Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH)

Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) improves the health and wellness of all Americans.

PICH is a 3-year initiative that supports implementation of evidence-based strategies to improve the health of communities and reduce the prevalence of chronic disease. PICH builds on a body of knowledge developed through previously funded Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs and encourages collaborations with a multi-sectoral coalition to implement sustainable changes in communities where people live, learn, work, and play.

Download the PICH factsheet [PDF–1.16MB] to learn more about the program.

Download information[PDF-738K] about PICH awardee focus areas and priority interventions.

Download the FY2014 Awardees [PDF-433K] and FY2015 Awardees [PDF-198K] PICH maps to learn more about community health investments.

Download PICH Highlights [PDF-922K] to learn more about our awardees.

For more information on this program, view the original funding opportunity.

Investing in Healthier Communities

In 2014, CDC awarded $49.3 million to 39 awardees representing three designated geographic areas, including:

• $30.9 million in awards to 13 large cities and urban counties with populations of 500,000 or more.
• $14.2 million in awards to 20 small cities and counties with populations between 50,000 and 499,999.
• $4.2 million in awards to six American Indian tribes/tribal organizations.

PICH awardees are working with a variety of governmental agencies and nongovernmental organizations from many sectors including:

• School districts.
• Local governments.
• Hospital and health systems.
• Community-based organizations.
• Public health offices.
• American Indian tribes/tribal organizations.

Approach to Improving Health

PICH is working to make healthy living easier and more affordable where people live, learn, work, and play. To improve health and wellness in their communities, awardees focus on four risk factors:

• Tobacco use and exposure.
• Poor nutrition.
• Physical inactivity.
• Lack of access to opportunities for chronic disease prevention, risk reduction, and disease management.

Examples of community strategies include:

• Protecting people from secondhand smoke exposure in indoor and outdoor spaces.
• Promoting nutrition guidelines that encourage healthy food and beverage options in schools and worksites.
• Increasing physical education classes so children have more physical activity opportunities each day.
• Increasing the number of multi-disciplinary teams (i.e., physicians, pharmacists, community health workers) that help patients manage their chronic diseases.

Awardees

Learn more about PICH Awardees.

Large Cities and Urban Counties

State	Locality	Awardee	Award Amount
California	Cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, and Santa Ana	Community Action Partnership of Orange County	$1,385,251
	Santa Clara County	County of Santa Clara	$1,901,813
	Fresno County	Fresno County Department of Public Health	$1,585,154
	City of Los Angeles	Los Angeles County Office of Education*	$3,600,000
Florida	Broward County	Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc.	$1,719,743
	Pinellas County	Pinellas County	$866,517
	Miami-Dade County	Miami-Dade County	$3,353,274
Georgia	Fulton County	Fulton County	$2,971,528
Illinois	Suburban Cook County	Cook County Department of Public Health	$2,480,807
Massachusetts	Boston	Boston Public Health Commission	$1,800,000
Nevada	Clark County	Southern Nevada Health District	$2,650,555
New York	New York City	Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.	$3,600,000
Washington	King County	Seattle-King County Department of Public Health	$2,966,405

*Year 1 awardee with no future funding.

Small Cities and Counties

State	Locality	Awardee	Award Amount
California	Merced County	Merced County Department of Public Health	$1,350,000
	Lake County	North Coast Opportunities	$472,770
	Solano County	Solano County Public Health Services, County of Solano	$1,231,198
Delaware	New Castle County	Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children	$607,311
Florida	Marion County	Heart of Florida Health Center	$1,349,638
Georgia	Carroll, Haralson, and Heard Counties	Tanner Medical Center, Inc.	$859,413
Illinois	Quad Cities	Trinity Medical Center	$426,869
Iowa	Woodbury County	Woodbury County	$120,458
Kansas	Douglas County (Lawrence)	Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department	$448,578
Maine	Northern Maine	Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS)	$1,350,000
	Kennebec and Somerset Counties	MaineGeneral Medical Center	$489,277
Mississippi	Center-Southwest Mississippi River Region	My Brother’s Keeper, Inc.	$1,350,000
Nebraska	Lincoln (Lancaster County)	Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln	$685,886
New Hampshire	Cheshire County	Cheshire Medical Center	$372,663
New Jersey	Vineland (Cumberland County), New Jersey	Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA	$450,000
New York	Schenectady County	Schenectady County	$450,000
North Carolina	Northeast North Carolina	Albemarle Regional Health Services	$439,641
Ohio	Lucas County (Toledo)	Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio	$837,389
	Allen County	The Lima Family YMCA	$450,000
South Carolina	Greenville	YMCA of Greenville	$472,851

American Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations

State	Locality	Awardee	Award Amount
Arizona	Fort Defiance Service Delivery Areas	Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc.	$824,823
California	Inyo and Mono Counties	Toiyabe Indian Health Project	$673,340
Michigan	Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, and Schoolcraft Counties	Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	$810,000
South Dakota	Multiple Tribes	Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board	$725,628
Oklahoma	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, and Sequoyah Counties	Cherokee Nation	$900,000
	Pawnee County	Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma	$267,346