Cooperative Agreement 72061720CA00001

This federal Project Grant award of $800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) supports the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) in advancing maternal and child health (MCH) equity through policy initiatives. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) develop and implement a learning collaborative to support six cross-sector state-led teams in creating housing...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) provides $1,200,000 to the Public Health Law Center Inc., a non-profit organization in St. Paul, MN, to deliver legal capacity-building technical assistance to accelerate state and local policy innovation for better maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. The key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing a...

This Project Grant award of $595,552 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), is for developing a two-way SMS platform to prevent and treat wasting among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children. The project will create a novel intervention that combines a maternally administered malnutrition monitoring system (MAMMS) with infant and young child feeding (IYCF)...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $295,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs (CFDA 93.946) aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Palau. The award will enable the Palau Ministry of Health to conduct comprehensive maternal mortality reviews, collect and analyze maternal health data, and develop strategies to reduce maternal mortality and...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (CFDA 93.110 - Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs) supports the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) in providing technical assistance and education to state legislators and staff to build their capacity to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative state-level policy initiatives that improve maternal and child health outcomes and reduce associated health disparities. Key activities...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,161,914.00 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to reduce nutrition insecurity and malnutrition among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2024, include: Conducting physical mapping of the food environments of 10 schools in Nairobi, Kenya, and...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) supports the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) in leveraging its expertise to improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes and reduce disparities. Through the Maternal and Child Health Policy Innovation Program (MCH PIP), NASHP will engage state Title V MCH services, Medicaid programs, and other key partners to...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) provides $1,500,000 to the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity through improved access to care, enhanced data surveillance, and implementation of innovative interventions. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) improve coordination of maternal health...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a $1,529,216 research study to reduce anemia among young, preconception women in Nepal. The study will test the effectiveness of the "Sumadhur" household-level behavior change intervention, which aims to improve nutrition knowledge, gender norms, household relationships, and the status of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a randomized controlled trial of an agricultural livelihood intervention to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition in Kenya. The $1,463,500 award, effective January 17, 2025 through December 31, 2029, will evaluate the impact of providing farming support and skills training to 410...