Funding-Limited Submission – HRSA Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health; December 19, 2013

 

Description: The Healthy Start (HS) program aims to reduce disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes.  HS grants are provided to communities with rates of infant mortality at least 1˝ times the U.S. national average and high rates for other adverse perinatal outcomes (e.g., low birthweight, preterm birth, maternal morbidity and mortality) in order to address the needs of high-risk women and their families before, during, and after pregnancy.  HS services begin in the prenatal period and follow the woman and child through two years after the end of the pregnancy.

 

This funding opportunity announcement includes instructions for three (3) separate grant competitions:

 

  1. HRSA-14-020: Level 1: Community-based Healthy Start Program activities will support the implementation of activities to achieve five approaches of the HS Model which are to: 1) improve women’s health, 2) promote quality services, 3) strengthen family resilience, 4) achieve collective impact, and 5) increase accountability through quality improvement, performance monitoring, and evaluation. The Level 1 program will be responsible for individual level effects. (Grants are up to $750,000 annually)

 

  1. HRSA-14-112: Level 2: Enhanced Services Healthy Start Program activities will provide the essential HS program activities listed above under Level 1. In addition, Level 2 programs will engage in additional activities, such as stimulate community collaboration to develop a common agenda, shared measurement approach, coordinate resources, and conduct performance measurement. (Grants are up to $1.2 Million annually)

 

  1. HRSA-14-113: Level 3: Leadership and Mentoring Healthy Start Program activities will provide the essential HS program activities listed above under Level 1. In addition, Level 3 supports the provision of expanded maternal and women’s health services and will support the development of a place-based initiative that will serve as the backbone or hub for the establishment of collaborative networks of organizations serving the various needs of the community – health, education, housing, labor, transportation, etc. (Grants up to $2 Million annually)

 

Full Funding Opportunity Announcement

 

Institutional Limit: Applicants are only allowed to submit one (1) application for one (1) of the HS program levels.

 

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, December 19, 2013:

  1. Names and departments of the Project Director and project personnel;
  2. Title of the program and the funding opportunity announcement number;

3.     A brief abstract (2 p. max) of the proposed project.

 

HRSA Deadline: January 17, 2014

 

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.)