Implementing and Sustaining a CDC-recognized Family Healthy Weight Program

Application deadline: Monday, April 7, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Chronic Disease Prevention Program (CDPP) is seeking to partner with an organization which has the capacity, ability, and willingness to plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)-recognized Family Health Weight Program (FHWP) in their community.

• Assess the landscape of adult and childhood obesity and identify areas of need in your community related to chronic disease and health disparities, especially obesity.
• Identify and convene multisector partners that will support the planning, preparation, implementation, and sustainment of a FHWP in your community.
• Establish and nurture a relationship with a medical clinic or patient medical home in your community that serves children, youth, and their families.
• Research and learn about CDC-recognized FHWPs; educate multisector partners and the community about them.
• Form a FHWP project team and work together to determine which FHWP is the best fit for your community, procure the FHWP, and write an implementation plan.
• Work collaboratively with the FHWP project team to execute the implementation plan with goal to enroll minimum of 10 participants and their caregivers in first FHWP cohort.
• Identify and connect with local funding sources that can support and sustain the FHWP.

Read the complete FHWP public notice and application materials .