This federal Project Grant award of $3,166,218.00 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States program (CFDA 93.994). The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will enable the State of Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) to improve the health and well-being of mothers, children, and families by supporting and coordinating comprehensive healthcare services...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), awarded a $1,650,000 Project Grant to the Philadelphia Midwife Collective (PMC) to open a freestanding birth center in Northwest Philadelphia. The funding will allow PMC to renovate a property and outfit it with two birthing suites, community spaces, exam rooms, and office spaces to provide comprehensive midwifery-led prenatal, birthing, postpartum, and well-person care. PMC aims to...
This $1,126,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will fund the Community Care Maternal Mobile Health Unit project. The goal of this project is to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in the underserved Lower Yakima Valley region of Washington state by increasing access to culturally responsive prenatal, postpartum, and preventive care services through a mobile health unit. The...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $8,559,326 Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH). The grant will fund high-quality, voluntary family visiting services in high-need communities across Rhode Island, such as Central Falls, Cranston, Providence, and Woonsocket, serving 1,494 families. RIDOH and its local implementing agencies will use...
This $5,516,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau (Grant Program CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will fund the construction of an 8,000 sq ft birthing center operated by the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY. The birthing center will provide a non-hospital setting alternative for low-risk patients in the Crown Heights neighborhood, which has a much higher birth rate...
This federal Project Grant award of $992,282 was provided by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110), to Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (dba Dartmouth-Hitchcock) in Lebanon, NH. The grant will fund a 5-year Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) project focused on advancing maternal health in New Hampshire. Key objectives include: 1) establishing a Maternal Health Task Force to develop and implement a statewide Maternal...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) to The Providence Community Health Centers, Inc., a non-profit organization in Providence, Rhode Island. The funding will support the expansion of the organization's Central Health Center, which provides primary care, pediatric, OB/GYN, and behavioral health services to the Medicaid population in a medically underserved and provider shortage area. The...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will support renovations to expand healthcare capacity at Wood River Health Services' facility in Westerly, Rhode Island. The grant funding will enable Wood River Health to acquire and renovate additional space, allowing them to increase patient encounters by 6,567 in the first year, expand express care visits by 2,974 in the second...
This $437,474 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) will fund a study titled "Juggling Roles: A Study of Diverse Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Parents and Their Work-Family Transition" at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. The study aims to investigate the experiences and challenges faced by parents of preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as...
This Project Grant award of $900,000 was made on September 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 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). The purpose of the award is to improve and increase access to maternal care for pregnant women and new mothers in a 18-county rural region of West Tennessee. Key activities...
This $9,040,000 Project Grant awarded by the Healthcare Systems Bureau, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will fund the development of an Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU) at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. The AMU is a dedicated space for normal physiologic birth, providing a wellness-focused model of care led by certified nurse midwives. This accredited AMU will feature renovated birthing rooms designed to support natural childbirth, as well as shared family spaces. The grant will also establish midwifery learning and fellowship programs to address workforce shortages and diversify Rhode Island's community of maternal healthcare providers. This project, funded under the Congressional Directives (CFDA 93.493) program, aims to improve maternal healthcare access and outcomes across the state of Rhode Island.