COMMUNITY & STATEWIDE GRANTS

The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) provides grants to organizations to develop programs and activities designed to reduce the toll of tobacco use in their communities.

There are four types of TFL grants: Community Program grants, Partnership grants, HBCU Diversity Initiatives grants and Communities of Color Network grants. Here is a brief description of each:

Community Program Grants are designed to engage non-traditional partners in a state-wide campaign to raise awareness and knowledge of the effects of secondhand smoke, and to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke at the community level. These grants are awarded in amounts up to $25,000 to non-profit agencies. One of the required activities of a Community Program Grantee is to implement one of three Evidence Based Intervention (EBI) programs that focus on preventing youth from becoming tobacco users.

Partnership Grants are designed for individual non-profit organizations and/or partnerships between organizations with regional (multi parish, or as defined by the Office of Public Health or Office of Economic Development) or statewide influence. The focus of TFL Partnership Grants is for established organizations to expand their programs to include activities intended to reduce the burden of tobacco use in Louisiana by developing and implementing effective strategies designed to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke.

HBCU Diversity Initiatives Grants are used to engage students, faculty and staff at Dillard, Grambling and Xavier universities in efforts to make the campuses 100 percent tobacco-free. These educational programs increase awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke and promote cessation services with a multi-pronged intervention, including media, presentations and policy changes.

Communities of Color (COC) Network Grants allow diverse community organizations and individuals in Louisiana to engage in planning and recommending strategies to reduce tobacco use among disparate populations through a comprehensive initiative conducted by Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SUAg) and a partnership collaboration with The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Tobacco Control Program (LTCP).