Department of Health Grant: Enhancing Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Foreign entities are not eligible for HRSA awards, unless the authorizing legislation specifically authorizes awards to foreign entities or the award is for research. This exception does not extend to research training awards or construction of research facilities.

Applicants must be national in scope and have expertise in working with state Title V programs, including providing TA/T and education on a national scale in the identified focus area. Additionally, applicants must have past and ongoing partnerships with national organizations supporting CYSHCN and their families.

Program Goal: The overall goal of this program is to strengthen the system of services for CYSHCN and their families by awarding three separate and distinct cooperative agreements. Cooperative agreements will be awarded to three recipients, who will collaborate to establish a national network of resource centers, with one center awarded for each of the following three focus areas:

(1) Patient/family-centered medical home;

(2) Transition of youth into the adult health care system; and

(3) Health care financing models that improve care and outcomes while achieving cost savings.

The three recipients will coordinate efforts to achieve quality care, decrease health care costs, and improve experience of care for CYSHCN and their families. An applicant can apply and be awarded only one focus area. For specific information about applying for one focus area, see Section IV. Application and Submission Information, Project Abstract.