Community Transformation Grant (CTG) Program Fact Sheet

Investments in Community Health: Community Transformation Grant Program

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues its long-standing dedication to improving the health and wellness of all Americans through the Community Transformation Grant (CTG) Program. Administered and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the CTG program enables awardees to design and implement community-level programs that prevent chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

The CTG program is expected to improve the health of more than 4 out of 10 U.S. citizens—about 130 million Americans.

Chronic Disease in the United States

More than half of American adults have at least one chronic disease. In the United States, 7 out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic diseases each year. Seventy-five cents of every dollar spent on medical costs in this country is being used to treat chronic diseases and associated risk factors.

While direct costs of chronic disease are high, the indirect costs of chronic conditions may be several times higher than the direct medical costs.  These diseases lead to lost productivity, such as missed days of work or school, disability,  reduced work output, reduced quality of life, and premature death.

Focusing on Priorities for Healthier Living

CTG concentrates on the causes of chronic disease, with awardees improving health and wellness with strategies that focus on areas such as:

• Clinical and community preventive services to prevent and control high blood pressure and high cholesterol
• Tobacco-free living
• Active living and healthy eating

Twenty percent of all CTG program funding is directed at programs in rural or frontier areas.

Investing in Healthier Communities

In 2011, CDC awarded $103 million to 61 state and local government agencies, tribes and territories, and nonprofit organizations in 36 states, along with nearly $4 million to 6 national networks of community-based organizations.  These are engaging partners from multiple sectors, such as education, transportation, and business, as well as faith-based organizations to improve the health of their communities’ approximately 120 million residents.   CTG supports state and local government agencies, tribes and territories, nonprofit organizations, and communities across the country.  In 2012, CDC is supporting the second year of these projects.

• Implementation awards were made to 35 communities to implement proven programs and strategies to improve their community’s health and wellness.
• Capacity-building awards were made to 26 communities to build a solid foundation for community prevention efforts to ensure long-term success.
• National network awardees engage community members to support, disseminate, and amplify the evidence-based strategies of CTG, particularly in rural and frontier areas and communities that face significant health disparities.

 

Additionally, to ensure the impact of the investment, funding is being used to support awardees with evaluation, communication, and technical assistance and training.

Reaching More Americans in Smaller Communities

In 2012, CTG was expanded to support areas with fewer than 500,000 people in neighborhoods, school districts, villages, towns, cities, and counties to increase opportunities to prevent chronic diseases and promote health.

In an effort to reach more people, approximately $70 million was awarded to 40 communities to implement broad, sustainable, proven evidence-based strategies that will reduce health disparities and expand clinical and community preventive services that will benefit about 9.2 million Americans.

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	Implementation States and Communities (N=35)
State
California	Public Health Institute
	San Francisco Department of Public Health
	County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
	Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Colorado	Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Florida	Broward Regional Health Planning Council
Illinois	Illinois Department of Public Health
Iowa	Iowa Department of Public Health
Kentucky	Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness
Maine	Maine Department of Health and Human Services/Maine CDC
Maryland	Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Department of Public Health
	Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Middlesex County)
Minnesota	Minnesota Department of Health
	Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department
Missouri	Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation
Montana	Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Nebraska	Douglas County Health Department
New Mexico	New Mexico Department of Health
New York	The Fund for Public Health in New York
	University of Rochester Medical Center
North Carolina	North Carolina Division of Public Health
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City-County Health Department
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Department of Public Health
South Carolina	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
South Dakota	South Dakota Department of Health
Texas	Texas Department of State Health Services
	City of Austin Health and Human Services Department
Vermont	Vermont Department of Health
Washington	Washington State Department of Health
	Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
West Virginia	West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Wisconsin	University Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

 

Tribes and Territories
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Michigan)
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium

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	Capacity-Building States and Communities (N=26)
State
California	County of Kern, Public Health Services Department
	Fresno County Department of Public Health
	Sierra Health Foundation
	Stanislaus County Health Services Agency
	Ventura County Public Health
Connecticut	Connecticut Department of Public Health
Georgia	Cobb Public Health
Kentucky	Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Treatment Education, Inc. (UNITE)
Louisiana	Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Michigan	Spectrum Health Hospitals
Mississippi	My Brother’s Keeper, Inc.
New Jersey	New Jersey Prevention Network
New Mexico	Bernalillo County Office of Environmental Health
North Dakota	North Dakota Department of Health
Ohio	Austen BioInnovation Institute
	Public Health-Dayton and Montgomery County
Pennsylvania	Lancaster General Health
Texas	Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Utah	Utah Department of Health
Virginia	Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services

 

Tribes and Territories
Confederated Tribes of The Chehalis Reservation (Washington)
Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. (Wisconsin)
Sophie Trettevick Indian Health Center (Washington)
Toiyabe Indian Health Project (California)
Ulkerreuil A Klengar (Republic of Palau)
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (Alaska)

National Networks (N=6)
American Lung Association
American Public Health Association
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
National REACH Coalition
YMCA of the USA

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State	CTG Small Communities
California	Community Health Councils, Inc.
	County of Sonoma
	St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake
	County of Santa Clara
Delaware	Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
District of Columbia	District of Columbia Department of Health
Florida	School Board of Miami-Dade County
Georgia	Tanner Medical Center, Inc.
Illinois	Chicago Public Schools, District 299
	Quality Quest for Health of Illinois, Inc.
Indiana	Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc.
Kansas	YMCA of Wichita
Kentucky	Microclinic International
Louisiana	Linking the Parish, Inc.
Maine	MaineGeneral Medical Center
	Maine Development Foundation
	MaineHealth
	Healthy Acadia
Maryland	Institute for Public Health Innovation
	Prince George’s County
Massachusetts	Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
	YMCA Southcoast
Michigan	Central Michigan District Health Department
Minnesota	Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Missouri	Ozarks Regional YMCA
Nevada	Clark County School District
New York	Health Research, Inc./New York State Department of Health
Ohio	The Lima Family YMCA
Oklahoma	Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.
	Indian Nation Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging
Oregon	Northeast Oregon Network
	City of Beaverton
South Carolina	YMCA of Greenville
Texas	Project Vida
Washington	Seattle Children’s Hospital
	Inland Northwest Health Services
West Virginia	West Virginia University Research Corporation
	Tribal Awardees
Arizona	Tohono O’odham Community Action
Idaho	Benewah Medical Center
Oklahoma	Cherokee Nation

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