Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities

The summary for the Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities: Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators: Eliminating Disparities In Perinatal Health focuses on disparities among Hispanics, Americans Indians, African Americans, Alaska Natives,Asian\Pacific Islanders, Immigrant Populations, or differences occurring by education, income, disability, or living in rural-isolated areas by enhancing a community's service system. Communities must provide a scope of project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases for women and infants residing in the proposed project area. Services are to be given to both mother and infant for two years following delivery to promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of unhealthy risk behaviors.

Federal Grant Title:	Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
Federal Agency Name:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Grant Categories:	Health
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	HRSA-09-130
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	93.926
CFDA Descriptions:	Healthy Start Initiative
Current Application Deadline:	Dec 05, 2008
Original Application Deadline:	Dec 05, 2008
Posted Date:	Oct 20, 2008
Creation Date:	Oct 20, 2008
Archive Date:	Feb 09, 2009
Total Program Funding:	$78,456,834
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$2,350,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$270,000
Expected Number of Awards:	74
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Funding would be made available to projects which have: 1) significant disparities in perinatal indicators which contribute to high infant mortality rates, among one or more subpopulations; 2) A planned or existing active consortia of stakeholders which have underway, a perinatal disparity reduction initiative and, 3) a feasible plan to reduce barriers, improve the local perinatal system of care, and work towards eliminating existing disparities in perinatal health. These sites must have or plan to implement/adapt Healthy Start strategies of consortium, case management, and outreach services in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner. In addition, they must demonstrate existing/planned collaborations with key State and local services and resources systems. Funding would be made available to projects which have: 1) significant disparities in perinatal indicators which contribute to high infant mortality rates, among one or more subpopulations; 2) A planned or existing active consortia of stakeholders which have underway, a perinatal disparity reduction initiative and, 3) a feasible plan to reduce barriers, improve the local perinatal system of care, and work towards eliminating existing disparities in perinatal health. These sites must have or plan to implement/adapt Healthy Start strategies of consortium, case management, and outreach services in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner. In addition, they must demonstrate existing/planned collaborations with key State and local services and resources systems.
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