The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Bureau of Child Health, announces the availability of $1,000,000 annually in funds to support a Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Program Center of Excellence (COE).
Donor Name: New York State Department of Health
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/05/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The overarching goal of the CYSHCN Program is to improve the system of care, which includes promoting health equity and addressing disparities as well as the social determinants of health, for CYSHCN from birth and up to 21 years of age and their families and to empower them to navigate systems of care. The CYSHCN COE will partner with NYSDOH to strengthen and support CYSHCN and their families to navigate the current systems of care by providing resources through partnerships, community engagement and education, and a public facing comprehensive guide of state-wide resources. The CYSHCN COE will promote a standard of excellence for the implementation of local CYSHCN programs, administered through local health departments (LHDs) state-wide through the provision of training, technical assistance, and family engagement.
The NYSDOH Bureau of Child Health administers the CYSHCN Program with funds from the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHSBG). Currently, NYSDOH administers the CYSHCN Program through fifty-one (51) LHDs state-wide, including New York City (NYC), with $5.2 million in grant funding. Building a comprehensive system of supports for CYSHCN and their families is a key priority for the NYSDOH Title V MCHSBG. The CYSHCN COE will help support core child health priorities of the New York State (NYS) MCHSBG State Action Plan. Increasing supports to address the special health care needs of children and youth is an essential priority set forth in the Title V MCHSBG Action Plan.
LHDs provided feedback that they do not have sufficient expertise or resources to search for and become knowledgeable about the myriad of health conditions and resources available for families with CYSHCN. LHDs reported that they need a reliable source of information and professional development and coaching to enhance their support for families of CYSHCN. Caregivers who participated in the care mapping activity reported that they spent hours searching for information and resources for their children and would find it extremely beneficial to have a single place they can go for reliable information. Families are often unaware of the services offered through their LHDs. The proposed CYSHCN COE is designed to meet the needs articulated by both the LHDs and the caregivers of CYSHCN. They will accomplish this by identifying barriers and challenges to delivering services and providing resources and training to address them.
Funding Information
Approximately $5,000,000 is available to support this five-year initiative. The Department anticipates awarding one contract for a five-year period, with an expected term of October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2029.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Applicants must be:
- Attest they are a not-for-profit academic, research, educational/training organization, or public/social policy organization with offices in the United States through the submission of a Certificate of Incorporation in the Grants Gateway Pre-Submission Uploads section under Able to demonstrate a minimum of three (3) years of experience providing training and technical assistance on the application cover page; and
- Able to demonstrate capacity to provide statewide coverage to provide in-person meetings and site visits state-wide, which includes the Metropolitan NYC area as well as upstate and rural NYS, as an organization or through subcontractual relationships on the application cover page.
public/social policy organization with offices in the United States through the submission of a Certificate of Incorporation in the Grants Gateway Pre-Submission Uploads
- Able to demonstrate a minimum of three (3) years of experience providing training and technical assistance on the application cover page; and
- Able to demonstrate capacity to provide statewide coverage to provide in-person meetings and site visits state-wide, which includes the Metropolitan NYC area as well as upstate and rural NYS, as an organization or through subcontractual relationships on the application cover page.
For more information, visit NYSDOH.
