The State of Connecticut Department of Public Health is seeking proposals from community
coalitions or other local or regionally-based organizational entities to reduce the incidence of
cancer by addressing poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and obesity at the policy, systems,
and environmental change level using the National Association for Chronic Disease Directors
(NACDD) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Action Communities for
Health, Innovation and EnVironmental ChangeE (ACHIEVE) initiative as a model in effecting
such changes in their communities.
The Request for Proposal is available here in electronic format and also on the State Contracting portal at
http://www.das.state.ct.us/purchase/portal/portal_home.asp or from the Department’s official
contact:
Shiu-Yu Kettering, Health Program Associate
410 Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 340308, MS#11CCs
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
860.509.7577
shiu-yu.kettering@ct.gov
The Request for Proposal is also available on the DPH website at
http://www.state.ct.us/dph/agency_news/agency_news_rfps.htm or by telephoning the office
at 860.509.7804.
The RFP can be obtained by writing to:
Shiu-Yu Kettering, Health Program Associate
Department of Public Health
Public Health Initiatives, Comprehensive Cancer Program
410 Capitol Avenue, MS # 11CCS
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
The deadline for submission of proposals is no later than:
Option A: September 10, 2010 4:00 PM EST
Option B: August 19, 2010 4:00 PM EST | 
