Can a county include other parts of a metropolitan area of service (e.g., other surrounding counties and cities of a metropolitan area)?
A funded county is responsible for implementing the program only within the geographic area of the county and must serve the entire county including any cities within the county. It is not possible to combine areas (multi-county, city-county combinations, regional collaborative, regional nonprofit organizations, etc.) to reach the required 500,000 population size. Large counties are encourged to apply on their own to have the best chance to be funded. However, there is no prohibition against coordination among the applicants within your state, so that your Community Transformation Grant implementation plan could be mutually supporting across the areas within your state to present a cohesive package. However, separate applications would need to be submitted. As identified in the FOA, applicants applying to serve a large county must include letters of support from ALL health departments (e.g., city and county health departments, if they exist) located within and serving all or parts of t
A funded county is responsible for implementing the program only within the geographic area of the county and must serve the entire county including any cities within the county. It is not possible to combine areas (multi-county, city-county combinations, regional collaborative, regional nonprofit organizations, etc.) to reach the required 500,000 population size. Large counties are encouraged to apply on their own to have the best chance to be funded. However, there is no prohibition against coordination among the applicants within your state, so that your Community Transformation Grant implementation plan could be mutually supporting across the areas within your state to present a cohesive package. However, separate applications would need to be submitted. As identified in the FOA, applicants applying to serve a large county must include letters of support from ALL health departments (e.g., city and county health departments, if they exist) located within and serving all or parts of
