Funding-Limited Submission – HRSA - Home Visiting Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (HV CoIIN)  (HRSA-13-284); July 25, 2013

 

Description: This announcement solicits applications to develop a Home Visiting Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (HV CoIIN) to provide support for the delivery of maternal and early childhood services, including (but not limited to) home visiting services provided under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV).  MIECHV seeks to identify families with children ages 0 to 5 years and pregnant women who reside in at-risk communities and provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for these families.

 

The purpose of the HV CoIIN is to facilitate the delivery and accelerate the improvement of home visiting and other early childhood services, both globally and as provided by MIECHV grantees, so as to obtain good results faster for low-income and other at-risk families served.  More specifically, the successful applicant will plan and implement a HV CoIIN to facilitate the dissemination of methods and tools on continuous quality improvement to up to forty (40) home visiting local implementing agency pilot teams in partnership with other early childhood service agencies that operate within up to 12 MIECHV grantee states. Ultimately, the purpose of the HV CoIIN is to produce faster and more consistent health and development results benefiting families served by MIECHV program agencies and other early childhood service agencies in at-risk communities across the country.  Concrete examples of the contemplated results are parental smoking cessation, reduction of adult depression or child developmental delays or child maltreatment, and attaining family economic self-sufficiency.

 

Amount: Approximately $400,000 is expected to be available annually to fund one (1) cooperative agreement over a three year project period (Federal fiscal years 2013 – 2015). 

 

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: Multiple applications from an organization are not allowed.

 

Internal Competition:  Because HRSA limits the number of proposals to one per applicant, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process.  Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program should send the following information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Thursday, July 25, 2013:

  1. Names and departments of the Project Director and project personnel;

2.     Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;

3.     Provide a brief abstract (2 p. max) of the proposed project including the need for the project, goals and objectives, methodology, coordination, and evaluation.

 

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.) 

 

HRSA Deadline: August 12, 2013