Project Grant 90XP0598

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) was awarded a $17 million Cooperative Agreement under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model (CFDA 93.869). The award will fund a 10-year initiative to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce disparities in the Aurora and Rockford regions of Illinois. The grant will support HFS in developing the infrastructure needed to provide whole-person care, including establishing...

This federal Project Grant award of $899,978, funded by 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 support the "ALARISE" (Resources Information Support and Empowerment) maternal care coordination program delivered by the West Central Alabama AHEC (WCAAHEC). The key objectives of the project are to: implement a...

This Project Grant award from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (CFDA 93.110 - Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs) provides $792,334 to the Center for Health Policy Development, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, to support maternal and child health innovation in states. Through this 3-year project, the Center will leverage its expertise working with state health officials to develop, implement, and sustain state-level policy initiatives focused on addressing...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $3,470,526 to study how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) may improve access, quality, and equity of care for low-income pregnant and postpartum Medicaid enrollees. The study will characterize Medicaid-enrolled pregnant and postpartum patients receiving care at FQHCs versus non-FQHC practices, compare quality of...

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...

The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) was awarded a $2,438,770 Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant, which runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2026, will support the implementation of the evidence-based Healthy Families America home visiting model in 13 high-risk municipalities across Puerto Rico. The program, known locally as...

The federal Project Grant award of $480,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) supports a 3-year project conducted by Florida State University (FSU) to examine biopsychosocial determinants influencing maternal and child health (MCH) disparities in rural, low-income areas. The project aims to: 1) Identify risk and resilience profiles that differentiate MCH outcomes over 3 years postpartum,...

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has awarded a $14,956,846 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.994) to the New Jersey Department of Health. This two-year Project Grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026, supports the state's comprehensive maternal and child health services, including prenatal care, pediatric health, family planning, disease prevention, nutrition assistance,...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources & 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. to support maternal and child health (MCH) innovation in states. The project aims to deliver legal capacity-building technical assistance to accelerate state and local policy innovation for better MCH outcomes, with a focus on policies to improve access to affordable,...