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- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Centers Cooperative Agreement Program" 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 Dec 18, 2008 and posted on Dec 17, 2008.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 11, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $1,180,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $350,000.00 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 cited in Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51a.3(a), any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for this Federal funding. An applicant organization must have significant experience at the national level in a variety of substantive efforts relevant to the health, safety, positive development and well being of adolescents and young adults. Applications that fail to demonstrate such experience will not be considered.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Centers Cooperative Agreement Program is a national grant program run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs). It sits within the broader National Initiative to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health (NIIAH), a long-running federal initiative launched in 2001 to strengthen how the United States supports adolescent and young adult health. The opportunity funds a small set of national centers that are expected to work together and also coordinate with the roughly 30 governmental and nongovernmental organizations that participate in NIIAH, so the emphasis is not just on producing isolated projects, but on building shared direction, consistent messaging, and usable tools that can be applied across states and communities.
The program is organized around four major goals that cover both systems change and measurable outcomes. First, it aims to elevate national, state, and local attention to the health, safety, positive development, and social and emotional well-being of adolescents and young adults, as well as the well-being of their families. Second, it focuses on expanding access to quality health care and health promotion services, including comprehensive primary care, oral health services, mental health services, substance use prevention and treatment, health and safety education, and youth development programming. Third, it seeks to improve concrete health and safety outcomes in areas such as mortality, unintentional injury, violence, mental health and substance use, oral health, reproductive health, and prevention of chronic diseases that often develop in adulthood but have roots in adolescence. Fourth, it explicitly prioritizes eliminating health disparities affecting adolescents and young adults, signaling an expectation that funded centers will pay attention to inequities across populations and places and support strategies that reduce gaps in outcomes and access.
To guide the work, the program uses three complementary frameworks: Healthy People objectives (with an explicit note that the program period spans a transition from Healthy People 2010 to Healthy People 2020), principles of healthy youth development, and approaches that strengthen relevant state and community infrastructures. In practice, this means the centers are expected to translate national objectives into action-oriented resources, support youth development approaches rather than focusing only on risk reduction, and reinforce the capacity of systems like state health agencies, community programs, and cross-sector partnerships to sustain improvements over time.
Funding is structured across four categories of effort, each representing a distinct national center function, and HRSA anticipated four awards total. Category 1 funds the National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center, which serves as a coordinating hub for NIIAH partners. Its role is to collect and synthesize information and then develop, disseminate, and promote the adoption of practical and innovative materials that practitioners, administrators, and leaders can actually use to improve adolescent and young adult health, safety, development, and well-being. Category 2 supports the Public Policy Analysis and Education Center (the Policy Center), which examines how policies, regulations, and practices at local, state, and federal levels shape health, safety, and social and economic well-being for school-aged children entering adolescence, adolescents, young adults, and their families. A key deliverable for this center is helping decision-makers and professionals across fields such as health, mental health, human services, safety, education, and youth development understand both short- and long-term policy impacts. Category 3 funds the Adolescent Health Resource Center for State Maternal and Child Health (the State Resource Center), which is designed to strengthen State Title V Maternal and Child Health Program capacity related to adolescent and young adult health. This center provides technical assistance and resources to help states build commitment, conduct needs assessments, improve planning and evaluation, strengthen surveillance and data systems, develop partnerships, enhance programs and systems, support policy formulation, and deliver assistance down to communities and families. Category 4 supports a Partnership to Promote Adolescent Health in States by funding a national membership association that helps its members and affiliates improve how adolescent and young adult public health programs are delivered at the state level, with a particular emphasis on influencing and assisting state-level officials and administrators and leveraging membership networks for dissemination and implementation.
Financially, HRSA estimated total funding at $1,180,000 for the opportunity, with an award ceiling of $350,000 and an award floor of $200,000, and it did not require cost sharing or matching. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement beyond a standard grant, such as ongoing collaboration, coordination expectations, or shared planning with the agency and other funded partners. The opportunity was posted on December 17, 2008, with a closing date of February 11, 2009, and it was archived on April 12, 2009.
Eligibility is broad in terms of entity type but strict in terms of demonstrated capability. Under 42 CFR 51a.3(a), any public or private entity is eligible, including Indian tribes and tribal organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 450b. However, applicants had to show significant national-level experience across multiple substantive areas relevant to adolescent and young adult health, safety, positive development, and well-being. Applications that did not convincingly demonstrate that level of national experience were not considered, which signals that HRSA intended these awards to go to organizations already positioned to operate at a national scale, convene partners, and produce widely applicable guidance and technical assistance.
Overall, the grant opportunity is best understood as an investment in national infrastructure: centers that coordinate knowledge, translate evidence into tools, analyze policy impacts, and strengthen state systems, all with the goal of improving adolescent and young adult outcomes and narrowing disparities. The expectation of collaboration across the four funded categories and with the larger NIIAH network is central, since the program is designed to move the field through coordinated leadership, shared resources, and consistent support to states and communities rather than through disconnected projects.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Centers Cooperative Agreement Program?
It is a national grant program administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs). The program funds a small set of national centers to support and strengthen adolescent and young adult health efforts across the United States.
How does this program relate to the National Initiative to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health (NIIAH)?
This funding sits within the broader National Initiative to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health (NIIAH), a federal initiative launched in 2001. Funded centers are expected to work together and also coordinate with roughly 30 governmental and nongovernmental organizations that participate in NIIAH.
What is the central emphasis of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity emphasizes coordinated national infrastructure rather than isolated projects. The funded centers are expected to build shared direction, consistent messaging, and practical tools that can be applied across states and communities, in collaboration with one another and with the larger NIIAH network.
What are the major goals of the program?
The program is organized around four major goals:
- Elevate national, state, and local attention to adolescent and young adult health, safety, positive development, social and emotional well-being, and family well-being.
- Expand access to quality health care and health promotion services (including comprehensive primary care, oral health, mental health, substance use prevention and treatment, health and safety education, and youth development programming).
- Improve health and safety outcomes (including mortality, unintentional injury, violence, mental health and substance use, oral health, reproductive health, and prevention of chronic diseases with roots in adolescence).
- Eliminate health disparities affecting adolescents and young adults, by addressing inequities across populations and places and supporting strategies that reduce gaps.
What frameworks guide the work of the national centers?
The program uses three complementary frameworks to guide center activities:
- Healthy People objectives, with an explicit program-period transition from Healthy People 2010 to Healthy People 2020.
- Principles of healthy youth development.
- Approaches that strengthen relevant state and community infrastructures.
How many awards did HRSA anticipate making?
HRSA anticipated four total awards, aligned to four categories of effort (each representing a distinct national center function).
What are the four funding categories (national center functions) supported by this opportunity?
The opportunity is structured into four categories:
- Category 1: National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center
- Category 2: Public Policy Analysis and Education Center (Policy Center)
- Category 3: Adolescent Health Resource Center for State Maternal and Child Health (State Resource Center)
- Category 4: Partnership to Promote Adolescent Health in States (via a national membership association)
What is the role of Category 1: the National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center?
Category 1 serves as a coordinating hub for NIIAH partners. Its role includes collecting and synthesizing information and developing, disseminating, and promoting adoption of practical and innovative materials that practitioners, administrators, and leaders can use to improve adolescent and young adult health, safety, development, and well-being.
What is the role of Category 2: the Public Policy Analysis and Education Center (Policy Center)?
Category 2 examines how policies, regulations, and practices at local, state, and federal levels shape health, safety, and social and economic well-being for school-aged children entering adolescence, adolescents, young adults, and their families. A key deliverable is helping decision-makers and professionals across sectors understand short- and long-term policy impacts.
What is the role of Category 3: the Adolescent Health Resource Center for State Maternal and Child Health (State Resource Center)?
Category 3 is designed to strengthen State Title V Maternal and Child Health Program capacity for adolescent and young adult health. It provides technical assistance and resources to help states build commitment, conduct needs assessments, improve planning and evaluation, strengthen surveillance and data systems, develop partnerships, enhance programs and systems, support policy formulation, and provide assistance that extends to communities and families.
What is the role of Category 4: the Partnership to Promote Adolescent Health in States?
Category 4 funds a national membership association that helps its members and affiliates improve delivery of adolescent and young adult public health programs at the state level. It places particular emphasis on influencing and assisting state-level officials and administrators, and leveraging membership networks for dissemination and implementation.
What types of services and program areas are explicitly included in the access and prevention goals?
The opportunity specifically names comprehensive primary care, oral health services, mental health services, substance use prevention and treatment, health and safety education, and youth development programming as examples of the services and supports the initiative aims to expand or strengthen.
Which health and safety outcome areas are highlighted for improvement?
The opportunity highlights mortality, unintentional injury, violence, mental health and substance use, oral health, reproductive health, and prevention of chronic diseases that often develop in adulthood but have roots in adolescence.
Is reducing disparities an explicit expectation of funded centers?
Yes. Eliminating health disparities affecting adolescents and young adults is stated as a program goal, indicating an expectation that centers will focus on inequities across populations and places and support strategies that reduce gaps in outcomes and access.
What is the total estimated funding for this opportunity?
HRSA estimated total funding at $1,180,000.
What is the award ceiling and floor?
The award ceiling was $350,000 and the award floor was $200,000.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. HRSA did not require cost sharing or matching for this opportunity.
What type of funding instrument is used?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. This typically indicates substantial federal involvement beyond a standard grant, such as ongoing collaboration, coordination expectations, or shared planning with the agency and other funded partners.
Who is eligible to apply?
Under 42 CFR 51a.3(a), any public or private entity is eligible, including Indian tribes and tribal organizations as defined in 25 U.S.C. 450b.
Is eligibility limited by required experience or demonstrated capability?
Yes. Applicants had to show significant national-level experience across multiple substantive areas relevant to adolescent and young adult health, safety, positive development, and well-being. Applications that did not convincingly demonstrate that level of national experience were not considered.
Does this opportunity prioritize national-scale work over local pilot projects?
Yes. The design and stated expectations indicate the awards are intended for organizations positioned to operate at a national scale, convene partners, and produce widely applicable resources and technical assistance rather than stand-alone local projects.
Are the funded centers expected to collaborate with each other?
Yes. Collaboration across the four funded categories is described as central to the program, with an emphasis on coordinated leadership, shared resources, and consistent support to states and communities.
Are the centers expected to coordinate with organizations outside the four awards?
Yes. Centers are expected to coordinate with roughly 30 governmental and nongovernmental organizations that participate in NIIAH.
What is the broader purpose of funding these national centers?
The opportunity is best understood as an investment in national infrastructure: centers that coordinate knowledge, translate evidence into usable tools, analyze policy impacts, and strengthen state systems to improve adolescent and young adult outcomes and narrow disparities.
When was this opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on December 17, 2008, and the closing date was February 11, 2009.
Is this funding opportunity still active?
No. The opportunity was archived on April 12, 2009.
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