants are required to use the Required SOW intervention and evaluation activities, see Appendix 2: Required Scope of Work, that are pre-populated in OTIS. The Required SOW activities are comprehensive and designed to support the selected objectives. Applicants may propose one or more additional activities that are not listed in the Required 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.

3. 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 4: Certification of Non-Acceptance of Tobacco Funds.

• 25-10003 Empowering Tobacco Prevention Effort (PDF - 355.86 Kb)


• Appendix 1_2023 Key Informant Interview Summary (PDF - 136.83 Kb)


• Appendix 2_Required Scope of Work (PDF - 164.80 Kb)


• Appendix 3_Background and Authorizing Legislation (PDF - 108.53 Kb)


• Appendix 4_Certification of Non-Acceptance of Tobacco Funds (PDF - 76.29 Kb)


• Appendix 5_TCFOR Website User Instructions (PDF - 180.43 Kb)


• Appendix 6_Instructions for Accessing the OTIS Applicant Training Course (PDF - 0.70 Mb)


• Appendix 7_Applicant Scoring Criteria (PDF - 146.05 Kb)


• Appendix 8_ Budget Cost Sheet (MS Excel File - 21.41 Kb)


• Appendix 9_Comparable State Civil Service Classifications (PDF - 76.87 Kb)


• Appendix 10_Additional Tobacco Prevention Funding (PDF - 122.33 Kb)


• Appendix 11_California Civil Rights Laws Attachment (PDF - 97.03 Kb)


• Appendix 12_Tribal Resolution of Support (PDF - 91.10 Kb)


• Appendix 13_California Tobacco Prevention Program Policy Manual (PDF - 1.04 Mb)


• Appendix 14_California Tobacco Prevention Program Administrative Manual (PDF - 1.74 Mb)

• 25-10003 CDPH1229 (PDF - 159.42 Kb)


• 25-10003 Exhibit A_Grant Application (PDF - 58.61 Kb)


• 25-10003 Exhibit B_Budget (PDF - 117.88 Kb)


• 25-10003 Exhibit C_Standard Grant Conditions (PDF - 129.32 Kb)


• 25-10003 Exhibit D_Request for Application (PDF - 106.67 Kb)


• 25-10003 Exhibit E_Additional Provisions (PDF - 117.18 Kb)

Optional Zoom Informational Webinar will be held on November 21, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., PST*. The webinar will provide information about the RFA along with an overview on how to prepare and submit the application and tips on navigating the Online Tobacco Information System (OTIS). Prospective applicants intending to submit an application are strongly encouraged to participate. The purpose of the Informational Webinar is to provide information about the RFA to potential applicants and 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_EqvFK6dpQ0Cy7UggVJpOOw

*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 46-month period is $766,667 per awardee. Up to $4,600,002 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 December 9, 2024, by email (CTPPCompetitiveGrants@cdph.ca.gov), and responses will be posted to the https://tcfor.catcp.org/ website on December 16, 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)