Hhs Awards $9.2 Million To Improve Child Health
Grants of $9.2 million from tne U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will help improve health care services for children and support maternal and child health (MCH) research.
Fifty-three State MCH Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Program grants totaling $6,585,000 will help state health departments promote integrated, community-based systems of care that ease children’s access to social and mental health services.
Grants to eight academic and institutions from HRSA’s Extramural MCH Research Program totaling $1,606,867 will examine several issues, including: access to care among children of immigrants; dental care for low-income women in Oregon; prenatal case management by registered nurses for high-risk, low-income pregnant women; and ways to measure the quality of care in hospital neonatal units.
State Agency Partnerships for Promoting Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program grants totaling $319,059 were awarded to four state health departments to help develop partnerships with other state health care, health care financing, justice, and education agencies to coordinate mental health services for school-aged children and teens.
Additionally, a Partnership for State Leadership in Oral Health grant totaling $400,000 went to the Association for State and Territorial Health Officials in Jefferson City, Mo., to support partnerships among state oral health programs, and Medicaid and private sector providers to increase access to oral health services for mothers and children.
And the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, based in Washington, D.C., signed a cooperative agreement worth $250,000 to coordinate research in practices health care providers use in pregnancy care to reduce low birth weight and preterm birth.
State MCH Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Program Grant recipients are:
Alabama Department of Public Health Montgomery Ala. $140,000
Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Juneau Alaska 120,000
Arizona Department of Health Services Phoenix Ariz. 140,000
Arkansas Department of Health Little Rock Ark. 100,000
California Dept. of Health Services Sacramento Calif. 126,000
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment Denver Colo. 140,000
State of Connecticut Hartford Conn. 129,000
Delaware Department of Health & Social Services Dover Del. 100,000
District of Columbia Dept. of Health Washington D.C. 100,000
Florida Department of Health Tallahassee Fla. 100,000
Georgia Dept. of Human Resources Atlanta Ga. 140,000
Guam Department of Public Health & Social Services Agana Guam 100,000
Hawaii Department of Health Honolulu Hawaii 140,000
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Boise Idaho 140,000
Illinois Department of Human Services Springfield Ill. 140,000
Indiana Department of Health Indianapolis Ind. 140,000
Iowa Department of Public Health Des Moines Iowa 140,000
Kansas Department of Health and Environment Topeka Kan. 140,000
Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services Frankfort Ky. 140,000
Louisiana Dept. of Health & Hospitals New Orleans La. 120,000
Maine Department of Human Services Augusta Maine 120,000
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Baltimore Md. 140,000
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health Boston Mass. 140,000
Michigan Dept. of Community Health Lansing Mich. 140,000
Minnesota Department of Health Saint Paul Minn. 140,000
Missouri Department of Health Jefferson City Mo. 126,000
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Helena Mont. 100,000
State of Nebraska Lincoln Neb. 123,000
Nevada Dept. of Human Resources Carson City Nev. 126,000
State of New Hampshire Concord N.H. 100,000
New Jersey Department of Health Trenton N.J. 140,000
New Mexico Department of Health Santa Fe N.M. 140,000
Health Research, Inc./New York Department of Health Rensselaer N.Y. 140,000
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Raleigh N.C. 140,000
North Dakota Department of Health Bismarck N.D. 126,000
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan N.M.I. 100,000
Ohio Department of Health Columbus Ohio 140,000
Oklahoma Department of Health Oklahoma City Okla. 137,000
Oregon Department of Human Services Portland Ore. 126,000
Rep. of Palau Bureau of Health Services Koror Palau 140,000
Pennsylvania Department of Health Harrisburg Pa. 100,000
Puerto Rico Department of Health San Juan P.R. 100,000
Rhode Island Department of Health Providence R.I. 140,000
State of South Carolina Columbia S.C. 100,000
Tennessee Department of Health Nashville Tenn. 100,000
Texas Health & Human Services Comm. Austin Texas 100,000
Utah Department of Health Salt Lake City Utah 120,000
Vermont Department of Health Waterbury Vt. 126,000
Virginia Department of Health Richmond Va. 126,000
Washington Department of Health Olympia Wash. 140,000
West Virginia Office of the Governor Charleston W.Va. 100,000
Wisconsin Department of Health & Social Services Madison Wis. 100,000
Wyoming Department of Health Cheyenne Wyo. 114,000
TOTAL: $6,585,000
HRSA’s Extramural MCH Research Program Grants:
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Ala. $200,483
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Denver Colo. 251,927
Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Chicago Ill. 254,977
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Md. 107,449
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. 226,652
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill N.C. 67,593
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia Pa. 252,496
University of Washington Seattle Wash. 245,290
TOTAL: $1,606,867
State Agency Partnerships for Promoting Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program grants:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Denver Colo. $80,000
Minnesota Department of Health St. Paul Minn. 80,000
Oregon Department of Human Services Portland Ore. 79,957
Washington Department of Health Tumwater Wash. 79,102
TOTAL: $319,059