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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a $4,530,532 Project Grant under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) to Start Corp, a non-profit organization in Houma, Louisiana. The grant will fund a 5-year project from May 1, 2024 to March 31, 2029 to reduce infant and maternal mortality disparities in the region. Key services include: direct healthcare, care coordination, education on prenatal/postpartum care and breastfeeding,...

This $5,522,128 five-year Project Grant award to Mary's Center for Maternal & Child Care, Inc. from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) will provide comprehensive maternal and infant health services to high-risk areas of Washington, D.C. The grant aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, particularly for non-Hispanic Black women in Wards 7 and 8, through home visiting, care coordination, doula support, and a community...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $5,499,995 Project Grant through the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) to ArHealth Ventures, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas. The purpose of the "EMBRACE: Empowering Mothers and Babies, Reducing Access Challenges and Eliminating Disparities - Healthy Start Project" is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy, and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes....

The Wellstar Health System, Inc. was awarded a $5,500,000 federal Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) to implement the Community-based Ecosystem of Collaborative Maternal Care (CMC) Healthy Start program. This program aims to reduce infant mortality and decrease racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality and poor perinatal health outcomes in several counties in West Central Georgia, with a focus on serving...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,513,866 Project Grant under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) to Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The grant, titled "Avera Bridging Inequities Regionally Through Healthy Start (Avera Births)," aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in areas of South Dakota...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,522,199.00 five-year Project Grant to Black Birth Justice Inc. in Louisville, KY under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) program. The grant, awarded on May 1, 2024, aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes in high-risk communities. Black Birth Justice Inc., a minority-owned...

The Lorain County Health District (LCHD) was awarded a $4,965,059.53 Project Grant over five years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement the Healthy Start Initiative - Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities program (CFDA 93.926). The purpose of this initiative is to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes in six targeted zip...

The Dallas County Health and Human Services department received a $4,530,532 Healthy Start Initiative grant (CFDA 93.926) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. The grant, awarded on May 1, 2024, will fund a 5-year project to address racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes in three high-risk zip codes in Dallas County, Texas. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Hiring...

This $4,530,532 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration supports CinqCare's "Healthy Starts for Buffalo" initiative under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) program. The 5-year grant aims to measurably improve maternal and infant health outcomes, and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in outcomes such as low birth weight, preterm births, and infant mortality among Black residents in Erie County, New York....

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $3,401,660 Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) project grant to Southside Medical Center, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. The grant funding will enable Southside Medical Center to provide case management, care coordination, and counseling support for low-income, Black/African American and Hispanic/Latina women, their...