Closed · HRSA-21-121 · CFDA 93.926 · Discretionary
Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas
Federal grant opportunity posted by Health Resources and Services Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $125K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 6, 2021
- Close date
- 20
- Expected awards
The verdict
Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas is a closed discretionary listing from Health Resources and Services Administration that offered Up to $125,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $125K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 20
- expected awards
- 93.926
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Healthy Start Supplement: Community-Based Doulas - is cataloged under number HRSA-21-121 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 93.926, posted by Health Resources and Services Administration. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on May 28, 2021 and last updated on June 25, 2021. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $125,000. The agency has projected $2.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 20 awards. If the agency funds the expected 20 awards from the $2.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $125,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on July 6, 2021. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $125,000
Close Date
July 6, 2021
Posted
May 28, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$2,500,000
Expected Awards
20
Instrument
Grant
Description
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for supplemental funding under the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health, also known as the Healthy Start (HS) program. The purpose of the HS program is to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy, and reduce racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. The goal of this supplement is to increase the availability of doulas in Healthy Start service areas most affected by infant and maternal mortality in order to reduce such deaths and decrease such racial/ethnic disparities. Doulas will provide services to women during the periods of pregnancy, birth and at least three (3) months post-partum. Award funds will cover the training, certification, and compensation of doulas.Recipients should demonstrate how doulas will provide culturally responsive pregnancy and childbirth education, early linkage to health care and social services, labor coaching, and breastfeeding education and counseling while fostering parental attachment. Recipients should clearly outline methods to provide supportive services before, during and after childbirth, including breastfeeding initiation promotion. Recipients should demonstrate how doula services will meet the needs of their HS communities and priority population in order to improve birth outcomes and reduce racial/ethnic disparities for participants who have the highest need.In order to achieve this purpose, applications should propose activities designed to meet the following program objectives by the dates indicated.Program Objectives: By November 2021, each recipient will contract with one or more doula training organizations to provide training for doula candidates. By March 2022, each recipient will recruit three or more candidates to become doulas. By September 2022, each recipient will facilitate training for each hired doula. By March 2023, doulas hired by each recipient will complete all requirements for a birth doula certification of the recipient’s choice (e.g., Doulas of North America [DONA], Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association [CAPPA]). By March 2024, each recipient will provide prenatal, birth, and short term postpartum doula support to a minimum of 72 HS participants.For the purposes of retention, the recipient might consider requesting a formal agreement from each doula hired stating their intent to provide doula services to HS clients for a specific period of performance.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration MCHBHealthyStart@hrsa.gov
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