Deadline: 2-Feb-23
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nutrition Training Program.
The purpose of this program is to promote the healthy nutrition of mothers, children, and families by establishing and enhancing nutrition centers of excellence to train future and current MCH nutrition professionals. MCH Nutrition Training Programs provide interdisciplinary graduate-level training in MCH nutrition and collaborate with the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program and other MCH programs to provide continuing education (CE) and technical assistance (TA) to local, state, and national organizations serving MCH populations.
The program provides training in nutrition science, social determinants of health, primary prevention and population based environmental and policy interventions, life course initiatives, program planning and links between epidemiology and public health practice. The program develops a well-trained, diverse workforce that can effectively design, manage, and deliver nutrition interventions that address population health goals and objectives; provide care in diverse clinical, community, and public health settings; and meet the emerging needs of the MCH population.
Goals
- The HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) administers programs with focus areas in maternal and women’s health, adolescent and young adult health, perinatal and infant health, child health, and children with special health care needs. To achieve its mission of improving the health and well-being of America’s mothers, children, and families, MCHB is implementing a strategic plan that includes the following four goals:
- Goal 1: Assure access to high quality and equitable health services to optimize health and well-being for all MCH populations
- Goal 2: Achieve health equity for MCH populations
- Goal 3: Strengthen public health capacity and workforce for MCH
- Goal 4: Maximize impact through leadership, partnership, and stewardship
Objectives
- The overall MCH Nutrition Training Program will accomplish this purpose through four overarching objectives:
- Increase the number of graduate-level trainees (long-, medium-, and short-term) trained in MCH nutrition leadership with a focus on MCH systems, populations, and services.
- Increase the number of practicing providers who receive CE related to emerging issues in MCH nutrition.
- Increase the number of TA activities each year to support state Title V agencies and other local, state, and national organizations serving MCH populations.
- Increase the number of trainees that are from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the current nutrition workforce.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,825,000
- Award Ceiling: $225,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include domestic public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning.
- Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible.
- The following types of public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning are encouraged to apply for HRSA support:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
- Cost Sharing/Matching
- Cost sharing/matching is not required for this program.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340397