Project Grant T79MC00013

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and 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., a non-profit organization in St. Paul, MN, to deliver legal capacity-building technical assistance to accelerate state and local policy innovation for better maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. The key products and services to be delivered include: Establishing a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) National Workforce Strategy Development program (CFDA 10.244) aims to address the shortage of paraprofessionals with nutrition training and cultural competency within the WIC program. The $1,000,000 award to the Regents of the University of Minnesota will fund a multi-year effort to: 1)...

This federal Project Grant award of $800,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) supports the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) in advancing maternal and child health (MCH) equity through policy initiatives. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) develop and implement a learning collaborative to support six cross-sector state-led teams in creating housing...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110). The grant will support NACCHO in providing technical assistance to local health officials (LHOs) to develop and implement innovative city and county-level initiatives that improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes and reduce associated...

The Association of State Public Health Nutritionists received a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.244 - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – National Workforce Strategy Development). The award will fund the National WIC Fellowship for Students at Minority Serving Institutions (WIC Fellowship-MSI) program. This program aims to enhance the diversity of the WIC workforce...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) provides $800,000 over 3 years starting on Sep 30, 2024 to the National Healthy Start Association, Inc. The project will introduce a partnership between the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) and the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) to expand policy change resources supporting local community change efforts and build...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a 5-year, $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Center for Nutrition and Health Impact (CHN Nebraska) under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) National Workforce Strategy Development program (CFDA 10.244). The award aims to support WIC workforce development by addressing the workforce needs of WIC agencies, enhancing diversity and cultural...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Team Nutrition Grants program (CFDA 10.574) to the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), doing business as Lacoe. This funding will support the implementation of the CNP TEAM NUTRITION initiative through September 2026. The Team Nutrition Grants program aims to improve children's lifelong healthy eating and physical activity habits through nutrition education initiatives...

The federal Project Grant award of $1,161,914.00 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to reduce nutrition insecurity and malnutrition among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2024, include: Conducting physical mapping of the food environments of 10 schools in Nairobi, Kenya, and...

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $641,647.00, was issued by 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). The primary awardee, Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., will conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial in rural Guatemala to assess an integrated intervention aimed at reducing the double burden of maternal-child malnutrition. The project...