Health Resources and Services Administration: National Center for Family/Professional Partnerships Grant

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Program Goals

The goal of the National Center for Family/Professional Partnership Program is to improve health and quality of life for CYSHCN (as defined by MCHB)[1].

Program Objectives

Specific NCFPP objectives are as follows:

·         Set a baseline and increase by 20% annually, the number of family and YSHCN leaders (as defined by MCHB)[2] who report meaningful participation[3] on community/state/national level teams focused on CYSHCN systems.

·         Set a baseline and increase by 10% annually, the number of racially and ethnically diverse family and YSHCN leaders who are trained and serve on community/state/national level teams focusing on CYSHCN systems.

·         Set a baseline and increase by 20% annually, the number of family and YSHCN leaders that have been trained who report increased knowledge, skills, abilities and self-efficacy to serve as leaders on systems-level teams.

·         By 2019, 90% of F2F HIC respondents will report favorable evaluations in meeting their project goals, as a result of the training and assistance received from the NCFPP.

·         By 2019, 75% of maternal and child health (MCH) program respondents receiving assistance from the NCFPP, will report increased ability to partner with and monitor partnerships with families and YSHCN in systems-level initiatives.

[1] MCHB definition of “CYSHCN” is provided in Section VIII. Other Information of this FOA. See also McPherson et al. (1998).

[2] MCHB definition of “family leaders” is provided in Section VIII. Other Information of this FOA.

[3] MCHB definition of “meaningful participation/role” is provided in Section VIII. Other Information of this FOA.