# Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hrsa-21-121-healthy-start-supplement-community-based-doulas/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/333180

> Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $125,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 20 awards worth $2.5 million in total. Applications closed on July 6, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HRSA-21-121 |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 6, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $125,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 20 |
| Total funding | $2.5 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.926 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants include any current recipient funded under the HRSA-19-049 Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (start date of April 1, 2019).

## What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for supplemental funding under the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health, also known as the Healthy Start (HS) program. The purpose of the HS program is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy, and reduce racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. The goal of this supplement is to increase the availability of doulas in Healthy Start service areas most affected by infant and maternal mortality in order to reduce such deaths and decrease such racial/ethnic disparities. Doulas will provide services to women during the periods of pregnancy, birth and at least three (3) months post-partum. Award funds will cover the training, certification, and compensation of doulas. Recipients should demonstrate how doulas will provide culturally responsive pregnancy and childbirth education, early linkage to health care and social services, labor coaching, and breastfeeding education and counseling while fostering parental attachment. Recipients should clearly outline methods to provide supportive services before, during and after childbirth, including breastfeeding initiation promotion. Recipients should demonstrate how doula services will meet the needs of their HS communities and priority population in order to improve birth outcomes and reduce racial/ethnic disparities for participants who have the highest need. In order to achieve this purpose, applications should propose activities designed to meet the following program objectives by the dates indicated. Program Objectives:  By November 2021, each recipient will contract with one or more doula training organizations to provide training for doula candidates.  By March 2022, each recipient will recruit three or more candidates to become doulas.  By September 2022, each recipient will facilitate training for each hired doula.  By March 2023, doulas hired by each recipient will complete all requirements for a birth doula certification of the recipient’s choice (e.g., Doulas of North America [DONA], Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association [CAPPA]).  By March 2024, each recipient will provide prenatal, birth, and short term postpartum doula support to a minimum of 72 HS participants.

## Questions people ask

### Is HRSA-21-121 still open?

No. It closed on July 6, 2021.

### Who can apply for Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas?

Closed July 6, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $125,000 each. About $2.5 million in total across about 20 awards.

### Who has won Healthy Start Initiative grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were National Institute for Childrens Health Quality Inc, Maricopa, County of, Global Communities, Inc. The program made 150 awards worth $627 million in that time.