To prevent and protect older adults from sustaining falls and fall-related injuries by developing and implementing a risk factor prevention program.

To co-create a power-building model for community violence prevention, alongside community members, organizations and health departments, this program aims to develop a scalable model using community power-building strategies centered on the voices and experiences of the local people that are most impacted by community violence.

The CDC Foundation’s Expanding Capacity to Address the Drug Overdose Epidemic program supports more than 200 field staff stationed across 45 jurisdictions as part of the CDC’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program. CDC Foundation staff help public health departments and community organizations collect and respond to detailed information about overdose incidents in their area and advise on prevention strategies.

To strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention of youth- or adult-perpetrated child sexual abuse.

To strengthen the evidence base for effective drowning prevention strategies in 10 states in the United States. Activities include strengthening drowning data collection, conducting focus group discussions in higher-risk communities, cataloging water safety legislation and expanding basic swimming and water safety skills training through community serving organizations. And to support findings from Ghana and India on circumstances of drowning.

To enable CDC to work with individual countries and regions to quantify the problem of sexual violence against girls and subsequently develop evidence-based policies and programs to protect children and prevent violence.

To combat the drug overdose epidemic in the United States, timely, comprehensive, and high-quality data are needed to detect emerging drug use trends, ensure a nimble approach, and drive evidence-based prevention and response strategies. This project will 1) build capacity among medicolegal death investigation (MDI) offices to collect and share death data and 2) identify and develop a set of overdose prevention indicators for local and state jurisdictions to track and improve efforts.

To promote healthy behaviors and substance use prevention among youth aged 13-19 in rural communities by offering comprehensive health education, cultivating safe and supportive environments and facilitating access to health services.