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Tobacco funding opportunities

Current funding opportunities

Information
Application deadline
  • All application materials, including the Google Form, should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on December 19, 2025.
Webinar

STEPP hosted a webinar via Zoom on November 19, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. to provide an overview of the updated Community Tobacco/Nicotine Initiatives Framework for Local Public Health Agencies and to help answer LPHAs' questions. The webinar was hosted on Zoom, recorded, and posted on the website.

Webinar Recording
Webinar Presentation Slides
Questions

LPHAs may submit written questions using the LPHA Question form to obtain clarification of the LPHA Framework. 

  • LPHA Question form. (Google form)
    • Answers to questions received before the webinar, by noon on November 18, 2025, were discussed during the webinar and made available online on November 21, 2025.
    • Questions received after the webinar will be posted every other Friday, starting November 28, 2025.
Answers

Solicitation ActivityTimeDate
Solicitation Published on Colorado VSS System www.colorado.gov/vss and www.bidnetdirect.com//cdphe 12/4/2025
Written Inquiry deadline. Submit all inquiries by e-mail to Kristi Gamble at Kristi.gamble@state.co.us2 p.m.12/16/2025
Answers to written inquiries published on Colorado VSS System www.colorado.gov/vss and www.bidnetdirect.com//cdphe2 p.m.12/23/2025
Bid submission deadline2 p.m.01/16/2026
Evaluation Period Week of 01/19/2026
Estimated Contract Effective Date 7/1/2026

Solicitation ActivityTimeDate
Solicitation Published on Colorado VSS System www.colorado.gov/vss and www.bidnetdirect.com//cdphe 12/4/2025
Written Inquiry deadline. Submit all inquiries by e-mail to Allan Smith at Allan.smith@state.co.us2 p.m.12/17/2025
Answers to written inquiries published on Colorado VSS System www.colorado.gov/vss and www.bidnetdirect.com//cdphe2 p.m.12/30/2025
Bid submission deadline2.p.m.01/16/2026
Evaluation Period Week of 01/19/2026
Estimated Contract Effective Date 07/1/2026

Solicitation ActivityTimeDate
Solicitation Published on Colorado VSS System www.colorado.gov/vss and www.bidnetdirect.com//cdphe 12/3/2025
Written Inquiry deadline. Submit all inquiries by e-mail to Allan Smith at Allan.smith@state.co.us2 p.m.12/16/2025
Answers to written inquiries published on Colorado VSS System www.colorado.gov/vss and www.bidnetdirect.com//cdphe2 p.m.12/30/2025
Bid submission deadline2.p.m.01/16/2026
Evaluation Period Week of 01/19/2026
Estimated Contract Effective Date 07/1/2026

This funding opportunity has closed and is no longer accepting applications.

Application deadline
  • The deadline to apply was  5 p.m. (MDT), Monday, October 20, 2025
Estimated notification of award
  • April 30, 2026
Estimated contract effective date
  • July 1, 2026

For additional resources, please visit the RFA #48964768 FY27-29 State and Community Tobacco Interventions and Tobacco Treatment Interventions webpage.

This funding opportunity has closed and is no longer accepting applications.

Application deadline
  • October 17, 2025
Estimated contract effective date
  • January 5, 2026

For additional resources, please visit the FY26 LPHA Chronic Disease Pilot Funding webpage.

Previous funding opportunities 

FY24 Southwest Colorado Healthy Housing Pilot Program
  • Application deadline
    • August 21, 2023
  • Estimated notification of award
    • October 18, 2023
  • Estimated contract effective date
    • January 1, 2024 

RFA #41534 STEPP FY24
  • Application deadline
    • April 6, 2023
  • Estimated notification of award
    • April 19, 2023
  • Estimated contract effective date
    • July 1, 2023

STEPP FY24 Local Health Agency (LHA) Mini-Application
  • Application deadline
    • April 6, 2023
  • Estimated notification of award
    • April 19, 2023
    • Estimated contract effective date
      • July 1, 2023

Future funding opportunities

Information regarding future funding opportunities will be published on this webpage as it becomes available.

Amendment 35 (A35), state tobacco tax revenue, grant programs conduct three-year funding cycles according to the state fiscal year (July 1- June 30).