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...
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 $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will enable Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Inc. to renovate and expand its health and social services facility in Prince George's County, Maryland. The funding will support the renovation of approximately 20,000 square feet of space to allow the organization to continue providing comprehensive primary care, behavioral health, and...
This $1,126,000 Project Grant award from the Healthcare Systems Bureau (CFDA 93.493 - Congressional Directives) will fund the Community Care Maternal Mobile Health Unit project led by Greater Columbia Accountable Community Of Health (GHN), a non-profit organization. The project aims to deliver maternal health and wraparound services to underserved women and children in the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington state. The key products and services to be provided include: Deploying a mobile health...
This $800,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) will support a partnership between the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) and the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) to expand policy change resources and build policy change capacity in six local Healthy Start communities. Key activities will include training parents, family members, and community leaders to become...
This $11,598,851 federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States program (CFDA 93.994) will enable the District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) to develop and coordinate a system of maternal and child health services for the Washington, D.C. area. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will support a comprehensive range of...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health awarded a $599,887 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the "Delta Maternal Outreach and Transformational Health Education Resource (Delta Mother)" project. The goal of the Delta Mother project is to create community-level health initiatives that lead to a reduction in maternal...
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 $180,791 Project Grant was awarded on May 1, 2025 by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Healthy Start Initiative (CFDA 93.926) to the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI). The grant supports MPHI's efforts to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, particularly in high-risk communities, and reduce racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes. MPHI will provide a range of services including direct healthcare, care...
This $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the Arkansas Center for Women and Infants Health project. The project aims to address and reduce infant mortality rates across Arkansas by expanding the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) program to 20 rural hospitals. Key activities include: Developing and distributing...
HEALTHY START INITIATIVE-ELIMINATING RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES - MARY'S CENTER FOR MATERNAL & CHILD CARE, INC. 2333 ONTARIO RD NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20009-2627 PROJECT DIRECTOR: FERNANDA RUIZ, HOME VISITING DIRECTOR OFFICE: 202-483-8196, FAX 202-483-0302 EMAIL: FRUIZ@MARYSCENTER.ORG, GRANTS@MARYSCENTER.ORG (PLEASE COPY BOTH ON ALL NOTICES) WEBSITE: WWW.MARYSCENTER.ORG GRANT PROGRAM FUND REQUEST: YEAR 1 (4/1/2024 - 3/31/2025): $1,099,985.02 YEAR 2 (4/1/2025 - 3/31/2026): $1,099,938.37 YEAR 3 (4/1/2026 - 3/31/2027): $1,099,972.74 YEAR 4 (4/1/2027 - 3/31/2028): $1,099,975.66 YEAR 5 (4/1/2028 - 3/31/2029): $1,099,986.06 ANNOTATION: MARY'S CENTER PROPOSES TO TARGET THE HEALTHY START PROGRAM TO AREAS OF WASHINGTON DC MOST IMPACTED BY POOR PERINATAL AND INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES. THROUGH A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FRAMEWORK, WE WILL PROVIDE IN-HOME CARE COORDINATION, MATERNAL HEALTH HOME VISITING, AND DOULA SERVICES TO WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES RESIDING IN WARDS 7 AND 8 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND THEIR INFANTS, WOMEN AT HIGH RISK FOR POOR PERINATAL AND POSTNATAL OUTCOMES, AND FATHERS/MALE PARTNERS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN SERVICES. MARY'S CENTER WILL ALSO CONVENE A COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERS WITH COMPLEMENTARY MISSIONS TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF IMPROVED MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES, ESPECIALLY FOR NON-HISPANIC BLACK WOMEN IN DC WARDS 7 AND 8. PROBLEM: SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING POVERTY RATE, LACK OF PRENATAL CARE, AND SMOKING, AFFECT MATERNAL AND BIRTH OUTCOMES AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE HIGHER IN CERTAIN WARDS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONALLY, LIMITED ACCESS TO EARLY PRENATAL CARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS WOMEN IN WARDS 7 AND 8. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT INCREASED ACCESS TO PRE- AND POSTNATAL CARE, ALONG WITH EDUCATION TO SUPPORT HEALTHY PARENTING PRACTICES, CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON MATERNAL AND INFANT MORBIDITIES IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF LIFE. PURPOSE: TO IMPROVE COVERAGE, ACCESS TO CARE AND HEALTH EDUCATION, AND OVERALL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PERINATAL WOMEN, BY PROMOTING QUALITY SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF DC WARDS 7 AND 8. GOAL(S) AND OBJECTIVES: GOAL 1: IMPROVE WOMEN'S HEALTH OUTCOMES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PREGNANCY, INCLUDING ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN ADVERSE PERINATAL HEALTH OUTCOMES. GOAL 2: IMPROVE INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES, INCLUDING ADDRESSING FACTORS AND DISPARITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ADVERSE INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES. GOAL 3: IMPROVE OVERALL FAMILY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, INCLUDING PROMOTING COMMUNITY BUILDING, UPTAKE OF HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, SYSTEM COORDINATION/INTEGRATION, HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES THAT PROTECT AND ADVANCE PARENTAL AND INFANT/CHILD HEALTH AND WELLBEING. METHODOLOGY: IDENTIFY NEED/RESOURCES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE REVIEW FAMILY PLANNING AND PROVIDE STAFF TRAINING AS NECESSARY FOLLOW UP WITH NEW MOTHERS REGARDING SCHEDULING OF POST-PARTUM APPOINTMENT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED TO IDENTIFY/CONNECT WITH MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND DOULA SEND REMINDERS FOR PRENATAL APPOINTMENTS PROVIDE EDUCATION/INFORMATION ON SAFE SLEEP, IMMUNIZATIONS, BREASTFEEDING, SUPPORT GROUPS, SMOKING CESSATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF REPRODUCTIVE LIFE PLAN AND BIRTH PLAN AS NECESSARY USE ASQ-3 AND ASQSE-2 TO SCREEN FOR DELAYS USE PHQ-9 TO SCREEN FOR PERINATAL DEPRESSION AND REFER TO SERVICES AS NECESSARY USE PCL-5 TO SCREEN FOR TRAUMA AND REFER TO SERVICES AS NECESSARY USE HITS PROTOCOL TO SCREEN FOR IPV AND REFER TO SERVICES AS NECESSARY WORK WITH FATHERS TO ENCOURAGE PARENTING PARTICIPATION SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN EARLY LITERACY PROGRAMS PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT EXISTING COMMUNITY PARENTING RESOURCES IDENTIFY PARTNERS AND CONVENE A COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM TO DRIVE ADVOCACY WORK AND POLICY CHANGES AROUND MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES, ESPECIALLY FOR NON-HISPANIC BLACK WOMEN IN DC WARDS 7 AND 8.