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Iowa’s Department of Public Health plans to hire firms to handle various statewide marketing and strategic communications campaigns for the period from July 1 through June 2028.
Historically, the Department has awarded an average $3.7M for each of the 22 annual communications campaigns.
In fiscal 2021, it upped spending to $6M for public health prevention, outreach and treatment efforts. That outlay included one-time COVID-19 communications spending.
Other 2021 campaigns dealt with prediabetes, Smoke-Free Air Act, oral health, marijuana & methamphetamine use, female alcohol abuse, suicide prevention, strategic prevention framwork for prescription drugs and state opioid response.
Iowa wants communications that strive for “cultural humility,” which it describes as tailoring messaging in the context of underlying values, perceptions and beliefs.
The Department will initially award one-year contracts with renewable options for five additional one-year periods.
Responses are due May 17 at www.iowagrants.gov.
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