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HRSA-24-120: Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program

Closed Closed August 2, 2024 Opportunity HRSA-24-120 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program (HRSA-27-047). Status: Expected deadline April 20, 2027. It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$450,000
• Total funding$1.8 million
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, state and local governments, small businesses and businesses.

You can apply if your organization meets all three of the following criteria: 1. Your organization is in the United States and is: Public or private, non-profit or for-profit 2. Your organization meets the following geographic requirements: You are an organization physically located in the Delta Region You are an organization with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations located within the Delta Region; and Your organization proposes a project serving the rural Delta region. Applicants will be deemed non-responsive and will not be considered for this funding opportunity if the applicant: Is located outside of the Delta Region; Submits an application to serve populations outside of HRSA designated rural counties or rural census tracts in the Delta Region, and Submits more than one application. For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Rural Healthcare Services Programs awards averaged $487,643; this notice allows up to $450,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program (Delta MCC). The purpose of this program is to improve and increase access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy. To support this purpose, the objectives for the Delta MCC are to: 1. Use care coordination strategies to enhance and expand access to perinatal services in the Delta Region through a strong, diverse network of entities that represent the spectrum of care during and after pregnancy; 2. Utilize evidence-based, promising practices and/or value-based care model(s) in the planning and delivery of perinatal services; 3. Identify barriers to providing maternal health care in the region and strategies for addressing such barriers; and 4. Develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services, and communication systems (including but not limited to billing for appropriate services and partnering private and public payers). Applicants are encouraged to consider innovative strategies to meet the needs of and support pregnant women and new mothers. Some examples of activities that can be provided include: • Provide outreach and education to pregnant women and new mothers on healthy nutrition to reduce risk of hypertension • Provide screening and referral of mental health issues such as depression and anxiety including HRSAs Maternal Mental Health Hotline (1-833-TLC-MAMA) • Refer pregnant women and new mothers to online or local support groups • Recruitment of doula and midwifery services, community health workers, and/or maternal fetal specialist services • Support patient care through telehealth • Support travel costs, as necessary, of maternal health specialist to travel to pregnant woman • Provide education and social support for pregnant women through the development of centering pregnancy (group prenatal care) visits; • Provide resources and education to support in-home hypertension management and blood pressure self-monitoring and reporting; • Support mobile prenatal and postpartum care visits for pregnant women and new mothers; • Utilize development dyad models (mother and infant) to support combined postpartum and infant checkup visits; • Support childcare for pregnant women and new mothers during prenatal and postpartum care visits; Applicants are encouraged to consider innovative strategies.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HRSA-27-047, which is forecast.

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