The Maternal and Infant Health Initiative is seeking community-driven and locally-focused projects that address the priority areas and improve outcomes for infants and their mothers by improving access to care for women, girls, and infants.
Donor Name: Michigan Health Endowment Fund
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/10/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000 and $200,000
Details:
The goal of the 2023 Maternal and Infant Health Initiative is to reduce disparities, increase access to care, and improve outcomes for infants and their mothers. The Health Fund seeks proposals for community-driven, locally focused projects that must incorporate at least one of three priority categories:
- Address service delivery environment barriers to improve access to equitable health care
- Increase access to protective and clinical interventions
- Address targeted policies, practices, and procedures at the local or practice level that impact or prohibit the best outcomes for mothers and infants
Priorities
Projects must incorporate at least one of these categories (examples are not exhaustive):
- Address service delivery environment barriers to improve access to equitable health care for girls, women, and mothers through improved integration of medical, behavioral, public health, and social services.
- Examples: Regional perinatal quality collaborative initiatives, home visiting programs, co-location, launch of doula services, and care coordination/ inter-professional health care teams.
- Increase access to protective and clinical interventions including improved screening before, during, and after pregnancy for health risks as well as referral and connection to treatment or services.
- Examples: Interventions related to sexually transmitted infections, intimate partner violence, mental health, substance use disorders, maternal depression, targeted provider training to improve care delivery, and community or practice-based interventions aimed at improving birth equity and other social determinants of health.
- Address targeted policies, practices, and procedures at the local or practice level that impact or prohibit the best outcomes for mothers and infants. They’re looking for implementation of structural changes in communities and organizations that help families navigate and remove barriers to maternal and infant health.
- Examples: Streamlining and simplifying process for families seeking services and supports, expanded and routine use of screening tools and standard processes for referral and follow-up, and implementation of data-driven interventions that are focused on equity in access, care, and outcomes.
A competitive proposal will focus on a specific target population and include local data to illustrate the need for the intervention. Projects may build on local or regional work and priority will be given to projects that are community-driven and locally focused and align with the Health Fund’s mission and goals and promote health equity for infants, girls and women.
Funding Information
The Health Fund anticipates awarding grants between $50,000 and $200,000. Applicants may apply for a one-year or two-year grant, but the total request is limited to $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofits, local units of government, and the State of Michigan are eligible for grants.
Applicants must:
- Be recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit organization;
- Serve Michigan residents;
- Have a current certified financial audit; and
- Have at least one FTE.
For more information, visit Maternal Infant and Maternal Health.
