The Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (Rural MOMS) program is designed to support collaborative improvement and innovation networks to improve access to and delivery of maternity and obstetrics care in rural areas.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/22/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
Program Goals
- Identify and implement evidence-based and sustainable delivery models to provide maternal and obstetrics care in rural hospitals and communities to reduce risks associated with maternal mortality.
- Enhance and preserve access to maternal and obstetric services in rural hospitals, including by developing an approach to aggregate, coordinate, and sustain the delivery of and access to preconception, prenatal, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services.
- Provide training for professionals in health care settings that do not have specialty maternity care. This should involve collaborating with academic institutions or other similar regional entities, that can:
- Provide regional clinical expertise, such as specialty expertise and provider support, using a variety of modalities, including telehealth services. Other examples include conducting simulations to prepare for obstetric emergencies, in-person workshops, and virtual classes.
- Help identify barriers to providing maternal health care and strategies for addressing such barriers.
- Assess and address disparities in infant and maternal health outcomes, including among rural underserved populations.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000.
Grant Period
4 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- County governments
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Domestic means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.
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