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HRSA-22-148: Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas

Closed Closed May 31, 2022 Opportunity HRSA-22-148 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$180,000
• Total funding$4.5 million
• Expected awards25
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

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

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

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Healthy Start Initiative awards averaged $4.2 million; this notice allows up to $180,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

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 and to increase the number of women with a higher risk of poor birth outcomes receiving doula services. 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. HRSA understands the vital role doulas play in advancing health equity and reducing disparities in infant mortality (IM), maternal mortality (MM) and other adverse perinatal outcomes. One of our long-term goals is to ensure doulas have sustainable employment and career prospects that advance the MCH workforce at the community level. With this funding, recipients are expected to provide doula support to a minimum of 100 HS participants. Funding should also support the training necessary to expand the number of available doulas within the target community. Recipients should also develop a plan for sustainability after grant funding ends. To achieve these expectations, recipients may pursue a variety of options to expand doula support and customize a hiring approach to reflect community and program needs. This could include hiring full-time doulas, contracting out services on a per birth basis, or other models based on capacity and need. Recipients should demonstrate how doulas will provide effective and 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.

Category: Health.

Applying now

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