News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 |
Contact: HRSA Press Office
(301) 443-3376 |
HHS Awards $23 Million in Grants to Improve MCH Services
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced awards totaling $23.1 million to expand services at hemophilia treatment centers, improve care for infants with or at risk for sickle cell disease, and support a broad range of maternal and child health (MCH) services. The awards were made through HHS� Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
"Meeting the health care needs of women and children is a vital element of our national effort to promote overall public health," Secretary Leavitt said. "Funds from these grant programs expand access to services mothers and young people need to lead healthier, more productive lives."
HRSA's Hemophilia Treatment Centers program, which made 12 awards worth $5.3 million, supports comprehensive care, including genetic and other counseling, for people with hemophilia and their families. Services are provided through regional networks of centers that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. Hemophilia is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood that can result in difficulty controlling bleeding after even minor injuries.
Eighteen awards totaling more than $3.8 million will improve services for infants who have or are carriers for sickle cell disease, an inherited red blood cell condition characterized by chronic, severe anemia, infections and periodic pain. Awards will support follow-up services for newborns and their families, including extended family testing, counseling and education. State newborn screening programs, comprehensive sickle cell treatment centers, and health care professionals will link with community-based organizations to provide these services.
The following grants will improve services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), support the training and education of MCH professionals and students preparing for careers in public health, enhance understanding of the importance of MCH services, and help women lose weight and improve their health.
Four cooperative agreements totaling $2 million will collect and interpret data to establish systems of care for CYSHCN and assist State Title V programs, and family and youth leaders in their work at the community level. Twelve grants totaling almost $3.6 million, awarded to universities and departments of health, will help states provide health services to CYSHCN that are culturally competent and family-centered. The grants and cooperative agreements support President Bush�s New Freedom Initiative to include CYSHCN in community life by improving their health services.
Twelve grants worth more than $4.2 million from the MCH Public Health Training Program will support interdisciplinary public health programs that prepare students for MCH careers. The new Improving Understanding of MCH and Health Care Issues Program, funded at $2 million, supports five-year projects to help officials of influential governmental, business, professional and health organizations learn more about MCH issues and make better-informed decisions on health care policy affecting women and children. A complementary program, Partnerships to Promote Maternal and Child Health, will award grants worth $1.2 million this year to support national organizations in helping their members improve MCH and related public health programs at the national, state and local levels. The Healthy Behaviors in Women Program funds four three-year projects totaling almost $600,000 to develop innovative approaches to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women by helping women adopt healthier lifestyles. Intervention focuses on women who have limited access to preventive health services and links them with community resources. And three grants worth nearly $400,000, awarded through the MCH Distance Learning Grant Program, will support the development, implementation and evaluation of distance education for MCH professionals, who access education courses via computer and video to bolster skills while continuing to work.
Tables containing information on grantees and their FY 2005 awards follow below, in the order in which grant programs are mentioned in the text:
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Hemophilia Treatment Centers Grant Program, FY 2005
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Organization
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City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Children's Hospital of Orange County
|
Orange
|
Calif
|
$779,864
|
|
U. of Colorado at Denver/Health Sciences Ctr.
|
Denver
|
Colo.
|
351,207
|
|
Hemophilia of Georgia, Inc.
|
Atlanta
|
Ga.
|
249,674
|
|
University of Massachusetts
|
Worcester
|
Mass.
|
340,900
|
|
Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan
|
Ypsilanti
|
Mich.
|
398,485
|
|
Children's Mercy Hospital
|
Kansas City
|
Mo.
|
405,000
|
|
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
649,624
|
|
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|
Chapel Hill
|
N.C.
|
360,000
|
|
Oregon Health and Sciences University
|
Portland
|
Ore.
|
201,661
|
|
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
|
Philadelphia
|
Pa.
|
579,098
|
|
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
|
Houston
|
Texas
|
497,344
|
|
Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation, Inc.
|
Milwaukee
|
Wis.
|
487,143
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$5,300,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease and Newborn Screening Program, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
|
Little Rock
|
Ark.
|
$183,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California
|
Culver City
|
Calif.
|
183,000
|
|
Children's Hospital and Research Center
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
183,000
|
|
Hospital for Special Care
|
New Britain
|
Conn.
|
183,000
|
|
Howard University
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
183,000
|
|
South Broward Hospital District
|
Hollywood
|
Fla.
|
183,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Inc.
|
Atlanta
|
Ga.
|
183,000
|
|
Hawaii Department of Health
|
Honolulu
|
Hawaii
|
183,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
183,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. (cooperative agreement)
|
Baltimore
|
Md.
|
726,633
|
|
Michigan Department of Community Health
|
Lansing
|
Mich.
|
183,000
|
|
Brookdale Univ. Hospital Medical Center
|
Brooklyn
|
N.Y.
|
183,000
|
|
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
|
Bronx
|
N.Y.
|
183,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease Assn. of the Piedmont
|
Greensboro
|
N.C.
|
183,000
|
|
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
|
Pittsburgh
|
Pa.
|
183,000
|
|
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
|
Memphis
|
Tenn.
|
183,000
|
|
Sickle Cell Disease Assn., Dallas Chapter
|
Dallas
|
Texas
|
183,000
|
|
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Ctr.
|
Seattle
|
Wash.
|
183,000
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$3,837,633
|
|
Cooperative Agreements to Establish an Evidence Base for Systems of Care for CSHCN, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Massachusetts General Hospitalh
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
$299,782
|
|
National Center on Health Insurance and Financing for CSHCN at Boston University
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
498,915
|
|
National Center for Cultural Competence for CSHCN at Georgetown University
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
525,000
|
|
Nat'l Ctr. for Family/Professional Partnerships for CSHCN through Family Voices, Inc.
|
Albuquerque
|
N.M.
|
725,000
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$2,048,697
|
|
State Implementation Grants for Integrated Community Systems of Services for CSHCN, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Arizona Department of Health Service
|
Phoenix
|
Ariz.
|
$300,000
|
|
Children�s Hospital Los Angeles
|
Los Angeles
|
Calif.
|
297,636
|
|
Family Institute for Family Involvement
|
Crawfordville
|
Fla.
|
299,850
|
|
State of Hawaii Department of Health
|
Honolulu
|
Hawaii
|
300,000
|
|
University of Iowa
|
Iowa City
|
Iowa
|
300,000
|
|
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
300,000
|
|
Minnesota Department of Health
|
St. Paul
|
Minn.
|
300,000
|
|
Board of Regents, University of Oklahoma
|
Okla. City
|
Okla.
|
298,498
|
|
Oregon Health & Sciences University
|
Portland
|
Ore.
|
300,000
|
|
S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
|
Columbia
|
S.C.
|
300,000
|
|
Utah Department of Health
|
Salt Lake City
|
Utah
|
300,000
|
|
Wisconsin Department of Health
|
Madison
|
Wis.
|
292,579
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$3,588,563
|
|
MCH Public Health Training Program, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
University of Alabama at Birmingham
|
Birmingham
|
Ala.
|
$402,963
|
|
University of Arizona
|
Tucson
|
Ariz.
|
348,000
|
|
Regents of the University of California
|
Berkeley
|
Calif.
|
325,000
|
|
Regents of the University of California
|
Los Angeles
|
Calif.
|
347,000
|
|
University of Illinois at Chicago
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
380,000
|
|
Tulane University
|
New Orleans
|
La.
|
324,771
|
|
The Johns Hopkins University
|
Baltimore
|
Md.
|
337,000
|
|
Trustees of Boston University
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
378,082
|
|
Harvard Univ., School of Public Health
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
315,000
|
|
University of Minnesota
|
Minneapolis
|
Minn.
|
347,000
|
|
University of North Carolina
|
Chapel Hill
|
N.C.
|
337,000
|
|
University of Washington
|
Seattle
|
Wash.
|
377,896
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$4,219,712
|
|
Improving Understanding of MCH and Health Care Issues Program, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
National Conference of State Legislatures
|
Denver
|
Colo.
|
$200,000
|
|
National Conference of State Legislatures (four-organization consortium)
|
Denver
|
Colo.
|
200,000
|
|
Grantmakers in Health
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
200,000
|
|
National Business Group on Health
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
199,980
|
|
National Governors Association
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
200,000
|
|
National Institute for Health Care Management
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
200,000
|
|
Assoc. of State and Territorial Health Officials
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
200,000
|
|
Nat�l Assn. of County & City Health Officials
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
200,000
|
|
American Bar Association
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
197,289
|
|
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families
|
Silver Spring
|
Md.
|
200,000
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$1,997,269
|
|
Partnerships to Promote Maternal and Child Health Program, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
$200,000
|
|
National Healthy Start Association
|
Baltimore
|
Md.
|
200,000
|
|
Family Voices Inc.
|
Albuquerque
|
N.M.
|
200,000
|
|
Today's Child Communications Inc.
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
200,000
|
|
University of Nebraska Medical Center
|
Omaha
|
Neb.
|
150,000
|
|
University of Nebraska Medical Center
|
Omaha
|
Neb.
|
250,000
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$1,200,000
|
|
Healthy Behaviors in Women Program, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc
|
Nogales
|
Ariz.
|
$144,779
|
|
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.
|
Wilmington
|
Del.
|
144,779
|
|
Orange County Health Department
|
Orlando
|
Fla.
|
144,778
|
|
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
|
Odanah
|
Wis.
|
144,779
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$579,115
|
|
MCH Distance Learning Program, FY 2005
|
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Ammount
|
|
Children�s Hospital
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
$130,000
|
|
U. of Massachusetts Medical School
|
Worcester
|
Mass.
|
129,751
|
|
Regents of the Univ. of Minnesota
|
Minneapolis
|
Minn.
|
129,911
|
|
Total:
|
|
|
$389,662
|
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