The Health Resources and Services Administration is seeking applications for its Maternal and Child Health – Improving Oral Health Integration Demonstration Projects (MCH-IOHI Projects).
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/22/2024
Size of the Grant: $425,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
MCH-IOHI Projects will aim to improve access to integrated preventive oral health care (integrated POHC) in primary care services accessible to MCH populations at increased or higher risk for poor oral health. Funding will support an MCH-IOHI Alliance (Alliance), to include key state stakeholders such as policy, practice, and public health leaders; healthcare providers; healthcare payers; and public health surveillance experts. The Alliance will implement a two-tier, state and local, improvement approach that’ll address three core functions: Policy and Practice; Education and Outreach; and Data, Analysis and Evaluation. State level improvements, in support of the local approach, will aim to inform state policy and practice decisions that promote integrated POHC (such as Medicaid payment for oral health services and health professions’ state practice acts); increase oral health literacy across the state using an organizational health literacy approach; and enhance the state’s oral health surveillance (for example, data collection and trends analysis). The local improvement approach will aim to establish, implement, and validate evidence-based models of integrated POHC in communities underserved by oral health care.
Program Objective
- By June 2028, 85% of the MCH-IOHI Project teams will report enhanced state-level policy and/or scopes of practice aimed to increase access and use of integrated preventive oral health care.
- By June 2028, MCH-IOHI Project teams will report increased oral health awareness among 85% of the health organizations across the state targeted for organizational oral health literacy training and outreach.
- By June 2028, 85% of the MCH-IOHI Project teams will implement state-level oral health surveillance enhancements aimed to improve trend analysis.
- By June 2028, 100% of participating primary care settings will implement an evidence-based model of care aimed to integrate preventive oral health care and primary care services, to include: primary care clinic workflow modifications, provider training, and dental referral tracking.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,975,000
- Award Ceiling: $425,000
- Grant Period: July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2028
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Small businesses
- City or township governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- State governments
- Special district governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
