Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA OT18 18040101SUPP19
This grant opportunity, titled "Technical Assistance for Response to Public Health or Healthcare Crises: OPIOID SUPPLEMENTAL" (CDC-RFA-OT18-18040101SUPP19), is a CDC supplemental cooperative agreement designed to bolster the national response to the opioid overdose epidemic. It is not a brand-new standalone program; instead, it provides additional funding to national partner organizations that were already funded under the earlier CDC-RFA-OT18-1804 notice of funding opportunity for technical assistance during public health or healthcare crises. The central idea is to quickly expand capacity for opioid response work by paying for practical, deployable support such as staffing, procurement, and direct technical assistance, as long as those activities stay within the approved scope of the original OT18-1804 award.
The background for the supplemental funding is the scale and urgency of the opioid epidemic. CDC notes that opioids were involved in 42,249 overdose deaths in 2016, representing 66.4 percent of all drug overdose deaths that year, and that opioid-involved deaths have increased more than fivefold since 1999. The opportunity is framed within the broader federal emergency posture: the HHS Secretary declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act. CDC, through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and its Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, has been using national partner organizations to provide surge support to states. The rationale is that states often cannot meet urgent needs fast enough through their normal hiring and purchasing systems, or they may lack specialized expertise locally. These national partners are intended to fill those gaps quickly so response efforts are not slowed down by administrative bottlenecks.
Functionally, award recipients are expected to act as rapid providers of information and resources and also as coordinators for the project management work that makes rapid response possible. CDC emphasizes that recipients need to show they can manage CDC-funded projects with strong administration, oversight, and coordination. In practice, this means the funded organizations must be able to work closely with state and local jurisdictions and other stakeholders engaged in overdose prevention and response, and be ready to mobilize support where it is most urgently needed.
Programmatically, CDC organizes the work under two main strategies that reflect what is needed during a fast-moving public health crisis. Strategy 1 focuses on "effective process implementation," meaning the operational backbone that allows resources and people to move quickly. CDC highlights three process areas. First is expedited procurement, or the ability to bypass or streamline standard acquisition procedures so critical goods and services can be obtained rapidly. Second is agile administration and operations, which includes responding to requests, developing plans, deploying resources, and executing administrative actions quickly with tightly coordinated communication. Third is strategic partnering, meaning the ability to rapidly engage partners across sectors to expand reach, add capacity, or improve the overall response.
Strategy 2 focuses on delivering "critical content expertise," built on the process strength described in Strategy 1. Applicants are expected to demonstrate capability in one or more content domains. Administrative logistics includes concrete support like travel arrangements, transportation, shipping, printing, transcription, organizing convenings or events, and handling small purchases that can otherwise delay response activities. Communications includes situational awareness, risk communication, media support, monitoring and reporting on projects, translation that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, graphics, writing and editing, and developing and delivering trainings. Human resources and specialized expertise includes recruiting and hiring, staff augmentation, payroll, onboarding and orientation, and obtaining specialized technical expertise (CDC lists examples such as epidemiology, entomology, infectious disease, environmental health, and emergency response). Finally, "direct services" is included but defined carefully: it does not mean clinical care. Instead, it refers to an awardee performing specific emergency response activities on behalf of another entity when there is a capability gap that CDC believes could undermine the response if it is not addressed.
In terms of basic award information, this is a discretionary funding opportunity administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically within OSTLTS, using a cooperative agreement funding instrument (which typically implies substantial CDC involvement and coordination during the project period). The assistance listing is CFDA 93.391. The anticipated maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $3.5 million, and CDC expected to make approximately 7 awards under this supplemental announcement. Eligibility is limited and is described as "Others," with clarification referenced in an eligibility text field; however, the narrative makes clear that the opportunity is aimed at national partner organizations previously awarded under CDC-RFA-OT18-1804, meaning it is essentially a targeted supplement for existing recipients rather than an open competition for new organizations. The posting date was May 14, 2019, and applications were due July 31, 2019, with electronic submission required by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as CDC scaling up established national partners so they can move faster and farther in supporting states and jurisdictions facing opioid overdose burdens. The emphasis is less on developing new opioid programming from scratch and more on providing rapid-response operational horsepower: accelerating purchasing, quickly deploying people and expertise, coordinating partners, and delivering hands-on technical assistance that jurisdictions cannot staff or procure quickly enough on their own.Apply for CDC RFA OT18 18040101SUPP19
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - OSTLTS in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technical Assistance for Response to Public Health or Healthcare Crises: OPIOID SUPPLEMENTAL" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.391.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 14, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 31, 2019 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 $3,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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