The Division works to assist Local Public Health (LPH) units implement four broad strategy areas that address tobacco use. These strategies are: assessment, community intervention, policy, and strategic use of media. All funded LPH agencies’ work must fall within one of these strategy areas.
Financial support for the Division and LPH’s is provided by three funding sources: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Office of Smoking and Health Cooperative Agreement, the state-funded Community Health Grant Program (CHG), and the American Legacy Grant (School Grant). Total funding for the Division for 2006 was $4.057 million.
The Community Health Grant Program (CHGP) utilizes an advisory committee which reviews and approves each unit’s plan and allocates 50 percent of the biennial appropriation for the first fiscal year. This grant was developed in 2001 after the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between the State of North Dakota and the tobacco industry was negotiated. Only a portion of the original MSA dollars (10%) is currently allocated to tobacco prevention and control in North Dakota. The funds are dispersed to the LPH units according to a formula. This formula uses a base dollar amount plus an added dollar amount based on per capita and population of children grades 4-12. The total amount of dollars allocated for the 2006-2007 biennium was $3,760,000. Of that amount, $1,763,386 (or 46.9 percent) was expended in fiscal year 2006. The remaining funds will be allocated in the second fiscal year of the biennium. Average CHGP amount funded for 2006 was $134,286.
CDC funds, which are discretionary in nature, are distributed by the office. These funds have been distributed to the largest communities in North Dakota and to the tribes. The CDC money is flexible/ discretionary in contrast to the CHG formula dollars. The total amount The total amount of dollars dispersed for the 2006-2007 biennium for this grant. CDC Money allocated in fiscal year 2006 (July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006) was $608,200. Average amount per recipient was $35,776.
