The Indiana Department of Health, Children’s Special Health Care Services Division (IDOH, CSHCS) is offering funding to not-for-profit organizations, local health departments and healthcare entities for 2024-2025 to implement early intervention programs for children ages 0-3 impacted by visual impairment.
Donor Name: Indiana Department of Health
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $121,500
Grant Duration: 23 months
Details:
Purpose
The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) Division is announcing a new competitive grant funding opportunity to address the Title V medical home national performance measure for children with special health care needs.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to $121,250 per fiscal year for the 23-month grant cycle, for a total of $242,500. Applicants selected to receive funding may be awarded a maximum of $121,500 per FY for the 23-month grant cycle but may receive less than this amount.
Required Services
This grant opportunity is intended to be broad in scope, applicants may choose their performance objectives. Projects must be related to the following services and must include a training component for families:
- Improving healthcare and service delivery for young children with visual impairment. Examples include:
- Providing quality early intervention services to help support the success of the child at home, in the childcare or school setting, or in the community setting
- Ensuring children ages 0-3 years with visual impairment are being seen by an ophthalmologist
- Providing wraparound/care coordination services, including training to parents/caregivers, to increase the natural support available in the child’s life. Examples include:
- Assisting the family in fully understanding their child’s diagnosis
- Helping the family know where to go for each identified need
- Guiding the family to set goals related to their child and family needs
- Providing services to ensure individuals return for follow-up visits
- Providing or referring to appropriate social services.
Services provided must be evidence-based and/or evidence-informed and focused on improving outcomes. Applicants should justify the target population that they are aiming to serve in Indiana.
Eligibility Criteria
- They encourage all who meet the criteria below to apply:
- Must be a nonprofit organization (as defined by the IRS Tax Determination), health department, hospital or other healthcare-related entity
- Must collaborate with traditional and non-traditional agencies or organizations
- Must serve populations within Indiana
- Must comply with financial requirements of the grant.
- Additional evaluation weight will be assigned to applicants who:
- Provide services in resource-limited counties
- Promote the collaboration and building of comprehensive systems of care.
For more information, visit IDOH.
