Supporting Community Application of Life-Saving Evidence to Prevent Injury and Violence (SCALE)

The Supporting Community Application of Life-Saving Evidence to Prevent Injury and Violence, or SCALE, opportunity is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The opportunity number is CDC-RFA-CE-27-0062, and the Assistance Listing is 93.136, Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the Health funding activity category. CDC states that injury, including violence, overdose, and suicide, is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality from birth through 44 years of age. The purpose of SCALE is to strengthen implementation, amplify messaging, and broaden reach in addressing injury, violence, overdose, and suicide prevention across populations nationwide, including populations in tribal communities. Funding is intended to support programmatic work involving collaboration, implementation, dissemination, and continuous program improvement. The expected long-term result is reduced morbidity and mortality associated with injury, violence, overdose, and suicide. The forecast identifies an estimated total program funding amount of $75,000,000 and an expected 12 awards. The source reports zero-dollar award ceiling and floor values; these values are treated as unavailable rather than valid award limits. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies. Eligible applicants include public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state governments, city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status other than institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The additional eligibility information states that eligible entities include organizations with proven experience and expertise in injury, violence, overdose, and suicide prevention; implementation of prevention strategies; support for state, local, territorial, and tribal health departments; and work with populations in tribal communities. Applicant organizations should also have a public health-oriented mission and capacity to support rapid, evidence-based responses to emergent public health threats. The source identifies the opportunity as a forecast rather than a currently open funding opportunity. The estimated posting date is February 5, 2027, which is treated as the expected application opening date based on the information currently available. The estimated application deadline is April 6, 2027. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed application due date. The forecast does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide application questions, required narrative components, required uploads, evaluation criteria, or other detailed submission requirements. The forecast was issued September 1, 2026 and was last updated September 1, 2026. The estimated award date is September 1, 2027, and the estimated project start date is also September 1, 2027. The fiscal year is 2027, and the listed archive date is May 6, 2027. Because the opportunity remains forecasted, applicants should recognize that the currently listed posting date, application deadline, award date, project start date, funding information, and other details are estimates rather than final solicitation terms. No recurring annual, biennial, quarterly, or other repeating application cycle is stated in the provided source. The grantor contact identified for the opportunity is Candace Girod. The listed telephone number is 404.498.1329, and the listed email address is mrv7@cdc.gov. No explicit PDF URL for a NOFO, RFA, application guidelines, or other solicitation document is provided in the source. Additional application mechanics, required documents, evaluation procedures, spending restrictions, performance-period details, and final award limits therefore cannot be established from the forecast and should be verified when the full funding opportunity is posted.

Demonstrate proven experience and expertise in injury, violence, overdose, and suicide prevention and implementation of prevention strategies. Show capacity to support state, local, territorial, and tribal health departments, experience working with populations in tribal communities where applicable, a public health-oriented mission, and capacity to support rapid evidence-based response to emergent public health threats.