Regional Pediatric Prevention Network
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HRSA-26-070
- Agency
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Health Resources and Services Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $11,250,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Unrestricted
- Points of contact
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau is soliciting applications for the Regional Pediatric Prevention Network through two cooperative agreement awards with an application deadline of July 17, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Each award carries a ceiling of $11.25 million over a five-year performance period (September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2031), totaling $22.5 million in FY 2026 funding.
Eligible applicants are children's hospitals as defined by 42 U.S.C. 256e or their affiliated university pediatric partners. Each application must be submitted by a single primary recipient institution representing at least five children's hospitals or their partners located in different HHS regions, which will serve as the grantee of record and sub-award to the other four centers. The network will include at least ten children's hospitals total across all funded awards.
The program strengthens local and regional capacity to care for children during disasters and emergencies through community partnerships, coordinated pediatric preparedness, and dissemination of research-informed pediatric disaster care. Priority areas include pediatric readiness of hospital emergency departments and EMS agencies in rural and remote areas, care for children with special health care needs and behavioral health concerns, children living in poverty, and children in rural, remote, and tribal areas.
The application requires an 80-page narrative. Merit review assesses six criteria: Need (10 points), Response (25 points), Performance Reporting and Evaluation (15 points), Impact (10 points), Resources and Capabilities (30 points), and Support Requested (10 points). Recipients must establish governance structures within four months, develop a national performance measurement framework within six months, and maintain monthly check-in calls with HRSA, with quarterly and annual reporting requirements.
The program is assigned CFDA 93.110 (Special Projects of Regional and National Significance).
Synopsis
The purpose of this program is to support a Regional Pediatric Prevention Network (RPPN). The RPPN strengthens local and regional capacity to care for children during disasters and emergencies through community partnerships, coordinated pediatric preparedness, and dissemination of research-informed pediatric disaster care. The RPPN will include at least 10 children"s hospitals, or their university pediatric partners, funded through two primary awards. It will also include community partners working with these hospitals. Each of the 10 Children"s Hospital centers will advance pediatric emergency and disaster preparedness at the local, regional, and national levels, including for children with special health care needs and behavioral health concerns, children living in poverty, and children in rural, remote, and tribal areas.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FY26 RPPN FAQs7.9.26.pdf | ||
| TA Webinar Announcement HRSA-26-070.pdf | ||
| HRSA-26-070 Final.pdf |
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