Grant Alerts: Health Programmatic (Week of 2/25 to 3/1)

Grant Name:	Announcement of Availability of Funds for Replication of Programs Proven Effective through Rigorous Evaluation to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy, Behavioral Risk Factors Underlying Teenage Pregnancy, or Other Associated Risk Factors (HHS OPHS)
Summary:	The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to replicate programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors. Phase I Tier 1 projects will identify how to bring effective programs to scale and build the knowledge base on understanding what elements/components/factors are important to broad program success. Applicants should replicate one or more effective programs in a community(ies) and/or among populations identified by current federal statistical reports as being most vulnerable to teen pregnancy, STDs, multiple partners, and other risks associated with sexual activity. Applicants may also select a community(ies) and/or populations within the community that have not experienced declines in teenage pregnancy or other associated risk factors commensurate with national declines. Applicants are expected to propose to serve age groups most likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors. While younger adolescents may be included in the project, OAH expects that services will also focus on adolescents 15-19 years of age, recognizing the importance of reinforcing healthy decision-making throughout adolescence. Each selected community must be defined by clear geographic boundaries in order to assure that the number of youth served can be identified and rates of teenage pregnancy and other associated risk factors can be monitored.
Eligibility:	There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:	Proposals are due by April 15, 2019.

Grant Name:	FY2019 Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health Grant Program (SAMHSA)
Summary:	The purpose of this program is to promote the wellness of young children, from birth to 8 years of age, by addressing the social, emotional, cognitive, physical and behavioral aspects of their development. It is expected that this program will provide local communities the opportunity to disseminate effective and innovative early childhood mental health practices and services, ultimately leading to better outcomes for young children and their families.
Eligibility:	Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities.
Dates:	Proposals are due by April 19, 2019.

Grant Name:	Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (HRSA)
Summary:	This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (Rural Quality Program). The purpose of the Rural Quality Program is to support planning and implementation of quality improvement activities for rural primary care providers or providers of health care services, such as a critical access hospital or a rural health clinic, serving rural residents. These activities include providing clinical health services to residents of rural areas by funding projects that coordinate, expand access, contain costs, and improve the quality of essential health care services. The program goal is to promote the development of an evidence-based quality improvement culture and to promote the delivery of cost-effective, coordinated health care services in primary care settings. Successfully funded projects will enhance the delivery of health care in rural areas and demonstrate improvements in: 1) patient health outcomes for the rural communities served and 2) the delivery and quality of essential rural health care services by the end of the three-year period of performance.
Eligibility:	Eligible applicants must be a rural public or rural nonprofit private health care provider or provider of health care services, such as a critical access hospital or a rural health clinic; or network of small rural providers; and must not previously have received an award under this subsection for the same or similar project. For the purposes of this program, “health care provider” may include, but is not limited to, entities such as black lung clinics, hospitals, public health agencies, home health providers, mental health centers and providers, substance abuse service providers, rural health clinics, primary care providers, oral health providers, social service agencies, health profession schools, local school districts, emergency services providers, community health centers/federally qualified health centers, tribal health programs, churches, and civic organizations that are providing health care services.
Dates:	Proposals are due by April 22, 2019.

Grant Name:	Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants (USDA)
Summary:	The DLT Program provides financial assistance to enable and improve distance learning and telemedicine services in rural areas. DLT grant funds support the use of telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies by students, teachers, medical professionals, and rural residents. These grants are intended to increase rural access to education, training, and health care resources that are otherwise unavailable or limited in scope. Notably, there is an additional funding track focused on the opioid epidemic.
Eligibility:	Beyond the basic requirements of qualifying as “rural” under USDA rubrics, there are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:	Proposals are due by May 15, 2019.

Grant Name:	American Psychological Foundation Accepting Applications for Visionary Grant Program
Summary:	The American Psychological Foundation is accepting applications for its Visionary Grants program. Through the program, grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to programs that use psychology to address social problems in one of four priority areas: violence prevention; understanding the connection between behavior and health (e.g., wellness, diabetes, obesity); understanding and eliminating stigma and prejudice (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, and socioeconomic status); and applying psychology to vulnerable, at-risk populations (e.g., serious mental illness, returning military, those who are incarcerated, and the economically disadvantaged). Preference will be given to pilot projects that, if successful, would be strong candidates for support from major federal and foundation funding agencies as well as “demonstration projects” that promise to generalize findings broadly to similar settings.
Eligibility:	To be eligible, applicants must be no more than ten years postdoctoral.
Dates:	Proposals are due by April 1, 2019.

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Rollins Foundation Gift to Emory University Advances Public Health

Summary:

The O. Wayne Rollins Foundation has pledged $65 million to Emory University toward construction of a third Rollins School of Public Health building on the Emory campus. To be named the R. Randall Rollins Building, the new facility will be adjacent to the existing School of Public Health facilities, and groundbreaking is tentatively set for 2020. The new building will increase the number of classrooms and faculty offices and will include state-of-the- art conferencing and distance learning space.

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