The High Obesity Program (HOP)

For programmatic or technical questions:
Laura Kettel Khan
HOP2313@cdc.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Pamela Render
770.488.2712
plr3@cdc.gov

The High Obesity Program (HOP) provides funding to implement evidence-based strategies and leverage partner resources to address obesity and its associated factors in populations of focus related to poor diet and/or physical inactivity. Rural communities are considered a priority population.

Partners may include, but are not limited to, agriculture, transportation, education, business, healthcare, parks/recreation, community planning, and housing.

Required activities include:

• Promote food service and nutrition guidelines and associated healthy food procurement systems in facilities, programs or organizations where food is sold, served, or distributed
• Coordinate the uptake and expansion of existing fruit and vegetable voucher incentive and produce prescription programs
• Implement local level policies and activities to connect pedestrian, bicycle, or transit transportation network to everyday destinations

Optional activities include:

• Implement local level policies and activities that improve nutrition, physical activity, and breastfeeding and advance farm to early care and education (ECE) programs
• Collaborate with partners to implement family healthy weight programs

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Average one year award: $712,500
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 16
Estimated total program funding: $57,000,000

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.