Diabetes Capacity Building Grant Program

The Diabetes Capacity Building Grant Program, administered by the New Jersey Department of Health, aims to combat diabetes and prediabetes in high-burden communities. By funding evidence-based strategies, this initiative focuses on improving disease management and expanding access to effective interventions. The program seeks to reduce diabetes risk and address health disparities, ensuring healthier outcomes for populations most affected by diabetes across New Jersey.

New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH)
The New Jersey Department of Health leads the state’s response to public health challenges and works to improve health outcomes for all New Jersey residents. Through its three primary branches—Public Health Services, Health Systems, and Integrated Health—the Department collaborates across programs and partners to strengthen New Jersey’s health system. Guided by its mission to protect public health, promote healthy communities, and improve the quality of health care, the Department supports initiatives that advance prevention, system integration, and equitable access to health services statewide.
This grant program provides funding to support evidence-based strategies aimed at the prevention and management of prediabetes and diabetes among adult populations in high-burden communities across the state. Funded activities are intended to reduce diabetes risk, improve disease management, and address disparities by expanding access to proven interventions that promote healthier outcomes in communities most impacted by diabetes.