[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55860-55861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23356]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Centers of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health in Education,
Science, and Practice Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Single-Case Deviation from Competition Requirements
for Program Expansion Supplement Request for Centers of Excellence in
Maternal and Child Health in Education, Science, and Practice program
Award to the University of Washington, Grant Number T76MC00011.
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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the award of a program expansion supplement in
the amount of $40,000 for the Centers of Excellence in Maternal and
Child Health (MCH) in Education, Science, and Practice grant. The
purpose of the Centers of Excellence in MCH program is for the training
of graduate and post-graduate public health professionals in an
interdisciplinary MCH setting. The purpose of this notice is to award
supplemental funds to conduct a rigorous evaluation of the Pediatric
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Obesity Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to
spread evidence-based practices, and to translate knowledge into
practice by the University of Washington, the awardee who serves as the
Centers of Excellence in MCH, during the budget period of June 1, 2015,
through May 31, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: University of Washington
Amount of Each Non-Competitive Award: $40,000
Period of Supplemental Funding: 6/1/2015--5/31/2016
CFDA Number: 93.110
Authority: Social Security Act as amended, Title V, Section
501(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2))
Justification: The purpose of the Centers of Excellence in MCH
program is for the training of graduate and post-graduate public health
professionals in an interdisciplinary MCH setting. The Centers of
Excellence in MCH program supports HRSA's Maternal and Child Health
Bureau's (MCHB) mission to provide national leadership and to work, in
partnership with states, communities, public-private partners, and
families to strengthen the MCH infrastructure and build the knowledge
and human resources in order to assure continued improvement in the
health, safety, and well-being of the MCH population, which includes
all U.S. women, infants, children, youth and their families, including
fathers and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). It does so
by training current and future workforce in applied research and state-
of-the-art public health management, planning, and leadership
principles to promote healthier children, families, and communities and
in the identification and solution of current MCH problems while
anticipating the challenges of the future. It assures a prominent focus
on MCH content and competencies such as inter-professional practice,
systems integration, and quality improvement within schools of public
health.
In the summer of 2014, MCHB initiated a CoIIN on Pediatric Obesity
in collaboration with the University of Washington and the Association
of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN). The work on this project
(by the University of Washington) was funded through an administrative
supplement in fiscal year (FY) 2014 to a previous grant, and the amount
provided only allowed the grantee and its subcontractor to engage a
limited number of steps in the CoIIN process.
This supplement will allow the University of Washington, in
collaboration with ASPHN, to complete the final phases of the
evaluation component for the previously initiated Pediatric Obesity
CoIIN. The goal of this CoIIN project is to apply quality improvement
methodologies through a CoIIN framework to support state Title V
agencies and others leverage for state MCH program capacity to reduce
childhood obesity rates on a population level. Specifically, state
teams are working to affect systems changes through the adoption of
policies and practices in early care and education settings that
support healthy weight behaviors and are using the CoIIN model to
gather best practices, promote evidence-based strategies, and increase
nutrition resources provided to young children and their families. A
rigorous evaluation of this CoIIN is a critical and essential component
in order to spread evidence-based practices--including qualitative and
quantitative process and outcome measures--and translate knowledge into
practice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Sofka, RD, MPH, Division of
Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development, Maternal and Child
Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 18W55, Rockville, Maryland 20857; [email protected].
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FY 2015 FY 2015 estimated
Grantee/organization name Grant number State authorized supplemental
funding level funding
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University of Washington........ T76MC00011......... WA................. $350,000 $40,000
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Dated: September 11, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-23356 Filed 9-16-15; 8:45 am]
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