HHS also announced $10 million in additional funding for six communities - all of which were part of the original 44 Communities Putting Prevention to Work communities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - to provide mentoring to less experienced communities based on their previous success in specific policy strategies. Funding for the "Community Mentoring" initiative comes from ARRA.

Awards:

Communities Putting Prevention to Work Community Initiative

$3.0 Million to Alabama Department of Health: Mobile County, Alabama for tobacco prevention $2.3 Million to Arkansas Department of Health: City of North Little Rock, Arkansas for obesity prevention; and Independence County, Arkansas for obesity prevention $5.8 Million to Children's Memorial Hospital / City of Chicago, Illinois for obesity prevention $2.35 Million to DeKalb County Board of Health, Georgia for obesity prevention $3.7 Million to North Carolina Division of Public Health: Appalachian District Health Department, North Carolina for obesity prevention; and Pitt County, North Carolina for obesity prevention $4.85 Million to Pinellas County Health Department, Florida for obesity prevention $3.6 Million to Santa Clara County Public Health Department, California for obesity prevention $3.8 Million to Southern Nevada Health District, Nevada for obesity prevention

Note: The five small city/rural awards are administered through three state departments of health (Alabama, Arkansas, and North Carolina).

Communities Putting Prevention to Work States and Territories Competitive Special Policy and Environmental Change Initiative

$1.6 Million to South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for obesity prevention

Source U.S. Department of Health and Human Services