As a service to our members and other public health professionals, ASTHO regularly lists opportunities for funding, capacity building, and technical assistance. Check to see if these opportunities are a good fit for you or your organization.
Success Stories: Advancing Health Agency Capacity to Address ACEs, Suicide, Overdose, and Mental Health-Related Harms Request for Information
ASTHO is currently seeking health agency leaders and program staff from up to six jurisdictions to share their successes and the challenges they overcame in improving their work in simultaneously preventing adverse childhood experiences, suicide, overdose, and mental health-related harms upstream. ASTHO wants to highlight and share the everyday stories shaping public health. We invite your jurisdiction to join upcoming discussions starting in December to showcase your successes and provide feedback on strategies that can strengthen impact across multiple public health areas.
Please contact sbh@astho.org with any questions.
Please note that participation is voluntary and unfunded (with no financial compensation).
To indicate your interest in participating, please submit an application using the "Submit Now" button at the end of this listing.
Deadline for Submission
Oct. 24, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. ET
Notification
Late October – early November 2025
Application Resources
Bridging Barriers in Maternal Health Access Community of Practice
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from CDC, is launching the Bridging Barriers in Maternal Health Access Community of Practice (CoP). The CoP will bring together state health agency staff and Levels of Maternal Care (LoMC) leaders to address challenges in maternal health. Specifically, the CoP will focus on Levels of Maternal Care as a critical lever to address maternal morbidity and mortality. The CoP is designed to be a low-lift, high-value learning opportunity that supports participants through peer learning, technical assistance, access to subject matter experts, and contribution to a national resource.
There will be no direct funding available for participants. Travel and lodging will be covered in full for one representative per jurisdiction to attend an in-person convening in late January/early February 2026.
ASTHO Point of Contact: Ramya Flores and Lexie Giragosian, Maternal & Child Health Team, rac@astho.org. Please include “RFA: Bridging Barriers in Maternal Health Access CoP” in the subject line.
Deadline for Submission
November 3, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. ET
Selection Announcement Date
Thursday, November 6, 2025.
Estimated Engagement Period
November 2025 – July 2026.
Application Resources
OD2A Business Process Improvement Technical Assistance Opportunity
ASTHO, with support from CDC, is pleased to announce another cohort of non-monetary technical assistance. This project will help build state, territorial, and local health agency capacity around financial and administrative management quality and systems improvement to efficiently spend federal funding within CDC’s Overdose Data to Action award.
Please contact Alyssa Merski at amerski@astho.org with any questions.
Deadline for Submission
November 7, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. ET