Cooperative Agreement 1C1CMS331409

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc. was awarded a $2.49 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to launch the Global Health Innovation Challenge. Over three years, the Center will source and launch over 60 high-growth startups in the Washington D.C. metro area to address global health threats using technology. The startups will focus on preventing, diagnosing, treating and...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) will enable the Sparta Community Hospital District (SCHD) to enhance its Chronic Care Management (CCM) program and improve healthcare outcomes for the underserved rural population in southwestern Illinois. The key objectives are to develop and...

This $449,999 federal Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (CFDA 93.226 - Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes) aims to improve long-term care (LTC) quality and safety, particularly for persons living with dementia, by implementing evidence-based decision support technologies (DS Tech). The key objectives are to: 1) characterize LTC contexts to identify implementation requirements for effective DS Tech, 2) implement and evaluate two DS Tech...

This $125,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports the development of a new portable wireless medical examination kit for telemedicine in rural areas. The proposed device, to be developed by AMK Technologies of Ohio, LLC (doing business as Oneclinic), will combine a high-quality image sensor, fast autofocus, and powerful image processing to enable...

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527), awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Caring Health Center, Inc. The two-year grant, with a performance period from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, will support the creation of expedited healthcare access points for post-release justice-involved individuals in Springfield,...

This $850,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) will support Healthefficient's "Transforming Oral Health for Communities (TOHC)" initiative. The goal is to improve access to preventive oral healthcare and oral health equity for pregnant women and infants in underserved New York communities. Key objectives include: 1) enhancing state-level policies and scopes of...

This $997,693 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to develop an interactive health assessment and monitoring platform to improve patient-provider communication and reduce healthcare costs. The project by Literaseed, Inc. integrates electronic health record (EHR) data with natural language processing (NLP) techniques to extract valuable information from medical records, enabling...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Innovation Development Institute Inc., doing business as Matter Chicago, a $2.774 million project grant under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to focus on outreach, recruitment, and incubation of healthcare startups and small-to-medium enterprises from October 2021 through September 2024. Key deliverables include recruiting startups to develop commercially-ready healthcare solutions, developing an...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded a $3,000,000 grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) to the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP). The grant will fund BHCHP's initiative to expand its existing prison re-entry services and more comprehensively address the critical health needs of individuals exiting...

This $533,333.34 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) aims to support the "Care Your Way" (CYW) initiative led by the EngageWell Independent Practice Association (EW IPA) and administered by Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. (doing business as Housing Works Community Health Care). The CYW initiative integrates medical care,...