The folloing amendments have been incorporated into FOA.doc

The following amendments have been incorporated into FOA CDC-RFA-DP09-912ARRA09 – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – Communities Putting Prevention to Work:

Under pre-application support, the time zone for each of the pre-application calls – Eastern Daylight Time – is now included.
The MAPPS Strategy Tables under Section I. and Attachment C., have an added phrase, “consistent with federal law,” to the media and advertising restrictions in both nutrition and o categories.
Under Section . Eligible Applicants, the language has been slightly edited to clarify the eligible applicants.
Under Section III. Eligibility Information, the following has been added to section Other to clarify the allowable number of applications per state health department: “Only one application can be submitted per state for Category A and only one application per state for Category B, for a maximum of two applications per state if applying for Category A and Category B. Within each state application, states may only submit up to munities to fund: . bination of one small city and one munity; two small cities; or two munities. State health departments that have not identified a maximum of munities per application will be considered non-responsive and not entered into the review process.”
Under Section Other, the following has been changed to more accurately describe the Letter of Intent: “ApplicantsYou are required to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to be eligible to apply for this program. Failure to submit a LOI will result in non-responsiveness and the applicant will be prohibited from applying.” See Sections , , and of this announcement for more information on LOI submission. The LOI must identify the type of applicant, the size of the jurisdiction, and the risk factor area to be addressed. If an applicant wishes to apply for both o and obesity/ physical activity/ nutrition funding, one LOI can be submitted to indicate that intention.”