This department is offering the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center Grant to demonstrate effective methods that improve pediatric patient care within the Emergency Medical Services system. The grant aims to provide access to EMS pediatric subject matter experts, develop Quality Improvement Collaboratives, enhance communication within the EMSC community, and create a central repository of pediatric evidence-based resources. By May 2024, the grant targets include increasing EMS professionals’ access to resources, improving the quality of pediatric emergency care in participating agencies, enhancing knowledge of best practices through education courses, informing Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators, and ensuring high-quality resources for EMSC recipients and stakeholders. Applications close on January 29, 2020.
Opportunity ID: 319428
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-20-037 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=460b67f3-a117-482d-9af1-3ee3e94f6a24 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.127 — Emergency Medical Services for Children |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 31, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Oct 31, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 29, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 29, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 29, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants include state governments and accredited schools of medicine in states and jurisdictions. The term “school of medicine” for the purpose of this funding opportunity (and under 42 U.S.C. 300w-9(c)) has the same meaning as set forth in § 799B(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295p(1)(A)).11 The term “state” for the purpose of this funding opportunity includes, in addition to the several states, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Description: | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Innovation and Improvement Center Program, hereinafter called the EIIC Program. The purpose of the EIIC Program is to demonstrate effective methods that improve the clinical care and management of pediatric patients within the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system through such mechanisms as improved access to pediatric EMS expertise for EMSC recipients and stakeholders; implementation of Quality Improvement Collaboratives (QIC), addressing the unique needs of pediatric patients in rural health care systems; strengthened communication within the EMSC community; and creation of a central repository of pediatric evidence-based resources for prehospital and hospital emergency department (ED) professionals. The EIIC Program will accomplish this purpose by implementing activities in each of the following four distinct areas of focus: • Provide access to EMS pediatric subject matter experts (SME) to EMSC recipients and stakeholders. • Design, develop, and evaluate prehospital and hospital setting QICs. QICs will test implementation approaches with resulting new evidence and best practices disseminated nationally. QICs will be based on emerging HRSA priorities, mental health, and the Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems2 and Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments3 joint policy statements, and will include collaboration with recipients of HRSA’s Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program.4 • Facilitate communication within the EMSC community to increase field awareness and adoption of best practices and new evidence in emergency pediatric care, including addressing the unique needs of pediatric patients in rural health systems. • Create a publicly accessible central repository of pediatric evidence-based resources for prehospital and hospital professionals. Expectations related to each of the areas of focus for the EIIC Program are explained further in the Program-Specific Instructions section (Section IV.2). The specific objectives and targets for this funding opportunity are as follows: • By May 2024, ensure that at least 15 percent of the nation’s EMS professionals have accessed the central repository of evidence-based resources, including professionals in rural settings. • By May 2024, increase to 50 percent the proportion of QIC participating prehospital agencies and hospital facilities demonstrating improvements in the quality of pediatric emergency care. • By May 2024, ensure that at least 1,000 prehospital and hospital professionals report improved knowledge of best practices after participating in pediatric EMS continuing education courses administered by the EIIC Program. • By May 2024, ensure that at least 1,000 prehospital and hospital Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators (PECCs) receive information on effective methods for improving the quality of emergency care to children. • By May 2024, ensure that 80 percent of EMSC recipients and national stakeholders report access to high-quality resources and guidance that accelerates translation of clinical evidence into EMS practice in the care of children. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
JHulbert@hrsa.gov Email:JHulbert@hrsa.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration JHulbert@hrsa.gov Email: JHulbert@hrsa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.127 | HRSA-20-037 | Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center | PKG00256287 | Jan 29, 2020 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
319428 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
319428 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
319428 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
319428 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
319428 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
319428 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
319428 SF424B-1.1.pdf
319428 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
319428 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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