Special Project Grants; Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services; Federal Set-Aside Program; Research and Training Grants

摘要

The Health Resources and Services Administration is announcing the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1995 funds for a limited competition for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) research and training grants. Supplemental awards will be made under the program authority of section 502(a) of the Social Security Act, the MCH Federal Set-Aside Program. The MCH research and training grants improve the health status of mothers and children through: development and dissemination of new knowledge; demonstration of new or improved ways of delivering care or otherwise enhancing Title V program capacity to provide or assure provision of appropriate services; and preparation of personnel in MCH- relevant specialties. The purpose of this limited competition is to support supplemental awards for Maternal and Child Community Health Science Consortia (MC 2HSC). The central, defining characteristic of the MC 2HSC concept is that this entity is to evolve out of the maternal and child health infrastructure and services systems already in place in the community or neighborhood where the Consortium is to be located. A joint research and training