Chronic Disease Prevention Program

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

Wisconsin DHS CDPP is seeking to partner with an organization which holds an umbrella license to all Self-Management Resource Center (SMRC) programs, including the Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) known as Healthy Living with Diabetes or Vivir Saludable con Diabetes, and provides training, technical assistance, and support to current or aspiring SMRC DSMPs.

Scope of work

• Determine current landscape of past and present SMRC DSMPs located within CDPP-identified high-need counties and identify gaps in these programs.
• Identify and connect with past SMRC DSMP programs located within CDPP-identified high-need counties to determine capacity to resume the program.
• Provide financial and programmatic support to SMRC DSMPs.
• Work with established SMRC DSMPs to promote workshops, identify and address barriers to attendance, and determine strategies to sustain programs.

Read the complete Increasing Access to and Participation in Complementary Diabetes Support Programs public notice and application materials.

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

Wisconsin DHS 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.

Scope of work

• 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.

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

Wisconsin DHS CDPP is seeking to partner with an organization to focus on implementing sustainable policy, systems, and environmental change efforts to reduce health disparities related to access to healthy foods in communities across Wisconsin. The work will support community organizations and agencies who serve priority populations throughout Wisconsin.

Scope of work

The selected applicant will be expected to implement a systems-level project with the following complementary objectives:

• Work with community pantries or food banks to expand food offerings to include nutritious, culturally affirming options and update guidelines related to food donations.
• Enhance the built environment to make healthy foods more accessible in the community.

Read the complete Improving Access to Healthy Food in Communities with High Rates of Diabetes public notice and application materials.

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

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Chronic Disease Prevention Program is seeking a community organization (e.g., non-profit, local, or Tribal health department, membership entity, coalition) who has a history of successfully working with clinical organizations (e.g., health system, federally qualified health center, free and charitable clinic, health plan) and other multi-sector and interdisciplinary partnerships to advance health and social outcomes in the community. The applicant will lead an interdisciplinary heart health learning collaborative aimed at addressing the clinical and non-clinical barriers that have led to cardiovascular disease and poor health outcomes in our communities.

Scope of work

• Engage key partners to form a Heart Health Learning Collaborative.
• Develop a shared Aim Statement.
• Support health care partners in utilizing electronic health record data to inform projects to reduce heart health disparities.
• Implement and monitor evidence-based strategies utilizing quality improvement tools.
• Report and evaluate progress.

Read the complete Improving Heart Health Through Community-Clinical Linkages public notice and application materials.

Application deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Wisconsin DHS CDPP is seeking a community organization or organizations (e.g., non-profit, local, or Tribal health department, membership entity, coalition) who will work to improve lactation support in Wisconsin communities who are most at risk of not breastfeeding.

Suggested activities

• Implement a local care coordination system that covers the perinatal period and could include referral systems and hand-off protocols.
• Create community environments that proactively promote, protect, and support breastfeeding.
• Create or enhance a dedicated lactation space.
• Implement a lactation support policy.
• Provide lactation education or offer scholarships for lactation training to anyone who provides services to families.
• Establish community-clinical linkages through relationship-building, leading to memorandums of understanding or other agreements outlining seamless transitions of care for families.

Read the complete Advancing Breastfeeding Continuity of Care for Communities Most at Risk of Not Breastfeeding public notice and application materials.

Application deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Wisconsin DHS CDPP is seeking a community organization or organizations (e.g., non-profit, local, or Tribal health department, membership entity, coalition) who will work to start or expand a produce prescription program in Wisconsin communities experiencing nutrition insecurity.

Scope of work

• Engage key partners to from nutrition insecure communities.
• Foster relationships with local clinics to establish a referral system.
• Engage with food systems to purchase/ secure produce sources.
• Implement a produce prescription program.
• Report and evaluate progress.

Read the complete Advancing Produce Prescription Programs in Communities with High Rates of Nutrition Insecurity public notice and application materials.

Heart disease refers to conditions that affect the way the heart functions. This includes blood flow to the heart.

Through our Chronic Disease Prevention Program, we partner with others who share our goal to better prevent and manage heart disease. Our partners include communities, health systems, health care providers, insurers, and professional organizations.

Here are a few of our current projects and partnerships:

• Wisconsin Heart Health Alliance
• The Wisconsin Heart Health Community of Practice
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Medication therapy management
• Team-based care

We team up with hospitals, emergency medical services (EMS), and professional organizations across the state to support a healthier Wisconsin. With partial funding from the CDC, we work hard to improve community awareness and the quality of stroke care.

The Chronic Disease Prevention Program manages several projects to:

• Enhance coordinated systems of care.
• Promote clinical best practices.
• Support patient self-care and health literacy.

The goals of our Coverdell stroke program are to:

• Measure, track, and improve the quality of care for all acute stroke patients.
• Increase public awareness of stroke treatment and prevention.
• Decrease the rate of premature death and disability from acute stroke through secondary prevention.
• Reduce disparities in acute stroke care by offering underserved populations better access to high-quality care.

Diabetes affects how your body turns food into energy. Our bodies break down most of what we eat into sugar (or glucose), and it enters our bloodstream. The pancreas makes a hormone called insulin that lets blood sugar into our cells for energy. If you have a form of diabetes, either your body doesn't make enough insulin, or it can’t use available insulin as well as it should. When this happens, too much blood sugar stays in your bloodstream. This can lead to serious health problems.

Learn about the most common types of diabetes:

With Type 1 diabetes, your body no longer makes insulin. It’s caused by an autoimmune reaction, where the body attacks itself by mistake. About 5% of people with diabetes have Type 1. Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults.

Gestational diabetes develops in pregnant women who’ve never had diabetes before. Every year, 2–10% of pregnancies are affected by gestational diabetes. It usually goes away after the baby is born. However, it greatly increases the mother’s risk and baby’s risk of having Type 2 diabetes later in life.

Prediabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are high, but not yet high enough to be Type 2 diabetes. About one-third of adults have prediabetes, but most don’t know it. You can have prediabetes for years without symptoms. It often goes undetected until it becomes Type 2. Find out if you’re at risk by taking the American Diabetes Association’s 60-Second Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test.

Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body doesn’t use insulin well. It can lead to serious health problems like heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, and loss of toes, feet, or legs. About two out of five adults develop Type 2 diabetes in their lifetime.

Our statewide Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity program provides resources to be used at the local level. We offer materials and training workshops. The program fosters changes that provide access and opportunities for people to eat well and be active. Primary settings include communities, early care and education, schools, and work sites. The program also works with statewide partners to coordinate efforts and make a greater impact. Partners include other state agencies, key statewide organizations, and local coalitions.

Just for providers and community partners

The Wisconsin Physical Activity and Nutrition Road Map, P-03170 (PDF) is a starting point to understanding key elements. These include data, community needs, evidence-based strategies, and infrastructure. We need to understand these areas in order to offer equitable physical activity and nutrition programs. The Road Map serves Wisconsin communities in their efforts to create healthier spaces that support equality and goals of optimal health.

Chronic Disease Prevention Program—Self-Measured Blood Pressure Training for Providers

• Chronic Disease Prevention Program Webinar Archives
• Diabetes Newsletters

List of contacts by county—Nutrition and Physical Activity: Coalitions

• DHS—Wisconsin Arthritis Program
• DHS—Wisconsin Asthma Program
• DHS—Oral Health Program
• DHS—Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
• DHS—Wisconsin Well Woman Program
• Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative

The Wisconsin Chronic Disease Quality Improvement Project (CDQIP) is a collaboration between Wisconsin Health Plans and the Department of Health Services' Chronic Disease Prevention Program.