Eligibility Overview LP funding must be used to focus on African American/Black in the Diabetes health priority area. Communities and organizations with functioning coalitions that consist of, at minimum two (2) or more organizations, one of which must be a community based organizations. Organization may only submit one application for consideration of funding. Legacy Projects: Members of communities who seek to initiate or expand efforts to eliminate health disparities may apply to a CEED for legacy funds to conduct activities that contribute to their efforts. These activities may consist of, but are not limited to, conducting a community needs assessment, community asset mapping, health impact assessment, training or enhancement of skills, initiation of relevant community-based or systems level activities, local start-up activities of a community coalition, synthesis of evidence or practice-based approaches in a specific area, or development or use of culturally appropriate assessment instruments or methodologies. Each Legacy Project must be consistent with one or more of the identified programmatic efforts of REACH US and the program activities and expertise of the CEED. Who is eligible under the LP programs? An eligible applicant MUST BE one of the following entities: (1) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization as designated by the Internal Revenue Service; (2) a non-profit organization, recognized by the state, territory, commonwealth in which it is located; (3) a city, township, county government and their entities; OR (4) a college or university The proposed projects must be located in the District of Columbia or in a county or counties in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia with 15% or more African American/Black population. The State and County QuickFacts can be found at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states. The following entities located in the following geographic areas are INELIGIBLE: - Charleston County, SC
- Georgetown County, SC
If there are any questions regarding eligibility, please send an email to reachseaceed@musc.edu. | 
