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$1,000,000 in Grants Available – Deadlines Loom

ALEXANDRIA, February 16, 2005 The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) reminds community groups of the availability of Community Grants and Statewide Partnership Grants for individuals and organizations to develop programs that protect Louisianians from the dangers of secondhand smoke.

The project period for Community Grants is one year and will begin May 1, 2005. The submission deadline for Community Grant applications is 4pm on February 28, 2005. The focus of the TFL Community Grants is to engage non-traditional partners in a statewide advocacy campaign to raise awareness and knowledge of the effects of secondhand smoke and to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke at the community level.

Two kinds of Community Grants are available:
Planning Grants for groups and individuals and
Program Grants for non-profit agencies, organized groups, and coalitions. Currently, a total of $200,000 is available for community projects.

Planning Grants will be awarded in the amount of $2,500, and Program Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $10,000. Applications for larger, Statewide Partnership Grants totaling $800,000 over two grant cycles will be available January 3, 2005.

TFL will fund two Partnership Grant cycles of $400,000 each in individual grant awards of up to $150,000. The project period will be three years with a start date of May 1, 2005 and July 1, 2005. The deadline for submission of Partnership Grant proposals is 4pm on March 4, 2005. TFL Partnership Grants are designed to help established organizations expand their programs to include activities intended to reduce the burden of tobacco use in Louisiana by developing and implementing effective strategies to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke.

To download a copy of the grant application and learn more about TFL, visit www.tobaccofreeliving.org. For questions about TFL Community Grants or Partnership Grants, call 504-301-9800.

The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living provides statewide coordination of existing tobacco control initiatives, funds innovative community programming for tobacco control, and develops statewide media campaigns to help reduce the excessive burden of tobacco use on the states resources and improve Louisianas overall health and quality of life.