NACCHO, with support from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is pleased to offer a new funding opportunity designed to build community resilience and improve the lives of pregnant people and infants by strengthening partnerships between maternal and child health (MCH), infectious disease (ID), and emergency preparedness and response (EPR) programs within local health departments (LHDs).
Donor Name: National Association of County and City Health Officials
State: District of Columbia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/20/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $20,000
Details:
This funding opportunity is part of NACCHO’s Bridging Preparedness, Infectious Disease, Maternal-Child Health, and Birth Defects within Cities and Counties (MIP) Workgroup, which supports public health and clinical care partnerships at the local level to increase local jurisdictions’ ability to protect, respond, and support pregnant people and their infants from emerging infectious disease threats. Selected awardees will be expected to participate in the MIP Workgroup.
Funding Information
NACCHO will award up to $20,000 to up to four health departments and will facilitate virtual action planning processes to support recipients to identify priorities for collaboration and take concrete steps to increase prioritization of pregnant people and infants over the course of the project period.
Eligibility Criteria
Funding is available to all local health departments.
Selection Criteria
A Review Committee composed of representatives from NACCHO will use the following criteria to evaluate proposals for the purpose of ranking them in relative position based on how fully each proposal meets the requirements of this RFA:
- Prioritization of Issues (20 points): Applicant demonstrates a knowledge of infectious disease threats impacting the MCH population, especially among pregnant people and infants, and has demonstrated why they are prioritizing a certain infectious disease.
- Project Approach (25 points): Applicant describes a project plan that is feasible, responsive, and likely to increase the EPR capacity of the LHD to prioritize MCH populations. The project plan should include statements about how this will improve community resilience. Applicants should also demonstrate overall commitment, completeness in answering the questions, and submission of all required information and documents.
- Organizational Capacity (25 points): Applicant has capacity to develop and implement EPR plans, exercises, and responses.
- Commitment to Collaborate (20 points): Applicant demonstrates a commitment to collaborate across MCH, ID, and EPR departments. Note that lack of a pre-existing relationship among MCH, ID, and EPR departments is not a barrier to a successful application. If there is currently no coordination, we seek evidence of a commitment to collaborate either through the narrative or letters of commitment from department directors.
- Commitment to Addressing Equity (10 points): All successful applications will have identified inequities within MCH populations, particularly among pregnant people and infants, and propose approaches that address these inequities.
For more information, visit NACCHO.
