To support Perinatal Quality Collaboratives by providing technical assistance and resources to assess performance, identify best practices and optimize quality improvement initiatives.

To improve hypertension control in metro Atlanta—a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease deaths in the region—by forging strong connections among individuals, health care providers and community organizations to promote heart-healthy behaviors, connect people with prevention services, drive improvements in health care quality and empower individuals to take steps toward better cardiovascular health.

To support the development and execution of activities to assess factors associated with CDC support of, and direction for, funded Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) and PQC sustainability and/or challenges to sustainability.

To continue to support the development and dissemination of Hear Her campaign materials that are culturally tailored to American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The CDC Foundation will support the distribution of campaign materials through culturally appropriate channels and strategies.

To develop questions on out-of-school children as part of the Inclusive Education Module for the UNICEF Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys and share the methodological insights from the study at conferences and workshops.

To support work in 2025 and 2026 to build out Hypertension Control Campaigns, both nationally and for one local intervention. The local components and activations will be in Atlanta, with a focus on the collaboration with the Atlanta Hypertension Initiative.

To galvanize public and private partnerships—communities, healthcare systems, faith-based organizations, academic institutions, philanthropic groups and non-profit organizations—in pursuit of a shared vision of improving access to nutritious food and ending hunger in the United States.

To facilitate the agile development of identified shared tools, potential testing in real-world settings and support the rapid adoption and implementation of such tools and services across the public health ecosystem.

To help CDC provide reference and quality control materials for laboratory collaboration, including collaborations for the Hormone Measurement Standardization program.

To provide support to medical examiner and coroner offices for developing data workflows, including planning key events and creating technical products that support interoperability efforts and capacity building. In partnership with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the CDC Foundation is growing and expanding efforts to build a community of practice, MDI Connect.

To generate scientifically defensible and rapidly available data to assess the effectiveness of e-cigarette flavor restriction policies, the Monitoring the E-cigarette Use Among Youth in Select U.S. Cities and States program has been underway since 2019 with program activities that include: 1) analyzing retail sales data for e-cigarettes and other tobacco products and 2) implementing surveys to collect timely estimates of e-cigarette use and related behaviors among youth and young adults.

To identify, develop and promote respectful maternity care resources (i.e., webinars, learning cohorts, community of practice) and provide training and technical assistance to perinatal quality collaboratives for addressing respectful maternity care.

To produce and disseminate high-quality, small-area health estimates that compose the Population-Level Analysis and Community Estimates (PLACES) public health data resource.

To establish, expand and support strategic partnerships with organizations dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes. This project focuses on engaging community-based organizations and subject matter experts to reduce maternal mortality while also fostering relationships with tribal-serving organizations.

To support Medicolegal Death Investigation offices and their data partners in exploring, testing and innovating data modernization strategies.

To support state and local health departments in implementing Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), streamlining data collection and providing actionable insights to inform public health strategies.

To serve as an applied learning hub for community-based organizations, public health departments, funders and others to create system-level changes and community-driven capacity building for the public health ecosystem.

To support Tribal Serving Organizations in adapting and implementing Healthy Native Babies materials, providing culturally informed training and expanding community engagement to reduce sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths.