Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
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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-10-153 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 93.926 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Healthy Start Initiative |
Current Application Deadline: | Oct 01, 2009 |
Original Application Deadline: | Sep 30, 2009 |
Posted Date: | Aug 31, 2009 |
Creation Date: | Sep 01, 2009 |
Archive Date: | Nov 16, 2009 |
Total Program Funding: | $9,875,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $875,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $750,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 13 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
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- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b) is eligible to apply. Funding would be made available to community-based (and faith-based) projects which have: 1) significant disparities in perinatal indicators which contribute to high infant mortality rates, among one or more subpopulations; 2) an existing active consortia of stakeholders which have underway a perinatal disparity reduction initiative or a plan to establish one; 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 submit documentation of collaboration with the State Title V Agency. Applicants must demonstrate existing/planned collaborations with other key State and local services and resources systems. Such key State and local resources include Title X, Title XIX, Title XXI, WIC, Enterprise Communities/Empowerment Zones, federally funded Community and Migrant Health Centers, federally funded Health Care for the Homeless projects, and Indian/Tribal Health Services.
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