Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 10 196
Apply for HRSA 10 196
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2010 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Planning Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.110 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 19, 2010 and posted on May 17, 2010.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 21, 2010. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $600,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- As specified in the Public Health Service Act, Section 399BB (e)(1)(A), only public or nonprofit private agencies, including institutions of higher learning, may apply for training grants. Only applicants from States without an existing LEND program are eligible to apply under this announcement. As specified in the Public Health Service Act, Section 399BB (e)(1)(A), only public or nonprofit private agencies, including institutions of higher learning, may apply for training grants. Only applicants from States without an existing LEND program are eligible to apply under this announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The 2010 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Planning Grants (HRSA-10-196) is a one-year discretionary grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designed to help launch new LEND training programs in states that do not already have one. The broader LEND program exists to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities by building a workforce of interdisciplinary, clinically competent leaders drawn from many professional backgrounds. In practical terms, the planning grant is meant to help eligible institutions organize, design, and prepare to operate a full LEND program that can train professionals to lead and strengthen systems of care for children with developmental disabilities.
The opportunity emphasizes four core objectives that applicants are expected to plan around. First, it aims to advance the knowledge and skills of the full range of child health professionals so they can improve health care delivery systems for children with developmental disabilities, not just individual clinical encounters. Second, it prioritizes high-quality interdisciplinary education that intentionally integrates services and resources supported by state and local agencies, organizations, private providers, and communities, reflecting the reality that care is often fragmented across sectors. Third, it focuses on equipping a wide range of health professionals with skills to build community-based partnerships that connect health resources with community leadership, reinforcing that sustainable improvements depend on collaboration beyond clinical settings. Fourth, it promotes innovative practice models that strengthen cultural competency, encourage partnerships among disciplines, and use family-centered approaches to care, signaling that technical expertise alone is not enough without respectful, inclusive, and coordinated engagement with families and communities.
A key requirement specific to this competition is a strong autism component tied to the Combating Autism Act of 2006. Applicants proposing these planning grants must show that their planned interdisciplinary autism training opportunities will increase the capacity to diagnose or rule out autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. The envisioned trainee experience should balance academic instruction, clinical training, and community-based opportunities, and it should intentionally support cultural competence and ethnic diversity among trainees. Programs are expected to prepare trainees to evaluate individuals for ASD and related disabilities, develop and provide evidence-based interventions, and consistently apply a family-centered approach. Taken together, the grant is not simply about adding autism content, but about building an interdisciplinary training structure that measurably expands diagnostic and intervention capacity in real-world systems.
Eligibility is narrowly defined. Under the Public Health Service Act, Section 399BB(e)(1)(A), only public or nonprofit private agencies, including institutions of higher learning, can apply for these training funds. In addition, only applicants located in states without an existing LEND program are eligible under this announcement, making this a targeted expansion effort rather than general support for established programs. HRSA also signals a preference for knowledge transfer and exchange between LEND programs and at least one minority-serving institution; while not framed as an absolute requirement, collaboration with minority-serving institutions is explicitly noted as a factor HRSA will consider when selecting applications for funding, underscoring an equity-oriented interest in strengthening training pathways and partnerships.
Financially, HRSA expected to make 4 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $600,000. The award ceiling was $150,000 per award, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument type is a grant, the activity category is health, and the program aligns with CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs). Key timeline details include a posted date of May 17, 2010, with an application closing date of June 21, 2010, and an archive date of August 20, 2010, reflecting that this was a time-limited 2010 competition.
In short, HRSA-10-196 funded one-year planning efforts to create new LEND programs where none existed, with the intent of building an interdisciplinary leadership training pipeline focused on developmental disabilities and strengthened by a specific, outcomes-oriented autism training requirement. The opportunity centers on improving systems of care through interdisciplinary education, community and agency integration, culturally competent and family-centered practice, and partnerships that can expand diagnostic and evidence-based intervention capacity for ASD and other developmental disabilities.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the HRSA-10-196 LEND Planning Grant?
The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Planning Grant (HRSA-10-196) was a one-year discretionary grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Its purpose was to help eligible institutions organize, design, and prepare to operate a full LEND training program.
What is the main purpose of the planning grant?
The planning grant was intended to support the startup work needed to launch a new LEND training program in a state that did not already have one. In practical terms, it funded planning activities to prepare a future interdisciplinary training program that can develop clinically competent leaders and strengthen systems of care for children with developmental disabilities.
What is the broader LEND program trying to achieve?
The broader LEND program exists to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities. It does this by building an interdisciplinary workforce of leaders drawn from many professional backgrounds.
Is this funding meant to support an existing LEND program?
No. This opportunity was described as a targeted expansion effort. Only applicants in states without an existing LEND program were eligible under this announcement.
How long was the grant period for this opportunity?
This planning grant opportunity funded a one-year project period.
What were the four core objectives applicants were expected to plan around?
The opportunity emphasized four core objectives:
- Advancing the knowledge and skills of the full range of child health professionals to improve health care delivery systems for children with developmental disabilities (not just individual clinical encounters).
- Providing high-quality interdisciplinary education that integrates services and resources supported by state and local agencies, organizations, private providers, and communities.
- Equipping health professionals to build community-based partnerships that connect health resources with community leadership.
- Promoting innovative practice models that strengthen cultural competency, encourage partnerships among disciplines, and use family-centered approaches to care.
Why does the opportunity emphasize systems of care, not only clinical care?
The program focus explicitly extended beyond individual clinical encounters. Applicants were expected to plan training that helps professionals improve health care delivery systems for children with developmental disabilities, reflecting the need for coordinated, effective systems rather than isolated services.
What does HRSA mean by interdisciplinary education in this context?
Interdisciplinary education here refers to training that draws learners from many professional backgrounds and intentionally integrates work across disciplines and sectors. The planning grant emphasized linking training with state and local agencies, organizations, private providers, and community resources to address the reality that care can be fragmented across systems.
How important are community partnerships in this grant?
Community partnerships were a central expectation. One of the core objectives focused on building community-based partnerships that connect health resources with community leadership, based on the idea that sustainable improvements depend on collaboration beyond clinical settings.
What approach to care does the grant promote?
The opportunity promoted innovative practice models that include cultural competency, partnerships among disciplines, and family-centered approaches. It stressed that technical expertise alone is not sufficient without respectful, inclusive, and coordinated engagement with families and communities.
Was an autism component required?
Yes. A key requirement specific to this competition was a strong autism component tied to the Combating Autism Act of 2006.
What did applicants need to show regarding autism training?
Applicants needed to show that planned interdisciplinary autism training opportunities would increase capacity to diagnose or rule out autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.
What outcomes related to ASD were the training expected to support?
Based on the description, programs were expected to prepare trainees to:
- Evaluate individuals for ASD and related developmental disabilities (including the ability to diagnose or rule out ASD).
- Develop and provide evidence-based interventions.
- Consistently apply a family-centered approach.
What did HRSA say about the structure of the trainee experience?
The envisioned trainee experience was expected to balance academic instruction, clinical training, and community-based opportunities, and it was intended to support cultural competence and ethnic diversity among trainees.
Is the autism requirement just about adding autism content to a training plan?
No. The description makes clear that the intent was not simply to add autism content, but to build an interdisciplinary training structure that measurably expands diagnostic and intervention capacity in real-world systems.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was narrowly defined. Under the Public Health Service Act, Section 399BB(e)(1)(A), only public or nonprofit private agencies, including institutions of higher learning, could apply for these training funds.
Are for-profit organizations eligible to apply?
No. The eligibility description specified public or nonprofit private agencies (including institutions of higher learning). For-profit organizations were not included in the eligible applicant types described.
Does the applicant have to be located in a specific type of state?
Yes. Only applicants located in states without an existing LEND program were eligible under this announcement.
Did HRSA encourage collaboration with minority-serving institutions?
Yes. HRSA signaled a preference for knowledge transfer and exchange between LEND programs and at least one minority-serving institution. While not framed as an absolute requirement, it was explicitly noted as a factor HRSA would consider in selecting applications for funding.
How many awards were expected, and what was the total funding amount?
HRSA expected to make 4 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $600,000.
What was the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling was $150,000 per award.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
What type of funding instrument was used?
The funding instrument type was a grant.
What activity category did this opportunity fall under?
The activity category listed for this opportunity was health.
What CFDA program did this align with?
The opportunity aligned with CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs).
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The posted date was May 17, 2010, and the application closing date was June 21, 2010.
What does the archive date indicate?
The archive date of August 20, 2010 reflects that this was a time-limited 2010 competition and is not presented as an open, ongoing opportunity.
What kinds of professionals were these programs intended to train?
The broader LEND program was described as building a workforce of interdisciplinary, clinically competent leaders drawn from many professional backgrounds across the full range of child health professionals.
Who ultimately benefits from the planning grant and future LEND programs?
The intended beneficiaries are infants, children, and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities, including those affected by autism spectrum disorder.
How does cultural competency fit into the goals of this opportunity?
Cultural competency was emphasized as part of innovative practice models and was also tied to the autism training requirement through an expectation that training supports cultural competence and ethnic diversity among trainees.
What does family-centered care mean within this grant’s expectations?
Family-centered care was highlighted as an essential approach, both as a core program value (innovative practice models using family-centered approaches) and as a specific expectation for autism-focused training (trainees should consistently apply a family-centered approach).
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