This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to conduct time-sensitive research on barriers to pregnancy care in the Midwest region of the United States. The $873,810 award, made on August 20, 2024, supports a two-phase study by researchers at Indiana University Indianapolis. In the first phase (R61), the study will recruit 500 pregnant individuals seeking...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092) to Health Care Education & Training Inc., a non-profit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The grant supports the Indiana Proud and Connected Teens (IN-PACT) project, which aims to provide comprehensive sexual health education and youth development services to...
The federal Project Grant award of $448,650 was provided by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). The award supports the "Lake County Horizon Project" implemented by the nonprofit organization Path Inc., doing business as "Path A Positive Approach To Teen Health", located in Portage, Indiana. The project aims to bring comprehensive sexual health education and mentoring...
This $1,493,634 federal Project Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families is part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program (CFDA 93.092). The grant supports a project led by James Madison University in Virginia to implement culturally responsive, trauma-aware, and neurobiologically informed mentorship interventions to improve health and reduce disparities in the 10 to 19 year old and pregnant/parenting youth under 21 population. The...
This federal Project Grant award of $662,582 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 address the complex public health issue of sex trading. The award will be used to: Adapt a validated measure of sex trading behaviors for the general population through cognitive interviews. Use the adapted measure to assess the prevalence and characteristics (e.g., adverse...
This Project Grant award 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 evaluate the effectiveness of the ICHAMPSS 2.0 implementation strategy in increasing the adoption, implementation, reach, and maintenance of evidence-based sexual health programs in schools across 15 school districts in South Texas. The $1,156,440 award over 5 years from September 2024 to June 2029 will...
The federal Project Grant award R21HD115062, in the amount of $276,622, was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The primary goal of the project is to create a comprehensive longitudinal dataset to identify spatial variation in access to contraceptive, maternity, and abortion care at the U.S. county-level from 2009 to 2021. This new "Reproductive Healthcare...
This Project Grant award, valued at $1,338,168, was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award will support a multi-site, randomized controlled trial to assess the individual and combined contributions of prenatal and postnatal programming in preventing child maltreatment. The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of two prevention programs: the Pregnant...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under CFDA Program 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, aims to establish an independent research career focused on improving perinatal health outcomes for vulnerable populations. The $140,835 award will fund a randomized controlled pilot study, the New Empowerment After Exposure to Trauma (NEXT) Study, which will evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by 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 utilize the NHANES-linked Medicaid data to understand the role of preconception lifestyle factors on pregnancy outcomes. The $1,332,733 award, with a project period from September 2024 to May 2028, will support an innovative approach to examine the impact of preconception exposures, such as...