Program Name: EMSC Partnership Grants
	Activity Code: H33
	Legislative Authority: Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC); Code: Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, Section 1910
	Description: The purpose of this program is to assist States in expanding and improving their capacity to reduce and ameliorate pediatric emergencies, taking special care to include children with special health needs, culturally distinct populations and historically underrepresented groups, including Native American/Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. This will be accomplished using existing research-based knowledge, state-of-the-art systems development approaches, and the experience and products of previous EMSC grantees in meeting program goals while, generating support from local public and private sources for sustainability of funded EMSC projects after Federal support terminates, through State legislative, regulatory, or policy changes or other means. State Partnership grants are intended to solidify the integration of a pediatric focus within the state EMS system. State governments and accredited schools of medicine are the only eligible applicants for funding under the EMSC Program. The involvement of the State MCH Program and the State Highway Traffic Safety Office is strongly encouraged, because of the importance of linking EMSC activities with the system of care for children. The EMSC program supports the development of capabilities within existing EMS systems. Ideally, EMSC is integrated within the EMS system, Maternal and Child Health system, and the general health care system.