The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking applications for Increasing Access to Newborn Hearing Screening in Out-of-Hospital Births.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Health
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/05/2022
Size of the Grant: $35,250
Details:
It is the policy of the State of Minnesota to ensure fairness, precision, equity, and consistency in competitive grant awards. This includes implementing diversity and inclusion in grant-making. The Policy on Rating Criteria for Competitive Grant Review establishes the expectation that grant programs intentionally identify how the grant serves diverse populations, especially populations experiencing inequities and/or disparities.
- This grant will serve:
- Infants born out-of-hospital in Minnesota
- Geographic diversity within and across Minnesota – including greater MN, urban/metro
- Grant outcomes will include:
- Distribution/utilization of hearing screening equipment around the State of Minnesota to make hearing screening accessible to the largest proportion of out-of-hospital birthed babies
- Sustainability planning to continue hearing screening in out-of-hospital births after the funding period ends
- Track proportion of infants in coverage area who receive hearing screening by their out-of-hospital birth provider
Funding Information
- Estimated Award Maximum: $35,250
- Estimated Award Minimum: $7,050
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit Organizations whose members are providers for out-of-hospital births.
Eligible Projects
Grantees will be required to do the following:
- Purchase appropriate and portable hearing screening equipment and supplies before the end of each fiscal period of funding.
- Plan for distribution/utilization of hearing screening equipment around the State of Minnesota to make hearing screening accessible to the largest proportion of out-of hospital birthed babies.
- Require that any out-of-hospital birth provider conducting hearing screenings attend manufacturer/audiologist led training on the hearing screening equipment. Complete initial equipment training with equipment company for providers using equipment.
- Distribute hearing screening equipment to out-of-hospital birth providers identified in distribution/utilization plan and obtain signed user agreement.
- Establish a plan for maintenance and upkeep of the hearing screening equipment, including calibrations, and purchasing supplies.
For more information, visit MDH.
