DIALOGUE4HEALTH

Richard Hamburg
Deputy Director
Trust for America’s Health

ACTION ALERT

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (7/18/11)

Good luck finding anyone as excited as me to see the first enhanced version of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) FY2010 Funding Profile Tool. This version is searchable by Congressional District!! According to CDC, “the FY2010 Funding Profile tool at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/FundingProfiles/FundingProfilesRIA now contains a “Query View” that offers the ability to view and download the detailed grants information behind the state and territorial summaries available through the “Map View.” The query function offers details about each grant, such as grantee name, address, Congressional District and more.”

The proposed HHS rule for the Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans was released on Friday. For a link to the Federal Register notice: http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=xxUyKG/0/2/0&WAISaction=retrieve. “The Exchanges will provide competitive marketplaces for individuals and small employers to directly compare available private health insurance options on the basis of price, quality, and other factors. The Exchanges, which will become operational by January 1, 2014, will help enhance competition in the health insurance market, improve choice of affordable health insurance, and give small businesses the same purchasing clout as large businesses.“ Comments are due no later than close of business, Wednesday, September 28th.

The deadline for the Campaign to End Obesity Action Fund is letter urging opposition to any effort to eliminate or reduce the Prevention and Public Health Fund has been extended to this Wednesday (July 20th) at Noon. If your organization would like to support this effort, please contact Rebecca Einhorn at Rebecca@obesityactionfund.org or Chris Fox at Chris@obesityactionfund.org. http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Campaign%20to%20End%20Obesity%20Sign%20on%20Letter.pdf.

Today’s not so happy news on the budget front features an upcoming vote on a House bill euphemistically referred to as “cut, cap, and balance.” The bill would cut spending by $111 billion in FY 2012, including cutting non-security discretionary spending by $76 billion, to below 2008 levels. It would also cut federal spending to 22.5% of GDP in FY 2012, and eventually to 19.9% by FY 2021. IT would also require passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment before raising the nation’s debt limit. The President has already submitted a veto message on the proposal. Various other negotiations and options are in the works. Will report back when something actually appears to have some legs (although just as I’m hitting the “send” button I see another deficit reduction plan is now on the table which would cut the deficit by $9 trillion, more than double other plans). Your choice at this point — laugh or cry.

Opportunities/Deadlines

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Sign On Documents and Opportunities for Input

• Campaign for Public Health Foundation is collecting nominations for its second annual Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards. (deadline July 31st)

Regulatory Comments

• Draft standards for collecting and reporting data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status has been announced by the Department of Health and Human Services. (deadline August 1st)

Funding Opportunities

• CDC funds for the Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program (deadline July 22nd)
• CDC funds for the Community Transformation Grant program for national networks of community-based organizations (deadline July 22nd)
• Notices of Intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding award grants under the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (deadline August 1st)
• Department of Health and Human Services funds are available for its Healthy People 2020 Community Innovations Project. (deadline August 5th)
• Availability CDC funds for comprehensive workplace health promotion programs (deadline August 8th)

Upcoming Events

School Food Safety: A Review and Discussion of Opportunities for Federal Action
Sponsored by Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project
Tuesday, July 26th, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (breakfast and lunch served)
Please RSVP to Beth Jacob at bjacob@pewtrusts.org, no later than Monday, July 18th

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

New Strategies to Finance Healthy School Meals
Sponsored by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity
Tuesday, July 26th, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register

National and State Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity
Sponsored by the National Society of Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health
Tuesday, July 26th, 1:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=5ot4469pfyy3

Injury Prevention Briefing
Sponsored by the Congressional Study Group on Public Health in partnership with the Campaign for Public Health Foundation and several national injury and violence prevention groups, including Safe States Alliance, National Athletic Trainers Association, Safe Kids USA and Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Prevention Research
Tuesday, July 26th, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
2103 Rayburn House Office Building
To register: Please email KarlM@CPHFoundation.org

Protecting Prevention in the Affordable Care Act: Sharing the Evidence, Putting Leadership and Resources into Action
Sponsored by American Public Health Association, Prevention Institute, PolicyLink,
Public Health Institute and Trust for America’s Health
Wednesday, July 27th, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. EDT (11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT) – webinar
Click here to register

Park and Open Space Accessibility Roundtable
August 2, 2011 9am-4:30pm
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30303
To Register: http://ipv.nrpa.org/PUBLIC/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=CPPW_AUGGA

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

85th Annual American School Health Conference – Limitless Possibilities {new}
October 12th – 15th
Galt House – Louisville, Kentucky
To register: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=972973

Food Day
Sponsored by Center for Science in the Public Interest
Monday, October 24th
To help organize events in your community, click on the following: http://www.foodday.org/participate.

SOPHE 62nd Annual Meeting – Leveraging the Power of Health Education: Changing Systems
October 27-29, 2011
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel – Arlington, VA
http://precis2.preciscentral.com/Link.aspx?ID=38809A11AAABADAA

Promising Practices to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities: The Power of Communities {new}
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
April 17-18, 2012 – New Orleans, LA
To Register: http://healthedcouncil.org/promisingpractices_registration.html

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Richard Hamburg
Deputy Director
Trust for America’s Health

ACTION ALERT

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (7/11/11)

The budget negotiations continue with fits and starts. In the meantime, plenty of other threats to the nation’s health to worry about. See items that follow.

The Safe Routes to School, Transportation Enhancements and Recreational Trails program is at risk. The recently released House Transportation Committee draft transportation reauthorization bill would eliminate dedicated funding for bicycling and walking, including Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School and the Recreational Trails Program, and discourage states from choosing to spend their dollars on these activities that are “not in the federal interest.” The Safe Routes to Schools National Partnership has an active action alert on the issue – http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7093/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7483.

The deadline for the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities letter urging defeat of any balanced budget amendment has been extended to tomorrow (Tuesday), July 12th — http://www.healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Balanced%20Budget%20Amendment%20Sign%20On%20Letter.pdf. To sign on, please contact moreira@cbpp.org.

Please don’t forget that the deadline for the Food Marketing Workgroup letter to the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on voluntary standards for foods marketed to children is today, July 11th — http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Food%20Marketing%20Standards%20Letter.pdf. To sign on, please contact Bethany Hanna Pokress at bpokress@cspinet.org. The efforts in opposition are formidable. Just this weekend, the Washington Post reported that “The food and advertising industries have launched a multi-pronged campaign to squash government efforts to create voluntary nutritional guidelines for foods marketed to children.” To see the full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/industries-lobby-against-voluntary-nutrition-guidelines-for-food-marketed-to-kids/2011/07/08/gIQAZSZu5H_story.html.

And in another short turnaround, the American Lung Association, Trust for America’s Health and others are circulating a sign-on letter to members of Congress urging them not to include policy riders or funding restrictions in 2012 appropriations legislation that would restrict EPA’s authority to regulate and set standards under the Clean Air Act. If you are interested in signing on, please contact Peter Iwanowicz (piwanowicz@lungusa.org) at the American Lung Association no later than close of business today (Monday), July 11. For a link to the letter: http://tfah.org/assets/files/Draft-letter-Congress-EPA-approps.doc.

In case you missed it, the American Lung Association recently released its 2010 version of State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Control (SLATI), its annual summary of state tobacco control laws. For detailed information, including a link to the report: http://www.lungusa2.org/slati/about.php.

A reminder that the next Public Health and Prevention Fund strategy meeting has been scheduled for Friday, July 22nd, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), 409 12th Street, SW, 3rd Floor. Please RSVP to Jackie Britz at jbritz@tfah.org.

Opportunities/Deadlines

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Sign On Documents and Opportunities for Input

• The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities is circulating a letter urging defeat of any balanced budget amendment. (deadline extended to July 12th)
• Food Marketing Workgroup letter to the Interagency Working Group on proposed voluntary standards for foods marketed to kids. (deadline July 11th)
• Campaign for Public Health Foundation is collecting nominations for its second annual Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards. (deadline July 31st)

Regulatory Comments

• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)
• Draft standards for collecting and reporting data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status has been announced by the Department of Health and Human Services. (deadline August 1st)

Funding Opportunities

• CDC funds for the Community Transformation Grant program (deadline July 15th)
• CDC funds for the Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program (deadline July 22nd)
• CDC funds for the Community Transformation Grant program for national networks of community-based organizations (June 30th deadline for letters of intent, and July 22nd for applications)
• Department of Health and Human Services funds are available for its Healthy People 2020 Community Innovations Project. (deadline August 5th)
• Availability CDC funds for comprehensive workplace health promotion programs (deadline August 8th)

Upcoming Events

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 12th; Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

Fact vs Fiction: The Truth About Obesity in America
Sponsored by the Campaign to End Obesity
Thursday, July 14th, 8:30 a.m.
B338 Rayburn House Office Building {note room change}
To RSVP, please contact: Chris Fox at chris@obesitycampaign.org

For the Public’s Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges
Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine
Thursday, July 14th, 8:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
20 F Street Conference Center – 20 F Street, NW, Washington, DC
To register: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/570527/Report-Dissemination-07-14-11
For more information: http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/PHStrategies/2011-JUL-14.aspx

Expansion of the Compassionate Allowances Initiative {new}
Sponsored by the Social Security Administration, Office of External Affairs
Thursday, July 14th, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Please RSVP by Monday, July 11th to Carolyn Houston at Carolyn.houston@ssa.gov or (410) 965-7603
For more information on the initiative: www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances

National and State Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity
Sponsored by the National Society of Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health
Tuesday, July 26th, 1:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=5ot4469pfyy3

Park and Open Space Accessibility Roundtable
August 2, 2011 9am-4:30pm
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30303
To Register: http://ipv.nrpa.org/PUBLIC/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=CPPW_AUGGA

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

Food Day
Sponsored by Center for Science in the Public Interest
Monday, October 24th
To help organize events in your community, click on the following: http://www.foodday.org/participate/.

SOPHE 62nd Annual Meeting – Leveraging the Power of Health Education: Changing Systems
October 27-29, 2011
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel – Arlington, VA
http://precis2.preciscentral.com/Link.aspx?ID=38809A11AAABADAA

Promising Practices to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities: The Power of Communities {new}
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
April 17-18, 2012 – New Orleans, LA
To Register: http://healthedcouncil.org/promisingpractices_registration.html

Trust for America’s Health · 1730 M Street, NW · Suite 900 · Washington, DC 20036 · healthyamericans.org
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Richard Hamburg
Deputy Director
Trust for America’s Health

ACTION ALERT

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (6/29/11)

A three judge panel upheld the Affordable Care Act’s provisions requiring individuals to buy health insurance (“individual mandate”). According to the New York Times, “the ruling is the first of three opinions to be delivered in separate courts of appeal that heard arguments in the health care litigation in May and June. Opinions are expected soon from panels in both the Fourth Circuit Court in Richmond, VA and in the Eleventh {Circuit}.” For the full article — – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/us/30health.html?_r=1&hp.

Here’s a timely op ed from Margo Wootan at Center for Science in the Public Interest — The K Street Diet is Bad for America. In it, various legislative and regulatory threats are described, pointing out that they “these nutrition provisions are not what the doctor ordered.” http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/168679-the-k-street-diet-is-bad-for-america.

And in my last You Cut message of the week — guess I should have read the website earlier. In the site’s archives, there was a previous recommendation on the House repeal vote on the Prevention Fund, stating that the HHS Secretary has the authority to spend funds “on any ‘public health’ program or activity such as media campaigns to encourage you to exercise more, publishing cookbooks that tell you what to eat, and grant programs that could be used to promote new taxes on soft drinks and other beverages without any further Congressional approval. This is money that is not specifically dedicated to research to actually prevent, treat, or cure diseases and disorders. Under the law, the fund is automatically replenished with taxpayer funds every year in perpetuity. Eliminating this fund would save approximately $17 billion over the next ten years alone.” http://www.majorityleader.gov/YouCut/112week6.htm.  More education is needed! With that thought in mind, and the debt limit discussion moving along, Trust for America’s Health sent this letter today to the President, with a version to Congressional Leadership — http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Prevention%20Fund%20-%20Debt%20Limit%20Letter.pdf.

The Food Marketing Workgroup is circulating a letter to the Interagency Working Group (IWG), which has proposed voluntary standards for foods marketed to children. While the proposed marketing standards are strong, there are ongoing efforts to withdraw or significantly weaken the standards. http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Food%20Marketing%20Standards%20Letter.pdf. To sign on, please contact Bethany Hanna Pokress at bpokress@cspinet.org by Monday, July 11th.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced “new draft standards for collecting and reporting data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status, and announced the administration’s plans to begin collecting health data on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations. Both efforts aim to help researchers, policy makers, health providers and advocates to identify and address health disparities afflicting these communities.” Comments are being accepted through August 1st. For a copy of the news release — http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/06/20110629a.html, and a link to the docket and supporting information — http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302/.

Opportunities/Deadlines

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Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• American Lung Association letter urging President Obama to support a more protective, scientifically proven ozone health standard (deadline June 30th)
• Campaign for Public Health Foundation is collecting nominations for its second annual Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards. (deadline July 31st)

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (deadline extended to July 5th). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)

Funding Opportunities

• Availability of CDC funds for the Community Transformation Grant program (deadline July 15th)
• Availability of CDC funds for the Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program (deadline July 22nd)
• Availability of CDC funds for the Community Transformation Grant program for national networks of community-based organizations (June 30th deadline for letters of intent, and July 22nd for applications)
• Availability CDC funds for comprehensive workplace health promotion programs (deadline August 8th)

Upcoming Events

The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Thursday, June 30th, Noon – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – online committee meeting
To register (deadline c.o.b. June 29th):
https://meetings.norc.org/hp2020/Meetings/June302011VirtualMeeting/tabid/170/Default.aspx

Making the Case for Cost-Effectiveness of Vaccines for Global Health
Sponsored by Research!America, Global Health Council and PATH
Wednesday, July 6th, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. (breakfast 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.)
B338 Rayburn House Office Building
To register: https://www.researchamerica.org/event_registration/event_id:122

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 12th; Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

Fact vs Fiction: The Truth About Obesity in America
Sponsored by the Campaign to End Obesity
Thursday, July 14th, 8:30 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
To RSVP, please contact: Chris Fox at chris@obesitycampaign.org

National and State Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity
Sponsored by the National Society of Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health
Tuesday, July 26th, 1:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=5ot4469pfyy3

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

Food Day {new}
Sponsored by Center for Science in the Public Interest
Monday, October 24th
To help organize events in your community, click on the following: http://www.foodday.org/participate/.

SOPHE 62nd Annual Meeting – Leveraging the Power of Health Education: Changing Systems
October 27-29, 2011
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel – Arlington, VA
http://precis2.preciscentral.com/Link.aspx?ID=38809A11AAABADAA

Trust for America’s Health · 1730 M Street, NW · Suite 900 · Washington, DC 20036 · healthyamericans.org
To unsubscribe, please contact info@tfah.org

Richard Hamburg
Deputy Director
Trust for America’s Health

ACTION ALERT

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (6/27/11)

The Campaign for Public Health Foundation is collecting nominations for its second annual Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards. The Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards not only recognize the efforts of our nation’s public health workforce, they also help highlight the overlooked value of our nation’s behind-the-scenes disease control and prevention efforts. A reception to honor the 2011 awardees will be held in Washington, DC, on October 26th. Nomination forms can be found at http://www.cphfoundation.org/annual_awards.html.

OK, I just can’t help myself. Last week, I forwarded a link to the House Majority Leader’s “You Cut” site, sans comment. However, I see that today’s “vote,” is on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fruit and vegetable incentive program (Healthy Incentives Pilot), and urges taxpayers to “not have to be bribed (emphasis added) with additional cash benefits to make nutritious food choices.” That is certainly contrary to the thoughts of USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last summer, who stated that, “This pilot project will empower low-income Americans to eat more nutritious food and has the potential to strengthen the SNAP program that serves as a critical safety net to the most vulnerable in our society. Increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, especially in the place of higher calorie foods, can help move America towards healthier lifestyles and a healthier future.” Just putting it out there — http://www.majorityleader.gov/YouCut/.

The American Public Health Association (APHA) has released an issue brief on “the current challenges facing the public health workforce and the implementation status of the ACA’s public health workforce provisions.” For a copy of the news release and report: http://www.apha.org/about/news/pressreleases/2011/workforce+brief.htmISSUE, http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/FF813C45-C0D0-4C4A-8802-48D8AADF2100/0/APHAWorkforce2011.pdf/.

Just a reminder that Food Day is scheduled for October 24th. “Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life—parents, teachers, and students; health professionals, community organizers, and local officials; chefs, school lunch providers, and eaters of all stripes—to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.” The program is sponsored by Center for Science in the Public Interest, and is “backed by an advisory board that includes anti-hunger advocates, physicians, authors, politicians, and leaders of groups focused on everything from farmers markets to animal welfare to public health.” To help organize events in your community, click on the following: http://www.foodday.org/participate/.

Debt ceiling negotiations continue, and Congressional leaders and the White House are working to hammer out a deal in the coming weeks. Now is a critical period for educating members of Congress (particularly those involved in these negotiations), and the Administration on the value of this important investment. Please don’t hesitate to utilize the materials available on our website at www.healthyamericans.org/health-reform.

Opportunities/Deadlines

{the Opportunities/Deadlines categories are live links which you can click on for further information}

Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• Center for Science in the Public Interest letter urging the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen, not weaken, it final rule on menu labeling at chain restaurants and on vending machines (June 28th deadline)
• American Lung Association letter urging President Obama to support a more protective, scientifically proven ozone health standard (deadline June 30th)

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (deadline extended to July 5th). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)

Funding Opportunities

• Availability of funds through CDC for the Community Transformation Grant program (deadline July 15th)
• Availability of funds through CDC for the Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program (deadline July 22nd)
• Availability of funds through CDC under the Community Transformation Grant program for national networks of community-based organizations (June 30th deadline for letters of intent, and July 22nd for applications)
• Availability of funds through CDC for comprehensive workplace health promotion programs (deadline August 8th)

Upcoming Events

An Insider’s View of the New USDA’s MyPlate and Ways to Spread its Message
Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, and Society for Nutrition Education
Monday, June 27th, 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=uait7fpez675

Cigarette Smoking Interventions Among Diverse Populations
Sponsored by Legacy
Tuesday, June 28th, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/222172160

Balancing Calories to Manage Weight Recommendations, Barriers, Strategies and Communications {new}
Sponsored by the American Society for Nutrition and USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Tuesday, June 28th, 2:00 – 3:30 (EDT) – webinar
http://www.nutrition.org/meetings/balancing-calories-to-manage-weight-recommendations-barriers-strategies-and-communications/

Cigarette Smoking Interventions Among Diverse Populations
Sponsored by Legacy
Tuesday, June 28th, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/222172160

Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role
Sponsored by the American Public Health Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wednesday, June 29th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (EDT} – webinar
To Register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=kuy60aki9vpf

Leveraging the School Environment to Improve Nutrition, Reduce Obesity and Maintain National Security
Sponsored by Mission Readiness
Wednesday, June 29th, 11:00 – Noon
Senate Visitors Center 209
Please RSVP to kheckler@missionreadiness.org by June 27

The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Thursday, June 30th, Noon – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – online committee meeting
To register (deadline c.o.b. June 29th): https://meetings.norc.org/hp2020/Meetings/June302011VirtualMeeting/tabid/170/Default.aspx

Making the Case for Cost-Effectiveness of Vaccines for Global Health
Sponsored by Research!America, Global Health Council and PATH
Wednesday, July 6th, 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. (breakfast 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.)
B338 Rayburn House Office Building
To register: https://www.researchamerica.org/event_registration/event_id:122

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 12th; Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

Fact vs Fiction: The Truth About Obesity in America {new}
Sponsored by the Campaign to End Obesity
Thursday, July 14th , 8:30 a.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
To RSVP, please contact: Chris Fox at chris@obesitycampaign.org

National and State Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity {new}
Sponsored by the National Society of Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health
Tuesday, July 26th, 1:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=5ot4469pfyy3

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

SOPHE 62nd Annual Meeting – Leveraging the Power of Health Education: Changing Systems {new}
October 27-29, 2011
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel – Arlington, VA
Call for Abstracts Due June 24th, 8:00 p.m. (EDT)
http://precis2.preciscentral.com/Link.aspx?ID=38809A11AAABADAA

Trust for America’s Health · 1730 M Street, NW · Suite 900 · Washington, DC 20036 · healthyamericans.org
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Richard Hamburg
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Trust for America’s Health

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s Extra News (6/15/11)

Sorry for the second message of the day {please excuse the multiple postings for some of you}, but wanted to make sure you all saw this formal announcement from Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and the National Prevention Council on tomorrow’s live webcast, and subsequent stakeholder call, on the release of the National Prevention Strategy. You will also find a link below to the website where the Strategy will be posted at/after 11:00 a.m.

The National Prevention Council invites you to
join them for a news conference (via live webcast) in Washington, D.C., to release
the National Prevention Strategy on
Thursday, June 16, at 11:00 AM ET.

To view a live webcast of the event, go to: www.hhs.gov/live

WHO
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Melody Barnes, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, White House
Regina M. Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Among Others

Following the event, we invite you to dial-in to a stakeholder call to learn more and ask questions.
Call in details:
3:30 PM ET
Dial-in Number: 800-779-5194
Participant passcode: Prevention

Speaking on the call:
Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Regina M. Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Fred Karnas, Senior Adviser to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D., Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health and Chair, Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health

Please dial in early to ensure participation as lines are limited.

More information on the National Prevention Strategy and the National Prevention Council can be found at: http://www.healthcare.gov/center/councils/nphpphc/strategy/index.html

This first ever National Prevention Strategy, called for under the Affordable Care Act, was created to help move the nation from a focus on sickness and disease to one based on prevention and wellness. By focusing on prevention, the National Prevention Strategy will help Americans stay healthy and fit and improve our nation’s prosperity.

The National Prevention Strategy’s goal is to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life. The Strategy’s four Strategic Directions and seven Priorities include evidence-based recommendations fundamental to improving the nation’s health.

The National Prevention Council, comprised of 17 Federal agencies and chaired by the Surgeon General, developed the National Prevention Strategy with input from stakeholders, the public, and the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. To succeed, implementation of the Strategy must include public and private partners working together at the national, state, tribal, local, and territorial levels.

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (6/15/11)

Here’s the final version of the House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies letter sent this week to the House of Representatives: http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Ag%20approps%20-%20public%20health%20letter.pdf. CQ reports that the proposed nutrition cuts were among the topics of debate during yesterday’s consideration of the measure. A final vote is expected today or tomorrow.

Also attached is the final version {well, nothing’s ever final until it’s sent… so can add a few stragglers today} of the National Prevention Strategy letter, which will be sent to the National Prevention Council prior to tomorrow’s release of the National Prevention Strategy. http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/nps%20sign%20draft%206-15-11.pdf. And here’s an updated version of the Fund support list, in case you haven’t yet had a chance to sign on your organization – http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Groups%20Supporting%20Prevention%20Fund-State%20by%20State%20List.pdf

As promised, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted a link to the contact information of a majority of the organizations filing letters of intent for the Community Transformation Grant program. Thus far, about half the states are posted, but the list will be updated as CDC inputs the data from the rest of the states. http://www.cdc.gov/communitytransformation/contacts/index.htm.

Please note the many recently added events below.

Opportunities/Deadlines

{the Opportunities/Deadlines categories are live links which you can click on for further information}

Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• TFAH letter on National Prevention Strategy (June 14th deadline)
• Center for Science in the Public Interest letter urging the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen, not weaken, it final rule on menu labeling at chain restaurants and on vending machines (June 28th deadline)

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (deadline extended to July 5th). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)

Funding Opportunities

• Availability of funds through CDC for the Community Transformation Grant program (deadline July 15th)
• Availability of funds through the CDC for the Coordinated Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Program (deadline July 22nd)

Upcoming Events

The State and Future of HIV/AIDS
Sponsored by AIDS.gov
Wednesday, June 15th, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (EST) – webinar
To register: Space is limited, please register by June 10th at http://AIDS.gov/webinar

Better Health for Moms and babies – A Briefing on Gestational Diabetes {new}
Sponsored by The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
American Diabetes Association and Quest Diagnostics
Thursday, June 16th, 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
201 Senate Visitor’s Center
Please RSVP to Amy Wotring at awotring@diabetes.org or (703) 299-2087

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Chicago, June 17th; Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

Advancing Women’s Heart Health through Improved Research, Diagnosis and Treatment
Sponsored by WomenHeart and Society for Women’s Health Research
Tuesday, June 21st, 9:00 a.m. (8:30 breakfast)
B339 Rayburn House Office Building
Please RSVP to Susan Campbell at scampbell@womenheart.org

Built Environment Policy Roundtable {new}
Sponsored by the National Recreation and Park Association
Tuesday, June 21st, 9:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. (breakfast at 8:30)
NRPA headquarters, 22377 Belmont Ridge Road, Ashburn, VA
To register: http://www.nrpa.org/built-environment-regional-policy-roundtable/

4th Annual Campaign to End Obesity Breakfast With Champions
Wednesday, June 22nd, 8:30 a.m.
The Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
To RSVP: Please contact Chris Fox at chris@obesityscampaign.org

American Public Health Association Midyear Meeting
June 23rd – 25th — Chicago, IL
For further details, including registration: http://www.apha.org/Midyear/Registration

Cigarette Smoking Interventions Among Diverse Populations
Sponsored by Legacy
Tuesday, June 28th, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/222172160

Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role
Sponsored by the American Public Health Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wednesday, June 29th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (EDT} – webinar
To Register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=kuy60aki9vpf

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 12th; Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (5/27/11)

In case you haven’t had the opportunity to check out our series of state-specific charts detailing what each state has received from the Prevention and Public Health Fund, and what those funds are being utilized for, The New Prevention Fund – An Investment in the Future Health of America can be found at: http://healthyamericans.org/reports/prevention-fund/. We have been regularly adding more specific information as they become available.

Registration is now open for the Dialogue4Health webinar, Putting the “Transformation” in Community Transformation Grants: Building Momentum for Equity and Prevention, scheduled for Monday, June 6th, from 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. (PST), 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. (EST). The event is sponsored by the American Public Health Association, PolicyLink, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute and Trust for America’s Health. To register: https://publichealthinstitute.webex.com/publichealthinstitute/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=966422401.

From Kaiser Health News earlier this week, an article entitled, Prevention: The Answer To Curbing Chronically High Health Care Costs. Ken Thorpe (Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease) and Jonathan Lever (YMCA of the USA) write that voting to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund “is a setback for the first dedicated source of funding for national prevention efforts and could be a missed opportunity to reduce spending even further by preventing the largest driver of health care costs — chronic disease.” http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Columnists/Thorpe-Lever.aspx.

Have a great holiday weekend!

Opportunities/Deadlines

{the Opportunities/Deadlines categories are live links which you can click on for further information}

Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• None current.

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (June 6th deadline). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)

Funding Opportunities

• CDC is soliciting proposals for Prevention Research Centers – Public Prevention Health Fund: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements (SIPS). (June 1st deadline)
• CDC is accepting applications for funding under the Community Transformation Grant Program. (June 6th deadline for letters of intent, July 15th for applications)
• CDC notice of intent to award a grant to expand the Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, and for Fellowship Training in Public Health. (no stated deadline)

Upcoming Events

Prevention Funding and the Affordable Care Act – What Does it Mean to You?
Sponsored by the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Wednesday, June 1st, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?fid=28820&mid=1346431&rid=261317107&rtype=mm&uid=NFHDSP

Dental Therapist Project Convening: Strengthening our Community and Building Momentum
Sponsored by Community Catalyst and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Thursday, June 2nd, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Liaison Capitol Hill
415 New Jersey Ave. NW
To register: http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=481118&en

Third Annual National Summit on Critical Care
Sponsored by the Roundtable on Critical Care Policy
Wednesday, June 8th, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
To Register: http://criticalcareroundtable.org/summitregistration2011.asp

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Chicago, June 17th; Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

American Public Health Association Midyear Meeting
June 23rd – 25th
Chicago, IL
For further details, including registration: http://www.apha.org/Midyear/Registration

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 12th; Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

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Trust for America’s Health

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (5/20/11)

We haven’t put out a request for additional organizational support for the Public Health and Prevention Fund in some time, and considering that our distribution list continues to grow, want to urge groups that haven’t yet done so to sign onto the updated list of Fund supporters. Quite a few House members referenced the list during subcommittee, committee and floor debates over the Fund last month, and it’s the first document Congressional offices turn to during our many Hill visits. http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Groups%20Supporting%20Prevention%20Fund-State%20by%20State%20List.pdf

A summer webinar series, Addressing Tobacco Use in Correctional Facilities, is being sponsored by the Break Free Alliance. The four-part series addresses tobacco use among correctional and post-correctional populations. Subjects include how to implement tobacco cessation programming and comprehensive tobacco control policies in correctional settings, as well as linking newly released inmates with community-based cessation resources. Details about the series can be found on Break Free Alliance’s website: http://www.breakfreealliance.org/. To register, click here: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec. Space is limited. For questions, please contact Kristi Maryman at kmaryman@healthedcouncil.org.

I understand that hundreds of questions have been asked via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Transformation Grant website — http://www.cdc.gov/communitytransformation. We can expect to begin to see answers posted very soon.

The Budget Coalition is circulating a sign on letter addressing a series of principles relative to the impact upon social programs under proposed budget and spending caps — http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Budget%20Principles%20Letter%20May2011.pdf. To sign on, please contact Rob Randhava at Randhava@civilrights.org by close of business on Monday, May 23rd.

The budget and appropriations processes are moving along rather slowly, but to help put the level of proposed cuts into perspective, attached is a chart the Coalition for Health Funding forwarded this morning from the Committee for Education Funding which shows that the House’s FY 2012 appropriations allocations for discretionary labor, health and human services and education programs would result in funding falling to FY 2004 levels – http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/302(b)%20allocations%20history.pdf. As for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FY11 Continuing Resolution already brings that agency down to FY 2003 levels, without even knowing what FY12 will bring. All pretty sobering thoughts.

Just a reminder of the CDC’s upcoming Community Transformation Grant conference calls next Wednesday:

• May 25, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (EDT) – Eligible applicants in the Atlantic, Eastern, and Central time zones. This conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-972-9343. The leader for this call is Lori Elmore and the passcode is 8899773.
• May 25, 2011, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – Eligible applicants Mountain and Pacific time zones. This conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-972-9343. The leader for this call is Lori Elmore and the passcode is 8899773.
• May 25, 2011, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EDT) – Eligible applicants in the Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian time zones. This conference call can be accessed by calling 1-888-790-3249. The leader for this call is Lori Elmore and the passcode is 6417596.

Have a great weekend!

Opportunities/Deadlines

{the Opportunities/Deadlines categories are live links which you can click on for further information}

Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking sign-ons to their Life’s Sweeter with Fewer Sugary Drinks Challenge (May 20th deadline).

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (June 6th deadline). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)
• Opportunity to present oral comments to Interagency Working Group on standards for food marketing to kids (May 18th deadline for sign up)

Funding Opportunities

• CDC is soliciting proposals for Prevention Research Centers – Public Prevention Health Fund: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements (SIPS). (June 1st deadline)
• CDC is accepting applications for funding under the Community Transformation Grant Program. (June 6th deadline for letters of intent, July 15th for applications)
• CDC notice of intent to award a grant to expand the Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, and for Fellowship Training in Public Health. (no stated deadline)

Upcoming Events

Food Marketed to Children – Forum on Interagency Working Group Proposal
Tuesday May 24th, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Department of Health and Human Services
Humphrey Building – 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
To attend: submit name, affiliation, and e-mail address to foodmarketedtochildren@ftc.gov by May 20th

A Look at Public Health Surveillance and Adaptation Tools
Sponsored by the American Public Health Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuesday, May 24th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=k27xehj9ty68

How Literacy Affects a Child’s Health {new}
Sponsored by the Children’s Health Care Caucus, with panelists from Nemours,
the International Reading Association and Reach Out and Read
Wednesday, May 25th, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building

Prevention Fund Strategy Meeting
Sponsored by Trust for America’s Health
Thursday, May 26th, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
American Public Health Association (APHA) conference room
800 I Street, NW
To RSVP: jbritz@tfah.org

Making Sense of the Proposed Standards for Food Marketing to Children
Sponsored by the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) and the Food Marketing Workgroup
Thursday, May 26th, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: Food Marketing to Children Webinar

Prevention Funding and the Affordable Care Act – What Does it Mean to You?
Sponsored by the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Wednesday, June 1st, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?fid=28820&mid=1346431&rid=261317107&rtype=mm&uid=NFHDSP

Dental Therapist Project Convening: Strengthening our Community and Building Momentum
Sponsored by Community Catalyst and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Thursday, June 2nd, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Liaison Capitol Hill
415 New Jersey Ave. NW
To register: http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=481118&en

Third Annual National Summit on Critical Care
Sponsored by the Roundtable on Critical Care Policy
Wednesday, June 8th, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
To Register: http://criticalcareroundtable.org/summitregistration2011.asp

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Chicago, June 17th; Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

American Public Health Association Midyear Meeting
June 23rd – 25th
Chicago, IL
For further details, including registration: http://www.apha.org/Midyear/Registration

Addressing Tobacco use in Correctional Facilities {new}
Sponsored by the Break Free Alliance
Tuesday, July 12th; Tuesday, July 26th; Tuesday, August 16th; Tuesday, August 30th; – summer webinar series
To register: http://vmx.highroadsolution.com/se/users/meetingprofile.aspx?account.id=hec

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Richard Hamburg
Deputy Director
Trust for America’s Health

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (5/16/11)

The FY 2011 operating plan for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been submitted to Congress, reflecting the $740 million in cuts contained in the recently-passed Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-10). A copy of a summary of the plan and a detailed table of programs follows – http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/CDC’s%20FY%202011%20Operating%20Plan%20Summary.pdf, and http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/CDC’s%20FY%202011%20Operating%20Plan%20Table.pdf. Cuts to CDC discretionary programs exceed 11 percent. Cuts were made to the following categories: Birth Defects; Emergency Preparedness; Environmental Health; Global Health; HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention; Injury Prevention and Control; Occupational Safety and the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; and Public Health Scientific Services showed increases. However, some of the increases would have been decreases, and some of the decreases would have been more significant if not for the use of at least a portion of the Prevention and Public Health Fund (Fund) to backfill some holes. Overall, the vast majority of the Fund was not used for that purpose, and it’s also important to note that the allocations from the Fund mirror those announced by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on February 11th.

Hope you all had the opportunity to review the Community Transformation Grant materials released this past Friday. Of particular note are the deadlines for letters of intent (June 6th), and for submitting full applications (July 15th). There are also a series of conference calls set up by CDC for May 25th and June 14th. For access to links to all of the materials, please click on “Funding Opportunities” below.

In addition to the public comment period for the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids listed under “Regulatory Comments” below, there will be a ½ day public forum (spaced limited, RSVP required) on Tuesday, May 24th, 11:00 – 3:00 p.m., at the HHS Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW – http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/foodmarketingtokids/. If you would like to make an oral statement, you must submit your name, affiliation, and e-mail address to foodmarketedtochildren@ftc.gov no later than May 18th at 5:00 p.m. (EDT). Please indicate whether the statement will relate primarily to the proposed nutrition principles or to the proposed marketing definitions. To attend, submit your name, affiliation, and e-mail address to the FTC e-mail address above by no later than May 20th at 5:00 p.m. (EDT).

The next monthly Prevention Fund Strategy Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 26th, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The meeting will be at the American Public Health Association (APHA) conference room, located at 800 I Street, NW Washington, DC. To RSVP, please contact Jackie Britz at jbritz@tfah.org.

Opportunities/Deadlines

{the Opportunities/Deadlines categories are live links which you can click on for further information}

Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking sign-ons to their Life’s Sweeter with Fewer Sugary Drinks Challenge (May 20th deadline).

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (June 6th deadline). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)

Funding Opportunities

• CDC is soliciting proposals for Prevention Research Centers – Public Prevention Health Fund: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements (SIPS). (June 1st deadline)
• CDC is accepting applications for funding under the Community Transformation Grant Program. (June 6th deadline for letters of intent, July 15th for applications)
• CDC notice of intent to award a grant to expand the Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, and for Fellowship Training in Public Health. (no stated deadline)

Upcoming Events

Prevention: Two Lenses, Common Vision (food safety presentation)
Sponsored by the Office of Foods, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Mike Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, FDA
Thursday, May 19th, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
To register: http://gwfdafoodsafety.eventbrite.com/

A Look at Public Health Surveillance and Adaptation Tools
Sponsored by the American Public Health Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuesday, May 24th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=k27xehj9ty68

Prevention Fund Strategy Meeting {new}
Sponsored by Trust for America’s Health
Thursday, May 26th, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
American Public Health Association (APHA) conference room
800 I Street, NW
To RSVP: jbritz@tfah.org

Prevention Funding and the Affordable Care Act – What Does it Mean to You?
Sponsored by the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Wednesday, June 1st, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?fid=28820&mid=1346431&rid=261317107&rtype=mm&uid=NFHDSP

Dental Therapist Project Convening: Strengthening our Community and Building Momentum
Sponsored by Community Catalyst and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Thursday, June 2nd, 8:00 a.m. _ 5:00 p.m.
The Liaison Capitol Hill
415 New Jersey Ave. NW
To register: http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=481118&en

Third Annual National Summit on Critical Care
Sponsored by the Roundtable on Critical Care Policy
Wednesday, June 8th, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
To Register: http://criticalcareroundtable.org/summitregistration2011.asp

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Chicago, June 17th; Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

American Public Health Association Midyear Meeting
June 23rd – 25th
Chicago, IL
For further details, including registration: http://www.apha.org/Midyear/Registration

Trust for America’s Health · 1730 M Street, NW · Suite 900 · Washington, DC 20036 · healthyamericans.org

Richard Hamburg
Deputy Director
Trust for America’s Health

ACTION ALERT

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Wellness and Prevention
Health Reform Digest

Today’s News (5/13/11)

Big news today!! The formal announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services on the availability of funds through the Community Transformation Grant (CTG) program is now out – http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/05/20110513b.html. Over $100 million in funding is available for up to 75 CTGs. There is a dedicated CTG site that can be reached at http://www.cdc.gov/communitytransformation/. For a link to the FOA — http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=5bqPNN9J90bPNfzHkKQGWW9GM98JH2k7rRdShTgWD1nLxv3WJ17P!-703747468?oppId=93873&mode=VIEW. Some, but not all of the sublinks are working at this time, but all should be functioning prior to the time of a conference call scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (EDT). You’ll also see on the CTG website that there are additional conference calls scheduled for May 25th and June 14th. Also, an upcoming Dialogue4Health webinar is also in the works. FYI, the call-in number for today’s call is (888) 946-3818 and the passcode is 1513943.

Have a great weekend!

Opportunities/Deadlines

{the Opportunities/Deadlines categories are live links which you can click on for further information}

Sign on Documents and Opportunities for Input

• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is seeking sign-ons to their Life’s Sweeter with Fewer Sugary Drinks Challenge (May 20th deadline).

Regulatory Comments

• The Food and Drug Administration has released proposed menu labeling regulations. One rule is on menu labeling in restaurants (June 6th deadline). A second is for vending machines (July 5th deadline)
• Public comment period is open on the Interagency Working Group standards for food marketing to kids. (July 14th deadline for written comments)

Funding Opportunities

• CDC is soliciting proposals for Prevention Research Centers – Public Prevention Health Fund: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Centers: Special Interest Project Competitive Supplements (SIPS) (June 1st deadline)
• CDC notice of intent to award a grant to expand the Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, and for Fellowship Training in Public Health (no stated deadline).

Upcoming Events

Prevention: Two Lenses, Common Vision (food safety presentation) {new}
Sponsored by the Office of Foods, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Mike Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, FDA
Thursday, May 19th, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
To register: http://gwfdafoodsafety.eventbrite.com/

A Look at Public Health Surveillance and Adaptation Tools {new}
Sponsored by the American Public Health Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuesday, May 24th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=k27xehj9ty68

Prevention Funding and the Affordable Care Act – What Does it Mean to You?
Sponsored by the National Forum for Health Disease and Stroke Prevention
Wednesday, June 1st, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) – webinar
To register: http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?fid=28820&mid=1346431&rid=261317107&rtype=mm&uid=NFHDSP

Dental Therapist Project Convening: Strengthening our Community and Building Momentum {new}
Sponsored by Community Catalyst and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Thursday, June 2nd, 8:00 a.m. _ 5:00 p.m.
The Liaison Capitol Hill
415 New Jersey Ave. NW
To register: http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=481118&en

Third Annual National Summit on Critical Care
Sponsored by the Roundtable on Critical Care Policy
Wednesday, June 8th, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
To Register: http://criticalcareroundtable.org/summitregistration2011.asp

2011 Viral Hepatitis Summit Series
Sponsored by Hepatitis Foundation International
Chicago, June 17th; Omaha, September 20th
For more information, call 1-800-891-0707 or visit www.HepatitisFoundation.org

American Public Health Association Midyear Meeting
June 23rd – 25th
Chicago, IL
For further details, including registration: http://www.apha.org/Midyear/Registration

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