The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work to protect and improve the health of all people and all communities. NACCHO provides capacity-building resources that support LHD leaders in developing and implementing public health policies and practices to ensure communities have access to the vital programs and services that protect them from disease and disaster. Additionally, NACCHO engages with federal policymakers on behalf of LHDs to ensure adequate resources, appropriate public health legislation, and sensible policies are in place to address the myriad of public health challenges facing communities.

In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP), NACCHO is pleased to offer a funding opportunity to LHDs to support the creation of media and awareness building campaigns to increase community awareness of syphilis rates and prevention and treatment. NACCHO will provide funding for up to 10 health departments. Selected health departments will be required to implement a media and awareness building campaign aimed at decreasing the syphilis burden in their jurisdictions. Findings from this project will be shared broadly with other STI programs. Check out the Request for Applications here.