Funded Activities

Combating Autism: Training for Professionals

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)

The HRSA Maternal and Child Health Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) program trains future leaders in a variety of disciplines to improve the health of children who have or are at risk of developing neurodevelopmental disabilities or other similar conditions such as autism. Forty-three LEND programs received funds in FY 2012.

LEND Combating Autism FY 2012 Grantees
Organization	City	State
University of Alabama Birmingham	Birmingham	AL
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	AR
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA
University of Colorado-Denver	Aurora	CO
University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	IL
Indiana University, School of Medicine	Indianapolis	IN
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute	Kansas City	KS
Children's Hospital	Boston	MA
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	Omaha	NE
Trustees of Dartmouth College	Hanover	NH
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx	NY
University of Rochester	Rochester	NY
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA
University of Tennessee at Memphis	Memphis	TN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville	TN
University of Utah	Salt Lake City	UT
University of Vermont	Burlington	VT
University of Washington	Seattle	WA
West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	MN
University of Miami	Miami	FL
University of Hawaii	Honolulu	HI
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque	NM
University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	OK
Oregon Health Sciences University	Portland	OR
University of Iowa	Iowa City	IA
University of Missouri	Columbia	MO
University of Cincinnatti	Cincinnati	OH
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PA
University of South Dakota	Sioux Falls	SD
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	WI
Ohio State University	Columbus	OH
Kennedy Krieger Institute	Baltimore	MD
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	VA
University of Massachusetts Medical School	Waltham	MA
New York Medical College	Valhalla	NY
University of Alaska at Anchorage	Anchorage	AK
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ
Georgia State University	Atlanta	GA
University of Nevada, Reno	Reno	NV
University of Texas at Houston	Houston	TX
Medical University South Carolina	Charleston	SC

Leadership Education in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics

The HRSA Maternal and Children Health Leadership Education in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics program enhances the behavioral, psychosocial and developmental aspects of general pediatric care by supporting fellows in behavioral pediatrics to help prepare them for leadership roles as teachers, researchers, and clinicians. HRSA funded approximately $1.8 million in grants to ten universities and hospitals in FY 2012.

Combating Autism Education in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics FY 2012 Grantees
Organization	City	State
Boston Medical Center	Boston	MA
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	OH
Children's Hospital Boston	Boston	MA
Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx	NY
Yale University	New Haven	CT
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA
University of Arkansas	Little Rock	AR
Stanford University	Palo Alto	CA
Rhode Island University	Providence	RI
University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	OK

Autism Resource Centers

A State Public Health Coordinating Center for Autism

Funded by a $275,000 cooperative agreement to the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, will develop and implement a strategy for defining, supporting, and monitoring the role of State public health agencies in assuring that children and youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders receive early and appropriate identification, diagnosis and intervention.

National Combating Autism Interdisciplinary Training Resource Center

The National Interdisciplinary Training Resource Center plays a crucial role in providing technical assistance, building and sustaining partnerships with service systems already serving children with ASD and other developmental disabilities, translating research into evidence-based practice, and utilizing existing and developing new data systems to capture and report project outcomes. HRSA funded a $777,141 cooperative agreement to the Association of University Centers on Disabilities in FY 2012.