Sickle Cell

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Sickle Cell: The purpose of this grant activity is to fund a cooperative agreement to support the grantee program addressing Sickle Cell disease and newborn screening as well as follow-up of infants identified with Sickle Cell disease or as carriers. This initiative will provide models, best practices, and dissemination strategies for ensuring optimal follow-up and management of babies identified with Sickle Cell disease and/or as carriers. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to fund a national Sickle Cell disease organization that will partner with families, community-based Sickle Cell disease organizations, health care professionals, State agencies including State Title V and newborn screening programs, and MCHB and its National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center, the Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Resource Center, and the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Program National Coordinating Center. It will serve as a national Sickle Cell disease coordinating center to deal with issues related to educational materials, a common data base, evaluation, counselor certification, partnership building and information exchange. It will also support implementation of 17 community-based Sickle Cell disease projects funded to enhance the follow-up component of State Sickle Cell disease screening programs and support community-based efforts that provide hemoglobinopathy counseling, Sickle Cell disease-related education, and a community forum between MCHB and the Sickle Cell disease community to identify and prioritize issues important to the Sickle Cell disease community. Funds available: $800,000 for one cooperative agreement. The cooperative agreement will be funded for 3 years subject to the availability of funding for years 2-3 and satisfactory grantee performance.