The Centers for Disease Control – NCCDPHP is accepting applications for its Hospital-based Quality Improvement Collaborative to Improve Maternity Care Practices Supportive of Breastfeeding.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – NCCDPHP
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Although most new mothers in the United States plan to breastfeed, practices and policies in maternity care often create barriers to mothers’ ability to carry out their decision to breastfeed, and the failure to adhere to evidence-based practices can lead to premature weaning. Among women who intended to breastfeed for longer than 2 months, 30% stopped breastfeeding early if they experienced none of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (Ten Steps) in the hospital, compared with only 3% of mothers who experienced six steps.
With the emergence and continued longevity of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals continue to balance implementing maternity practices supportive of breastfeeding with measures to prevent and control infection.
The purposes are to:
- Increase the number of US and territorial birthing hospitals implementing evidence-based maternity care for lactating individuals and their infants.
- Provide training, technical assistance, and tools to help hospitals implement and sustain evidence-based maternity care for lactating individuals and their infants.
- Increase breastfeeding support in hospitals serving a high proportion of families less likely to start or continue breastfeeding.
- Ensure maternity care supportive of breastfeeding is delivered consistently and equitably.
Strategies include:
- Enroll birthing hospitals to take part in the quality improvement (QI) collaborative funded by this NOFO.
- Provide tailored training and technical assistance to maternity staff in enrolled hospitals regarding culturally competent approaches to safely implement evidence-based breastfeeding supportive maternity care.
- Provide tailored training, technical assistance, and tools to assist maternity staff at enrolled hospitals use QI approaches to safely implement evidence-based breastfeeding supportive maternity care.
Funding Information
Approximate Average Award $2,000,000
Project Period
12 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized))
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Additional Eligibility Category
- Government Organizations: State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia)
- Local governments or their bona fide agents
- Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
- State controlled institutions of higher education
- Non-government Organizations
- American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
