National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)

10/20/2026

📣 Bring the Walkability Action Institute to Your State!

NACDD, in partnership with the CDC's Division of Nutrition CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, is now accepting applications for the Active People, Healthy NationSM Walkability Action Institute!

📌Applications due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on November 13, 2026

We’re looking for a DNPAO-funded state or land grant university to support local teams within their state in making their communities more walkable, active, and connected. One selected state will receive programmatic support and resources to train and prepare local, interdisciplinary teams to drive changes in community and transportation design – helping make physical activity a part of everyday life.

🔗 Learn more about how you can apply! https://chronicdisease.org/cahc/wai/

🖥️ Informational Session recording: https://vimeo.com/1235845500/c9eb60204e

10/20/2026

Please join NACDD and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) for our next Chronic Disease Connect webinar - Project Remission: Bringing Lifestyle Medicine and Public Health Together to Address Type 2 Diabetes on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The latest CD Connect offering will highlight the Project Remission campaign, an initiative exploring the role of lifestyle medicine in preventing, managing, and potentially achieving remission of type 2 diabetes.

Speakers
Brenda Rea, MD, DrPH, PT, RDN, DipABLM, FACLM,
Lifestyle Medicine Intensivist, Medical Director of Education
American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Chris Daly, PharmD, MBA, BCACP
Vice President & Secretary, Grant Coordinator
CPESN NY

Register now:
https://ow.ly/ajTf50ZXF0A

10/16/2026

📣 NACDD, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, is excited to announce The Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation Mini Grant Opportunity

* Funding available for approximately 20 hospitals, healthcare systems, or cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs working to enhance CR referral, participation, and/or completion
* Competitive funding opportunity will award up to $15,000 per recipient
* Awardees will be expected to execute projects from Nov. 16, 2026, through July 30, 2027
* Applications are due Friday, Oct. 26, 2026, by 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
* Awardees will be announced by Nov. 16, 2026

Share this opportunity with your health system partners! Please visit the RFP webpage to access the application, submission form, and FAQs: https://chronicdisease.org/2026-million-hearts-acr-rfp/

10/16/2026

🌟 Member Spotlight: Shauntay Davis-Patterson at California Department of Public Health

We’re proud to feature Shauntay and celebrate the work she is doing in cancer prevention and control.

Shauntay’s work is a great example of how much of public health happens through connection and partnership. As she puts it: “Cancer control isn’t just programs and data—it’s statewide collaboration. When we convene health systems, community organizations, researchers, advocates, and survivors, those relationships directly shape prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship outcomes across California.”

Her work is helping to:
- Increase colorectal cancer screening
- Improve survivorship outcomes
- Support cancer prevention and early detection

👏 Thank you, Shauntay, for helping turn collaboration into action and making a difference for communities across California.

🔗 Read Shauntay’s full Spotlight Q&A: https://chronicdisease.org/member-spotlight-october-2026/

California Colorectal Cancer Coalition - C4
American Cancer Society

NACDD is pleased to feature Shauntay Davis-Patterson this month and celebrate the work she has done in cancer prevention and control. Shauntay’s path to

10/15/2026

📣New Opportunity: Bring the Walkability Action Institute to Your State!

NACDD, in collaboration with the CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, invites states and land grant universities funded through the State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) program and High Obesity Program (HOP) to apply to host the Active People, Healthy NationSM Walkability Action Institute.

One DNPAO-funded state (SPAN recipient) or land grant university (HOP recipient) will be selected to receive NACDD programmatic and logistical support to implement the Walkability Action Institute, engaging up to eight local/regional interdisciplinary teams. The Walkability Action Institute equips teams to develop action plans for policies, plans, and community design changes that support more active and connected communities—advancing national goals from Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.

🌟Learn more and apply to bring the Walkability Action Institute to your state!
https://chronicdisease.org/cahc/wai/
Applications due by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 13, 2026

10/09/2026

As we observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, October 12, we take a moment to honor the rich histories, cultures, and enduring contributions of Indigenous people across the United States. It is also an opportunity to listen, learn, and reflect on the importance of honoring community voices and knowledge in the work we do.

NACDD offices will be closed Monday in observance of the holiday and will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, October 13.

10/08/2026

🌟Happening today, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
Communicating About Program Successes: Thinking Beyond Grant Requirements
Register: https://ow.ly/1gFw50ZUWhQ

Your program has successes worth sharing—are you getting the word out?

Public health programs and initiatives can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. But those efforts can have an even greater impact when communities know about them.

This webinar is designed to help public health professionals move beyond sharing program successes only when a grant requires it. Together, we’ll brainstorm successes worth highlighting, identify audiences who should hear about them, and explore communication channels that can help get the word out. You’ll leave with practical ideas for proactively sharing your program’s successes with your community.

Speakers:
Lanae Caulfield, BA
Communications Subject Matter Expert, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

Leiana Pineda Gonzalez-Rubio, MBA Candidate, BA, BS
Communications Coordinator, Louisiana Cancer Prevention & Control Programs

10/06/2026

📣 Your program has successes worth sharing—are you getting the word out?

Join us for the next Chronic Disease Connect Webinar -
Communicating About Program Successes: Thinking Beyond Grant Requirements
Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)

Public health programs and initiatives can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. But those efforts can have an even greater impact when communities know about them.

This webinar is designed to help public health professionals move beyond sharing program successes only when a grant requires it. Together, we’ll brainstorm successes worth highlighting, identify audiences who should hear about them, and explore communication channels that can help get the word out. You’ll leave with practical ideas for proactively sharing your program’s successes with your community.

Register today! https://ow.ly/1gFw50ZUWhQ

Speakers:
Lanae Caulfield, BA
Communications Subject Matter Expert, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

Leiana Pineda Gonzalez-Rubio, MBA Candidate, BA, BS
Communications Coordinator, Louisiana Cancer Prevention & Control Programs

10/05/2026

📣Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation Request for Proposals (RFPs)

NACDD, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, is excited to announce two RFP opportunities, now available!

👉Opportunity 1:
The Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation Mini Grant Opportunity

Funding available for approximately 20 hospitals, healthcare systems, or cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs working to enhance CR referral, participation, and/or completion:
- Awards up to $15,000 per recipient
- Awardees will be expected to execute projects from Nov. 16, 2026, through July 30, 2027
- Applications due Oct. 26, 2026
- Visit chronicdisease.org/2026-million-hearts-acr-mini-grant-application/ to access the application, submission form, and FAQs.

👉Opportunity 2:
Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation through Organizations Poised to Scale and Spread Promising Practices Funding Opportunity

Funding available for up to six public health departments and/or organizations with a national, regional, or state reach:
- NACDD anticipates funding projects at the $50,000- $75,000 level
- Awardees will be expected to execute projects from MOU initiation through July 30, 2027
- Applications are due Nov. 20
- Visit chronicdisease.org/2026-million-hearts-acr-rfp/ to access the application, submission form, and FAQs.