The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds to support agencies and organizations that coordinate and manage MMRCs to identify and characterize pregnancy-related deaths for preventability, abstract clinical/non-clinical data into a standard data system, conduct informant interviews to inform individual case review, and enter information into a standard data system within 2 years of death.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – NCCDPHP
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: 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
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/23/2023
Size of the Grant: $860,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
This NOFO aims to improve data quality to identify and characterize pregnancy-related deaths and address health inequities by supporting the capacity to develop and implement data-informed strategies to prevent pregnancy-related deaths and reduce disparities among disproportionately impacted populations.
This NOFO will enhance MMRC capacity to make recommendations to address preventable pregnancy-related deaths and increase availability of this data, in particular for communities disproportionately impacted. This NOFO will support agencies/organizations that coordinate/manage MMRCs to identify, characterize, and disseminate information on pregnancy related deaths and opportunities for prevention.
Outcomes
- Recipients are expected to achieve the following outcome during the period of performance:
- Increase timeliness, accuracy, and standardization of information available about pregnancy-related deaths, including documented opportunities for prevention.
Strategies and Activities
- Actions that improve availability, quality, and timeliness of MMRC data
- Actions that improve multidisciplinary, population-level review of potentially pregnancy-related deaths and documentation of recommendations for prevention.
- Actions that improve dissemination, access to, and employment of quality Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA) data to drive opportunities for prevention.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $5,580,000
- Award Ceiling: $860,000
- Award Floor: $295,000
Period of Performance Length:
1 year(s)
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
- Nonprofits without 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
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
- American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized)
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