Cooperative Agreement AIDGHSA000700025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $300,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant (CFDA 93.912) to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS) to implement the "Mommy and Me" program. This 4-year project aims to decrease infant mortality, adverse birth outcomes, and health disparities among the Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) population in Angelina, Cherokee, and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas....

This $55,844,955 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program supports a 5-year initiative to significantly reduce preventable deaths of mothers, newborns, and children in Ghana. The project, led by the non-profit organization Project Hope - The People-To-People Health Foundation Inc., will engage Ghana's public, private, and faith-based health system stakeholders to improve access,...

This federal Project Grant award of $709,872 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855) aims to develop and pilot test a couple-based intervention to address perinatal depression and improve adherence to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Malawi. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a couple-based intervention using problem-solving therapy and content on couple...

This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to improve maternal and infant death auditing and response in Kenya. The $636,544 award to the University of Washington will fund a cluster randomized trial to test a multi-component practice facilitation package that includes audit and feedback and enhanced mentorship to increase...

The District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) has been awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model, a 10-year federal grant program (CFDA 93.869) administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Through this award, DHCF aims to improve maternal health outcomes and address disparities in the District, particularly for women of color and those in concentrated geographical regions. The funding will enable...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $135,000 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) Project Grant to the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) to expand and enhance maternal and child health (MCH) training and education within CDU's Department of Urban Public Health. The project aims to provide targeted training to public health professionals to equip them with the necessary competencies to effectively address the...

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant through the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) to AltaMed Health Services Corporation. The "Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program - AltaMed's Parental Support Program" is a new community-based initiative designed to address behavioral health gaps in early childhood screening and limited access to mental health support in East Los Angeles...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) a $1,529,996 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The grant, awarded on September 1, 2025, will fund a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the impact of a Community Health Worker (CHW)-delivered telehealth intervention, called CARE PATH, on postpartum health outcomes in...

The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) has been awarded a $17 million Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CFDA# 93.869) to advance maternal and infant health outcomes in the state. The 10-year project, running from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2034, will leverage SCDHHS's position as the state's largest Medicaid health care payor, covering 60% of births, to implement a sustainable,...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.865), awarded a $1,463,500 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct a randomized controlled trial of an agricultural livelihood intervention to improve maternal and newborn health and nutrition in Kenya. The grant, awarded on January 17, 2025, will fund a...