Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HRSA-24-033
- Agency
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Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,100,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 93.926 Healthy Start Initiative
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- Other
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- City/Township Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- Special District Governments
- County Governments
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration announces a grant opportunity under the Healthy Start Initiative program (CFDA 93.926) seeking applications from community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations. Applicants must propose to serve communities with infant mortality rates at least 1.5 times the national average, with the objective of improving health outcomes before, during and after pregnancy and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality and adverse birth outcomes. Applications will be evaluated based on demonstrated community need, proposed approach, and project design. The deadline for applications is December 15, 2023.
Awards of up to $1.1 million per year for 5 years will be made to up to 103 recipients. Funded projects must provide direct health services and convene community partnerships in target areas within the United States meeting criteria for high rates of infant mortality, low birthweight, or preterm birth from April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2029.
Synopsis
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (Healthy Start or HS) Program. The purpose of HS is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes.[1],[2],[3] HS is intended to support projects in communities and populations experiencing the greatest disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. HS has two focus areas: 1) providing direct and enabling services (for example, screening and referrals, case management and care coordination, health and parenting education, and linkage to clinical care) to enrolled HS participants; and 2) convening Community Consortia (formerly known as Community Action Networks or "CANs") comprised of diverse, multi-sector partners to advise and inform HS activities as well as to develop and implement plans to improve perinatal outcomes within the selected project area. HS continues to have an increased emphasis on addressing social determinants of health, such as access to adequate food, housing, and transportation, to improve disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes. Based on stakeholder feedback, this FY 2024 HS competition also provides recipients with increased flexibility to tailor interventions to the unique needs of their community and/or target population. The goals of HS are to: 1) Continue reducing infant mortality rates in the United States, and 2) Decrease disparities in infant mortality and poor perinatal health outcomes in areas where those rates are high.
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