Key Points: Three state case studies will be presented demonstrating various types of funding collaboration in the areas of quitline cessation, tobacco control activities in disparate populations, and a tobacco tax policy initiative. Panelists representing various state organizations will discuss their collaborative planning, funding, and program implementation avoiding duplication of effort. The importance of open and active communication will be highlighted. Challenges and lessons learned from each state as well as models of funding collaboration in general will be discussed.

Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will learn how several states were able to leverage resources through collaboration to fund tobacco control initiatives without duplication. 2. Participants will learn how unique organizations in several states were able to effectively work together to plan and implement tobacco control programs. 3. Participants will be able to describe and contrast various models of tobacco control funding collaboration and assess the applicability to their states.

Benefits: 1. Participants will be encouraged to consider unique collaborative models in their states. 2. Participants will be better able to identify partner organizations and programs in their home states with which they may be able to collaborate. 3. Participants will learn how they might better leverage limited tobacco control dollars.