Cooperative Agreement 90CU0115

This Project Grant award of $900,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) aims to expand family-based services for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders, especially opioid use disorders, in Alabama. The "Healthy Moms Healthy Babies" project, led by the Alabama Department of Mental Health's Office of...

This federal Project Grant award of $584,692 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (CFDA 93.137 - Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program) aims to enhance implementation of the Family Connects model in Colorado. The key objectives are to: 1) Increase access and utilization of Family Connects by using culturally and linguistically representative Family Ambassadors, 2) Reduce infant and maternal deaths by ensuring comprehensive...

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has been awarded a $17 million Cooperative Agreement under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model (CFDA 93.869). The 10-year grant, which begins on January 1, 2025, will support HFS's efforts to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce disparities in the Aurora and Rockford regions of Illinois. Through this funding, HFS plans to work with hospitals, Federally Qualified...

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model (CFDA 93.869). The 10-year award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2034, is intended to transform California's maternal health delivery system and advance equitable birthing care for Medicaid members. Key products and services to be delivered include expanding access to...

The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) has been awarded a $2,478,028 Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (CFDA 93.870). The grant will fund the implementation of two evidence-based home visiting programs - SafeCare Augmented and Parents as Teachers - to provide high-quality home visiting services to 160 eligible families with perinatal women and...

The U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) awarded a $1,899,958 Project Grant under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) and Proof Alliance to create the SAFEST Choice National Learning Collaborative. This program aims to improve the ability of primary care providers (PCPs) and their teams to screen for alcohol use during pregnancy, provide brief interventions to prevent prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and...

This $237,049 federal Project Grant awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) will fund a collaboration between the State University of New York at Old Westbury and the nonprofit organization Babyphoria. The project aims to expand access to perinatal healthcare and supportive services that address social determinants of health in two communities in Queens, New York. Key products and services to...

This federal Project Grant award of $418,178 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to provide mechanistic insights into the neurobiological mechanisms by which maternal sensitivity is compromised by postpartum depression. Specifically, the University of Massachusetts (UMass), through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration, will use intersectional viral...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Bureau of Health Services Financing (BHSF) has been awarded a $17,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model (CFDA 93.869). The funding will be used to implement the TMaH model in a 17-parish "LA Maternal Care Transformation Zone" in Louisiana over a 10-year period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2034. The key products and services to be...

The Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) in the District of Columbia was awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model (CFDA 93.869). The 10-year award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2034, aims to implement comprehensive maternal health care delivery and payment system reforms to improve outcomes, particularly for women of color and those in underserved areas. The funding...