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Rural Health Integration Models for Parents and Children to Thrive (IMPACT)
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Fact Sheet
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Deadline
Application Deadline: Jul 2, 2018
Sponsor
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
Purpose
Awards funding to 1 eligible organization to operate 3 demonstration projects seeking to implement evidence-based 2-generational strategies that address health, social, and economic issues to improve the well-being of young children and parents in rural areas. Offers technical assistance, training, and support to demonstration sites to coordinate programs and services that support healthy childhood development and increase family economic opportunity. Provides universal technical assistance to the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) and Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) programs.
Program goals include:
- Ensuring rural children, prenatal to age 3, and their families have access to coordinated health, development, education, and family support services
- Improving early identification and intervention of high-risk families who have experienced or are at risk for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), maternal depression and other mental health issues, substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use and related neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), as well as other factors leading to poor health and social outcomes for rural families
- Developing, implementing, and expanding two-generational strategies that link children and their families to services that support children's healthy development and help families achieve economic security and self-sufficiency
Program activities include:
- Building on lessons learned from the initial Rural IMPACT demonstration to provide sites with better resources, assistance, planning, partnerships, and leadership assistance
- Identifying three demonstration sites and providing intensive technical assistance
- Providing universal technical assistance to additional HRSA-funded programs by identifying and disseminating resources
- Convening a representative steering committee to guide program strategies and activities
- Establishing partnerships between national organizations in key program areas and local communities
- Implementing appropriate quality improvement plans and mechanisms
Part of HRSA's Early Childhood Systems (ECS) portfolio that supports the development of 2-generational early childhood systems at the state and community level in order to improve population level health, well-being, and development of infants, toddlers, and families.
Amount of Funding
Award ceiling: $600,000 per year
Project period: Up to 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 1
Estimated total program funding:
$600,000
Who Can Apply
Any domestic public or private entities, including Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and domestic faith-based and community-based organizations are eligible to apply.
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing
Application Process
Application instructions, requirements, and other information about the online application process are available on the program website.
Contact
For programmatic or technical
questions:
Dina Joy Lieser, MD, FAAP
240-463-7726
dlieser@hrsa.gov
For grants management or budget
questions:
Mary C. Worrell
301-443-5181
mworrell@hrsa.gov
Topics This Program Addresses
Adverse Childhood Experiences • Mental Health • Opioids • Parents, Families, and Children • Social Services • Substance Use Disorder • Women