The Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Grant Program to test new care models for pregnant women on Medicaid at high risk for adverse outcomes. This four-year initiative aims to improve perinatal outcomes by providing enhanced prenatal care interventions. The grant will support testing of three different approaches to delivering prenatal care, focusing on addressing clinical, behavioral, and psychosocial factors that contribute to preterm births. Eligible applicants can apply for funding to participate in this initiative before the closing date on Aug 09, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 142913
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | CMS-1D1-12-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Health |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 0 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 93.611 — Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 6 |
| Posted Date:: | Feb 08, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Jul 03, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 13, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Aug 09, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Sep 08, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $0 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | The intent of this FOA is to engage with a wide variety of interested parties who have developed innovations that will drive significant improvement in three-part aim outcomes. The target applicants for this solicitation are providers (e.g., specific service providers, clinician groups and/or hospitals); States applying in partnership with providers; managed care organizations (MCOs) applying in partnership with providers; and conveners applying in partnership with providers. All applicants not directly providing prenatal care services (i.e. States, MCOs, and conveners) are expected to partner with providers of obstetrical care services and proposed enhanced prenatal care services. Included within the definition of State, for the purposes of this FOA are the District of Columbia and the 5 U.S. Territories: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Faith-based organizations, Community-based organizations, and Tribal organizations are also eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| Description:: | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) is interested in testing new care and payment models that have the potential to improve perinatal outcomes for women enrolled in Medicaid who are at high-risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. This initiative is a partnership between the Innovation Center and the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) and part of a larger HHS effort to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.In this four-year initiative the Innovation Center will offer a funding opportunity to eligible applicants to test the impact of providing enhanced prenatal care interventions for women with Medicaid coverage who are at high risk for having a preterm birth. The initiative will test 3 distinct approaches to providing enhanced prenatal care delivery. Each approach provides a set of specific and comprehensive interventions to improve current, traditional prenatal care delivery and address additional clinical, behavioral, and psychosocial factors that may be present during pregnancy and contribute to preterm-related poor birth outcomes. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 6 | This funding opportunity announcement has been amended and is being reissued. Amendments to the cooperative agreement funding opportunity to support Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns will be included in the body of the funding opportunity announcement in bold and underlined text. The Addendum lists, by section, areas of the funding opportunity announcement that have been amended. | Jul 03, 2012 |
| Synopsis 5 | The Application kit for this opportunity has been removed, and will be re-posted when the revised Funding Opportunity Announcement is released. Please continue to monitor this opportunity on a regular basis. | |
| Synopsis 4 | The Application kit for this opportunity has been removed, and will be re-posted when the revised Funding Opportunity Announcement is released. Please continue to monitor this opportunity on a regular basis. | |
| Synopsis 3 | The Application kit for this opportunity has been removed, and will be re-posted when the revised Funding Opportunity Announcement is released. Please continue to monitor this opportunity on a regular basis. | |
| Synopsis 2 | Currently, applications are due on June 13, 2012. However, since CMS announced the call for applications, stakeholders have raised a number of important issues, including challenges with obtaining state data and conducting the necessary linkages. In order to address these issues, CMS is revising the FOA and providing further clarifications regarding the initiative. We are extending the application deadline for the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns models TEMPORARILY to July 13, 2012. Please DO NOT submit your application until the official amended FOA and guidance have been released. If you submit your application prior to the release of the amended FOA, which will include revised application and program requirements, you will not be able to revise a previously submitted application in response to the newly available information. Those who submit their applications prior to the release of the amended FOA will be required to submit a new application in order to be eligible for award under the revised requirements in the amended FOA. As such, we will individually contact each applicant who has already submitted an application within the next week with further information. We will provide a final deadline in the revised FOA. Those who did not submit a Letter of Intent by the May 11, 2012 deadline may submit an application for Strong Start because we will no longer be requiring an LOI. We appreciate our stakeholders’ continued interest in the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative. We anticipate a diverse and competitive application pool. Please contact the Strong Start resource box at StrongStart@cms.hhs.gov with your immediate questions and concerns. | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 93.611 |
| Competition ID: | CMS-1D1-12-001-013938 |
| Competition Title: | STRONG START FOR MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00130550 |
| Opening Date: | |
| Closing Date: | Aug 09, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Gabriel Nah |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
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Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Project Abstract Summary [V1.1] |
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Other Attachments Form [V1.1] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.611 | CMS-1D1-12-001-013938 | STRONG START FOR MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS | PKG00130550 | Aug 09, 2012 | View | Gabriel Nah | Organization Applicants |