Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 10 100

  • The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Innovative Strategies for Serving Children and Youth with Epilepsy (Project Access)" 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 3, 2010 and posted on May 3, 2010.
  • Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 11, 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 $750,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
  • The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
  • Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
  • Eligible applicants include public and private nonprofit entities, faith based and community based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations. The applicant must be a national organization whose mission is to improve the lives of children with epilepsy and has the capacity to provide national leadership on improving access to services for children with epilepsy. Applicants must have significant experience in epilepsy care for children and youth. Applications that fail to show such experience will not be considered.
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Opportunity Summary:

The Innovative Strategies for Serving Children and Youth with Epilepsy (Project Access) funding opportunity (HRSA-10-100) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) discretionary cooperative agreement designed to strengthen how children and youth with epilepsy and their families access coordinated, comprehensive care and related supports. The central idea is to fund one national organization to provide visible national leadership and practical, on-the-ground assistance that helps communities and service systems work better together, while also pushing innovative approaches that improve care, awareness, and outcomes for pediatric epilepsy.

This award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning HRSA is expected to have an ongoing partnership role rather than simply providing funds with minimal federal involvement. The funded organization is expected to act as a national hub that connects and supports multiple initiatives focused on epilepsy care for children and youth. In particular, the project is intended to expand access to services by promoting coordinated systems of care, helping partners implement newer or more effective models, and ensuring that improvements are documented and evaluated so the broader field can learn what works.

A major responsibility is partnership building. The awardee is expected to partner with other entities that can implement innovative strategies of care for children and youth with epilepsy, essentially leveraging the reach and capabilities of organizations that are already positioned to deliver or expand services. Another core function is to work closely with grantees funded under HRSA's Innovative Strategies in Epilepsy Care grant program. That collaboration includes developing social marketing efforts aimed at raising public and professional awareness about epilepsy, reducing stigma, and paying particular attention to stigma and access barriers affecting racial and ethnic minority families. Beyond messaging and awareness, the national organization must provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to these grantees so they can strengthen their programs, and it must also support an independent evaluation focused on system-level outcomes, not just individual program activities.

The cooperative agreement also includes a specific technical assistance role for grantees funded under Telehealth Services for Children and Youth with Epilepsy. In practice, this means the national organization is expected to help telehealth-focused projects overcome common barriers such as clinical workflow integration, provider training, referral coordination, family engagement, and other operational challenges that determine whether telehealth actually expands access and continuity of care for pediatric patients.

Another key deliverable is convening the field through trainings and symposiums. The intent is to stimulate structured discussion and shared problem-solving among stakeholders who influence the epilepsy care system. The announcement explicitly calls out a wide range of participants, including primary care providers, pediatric neurologists and epileptologists, families, hospitals, academic medical centers, federal and state agencies, community-based organizations, payors, and other professionals. These convenings are meant to help align efforts across clinical care, community supports, financing, and public health strategies, with the goal of improving the overall service system for children and youth with epilepsy.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, HRSA anticipated one award with an estimated total funding level of $750,000. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement. The program is listed under CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs). The opportunity was posted May 3, 2010, with an application closing date of June 11, 2010, and it was later archived on August 10, 2010.

Eligibility was limited to public and private nonprofit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations, but with an important additional constraint: the applicant had to be a national organization whose mission is to improve the lives of children with epilepsy and that can credibly provide national leadership on access to services. The notice emphasizes that applicants must have significant experience in epilepsy care for children and youth, and it states that applications failing to demonstrate that experience would not be considered, signaling that HRSA was looking for an established, field-leading organization rather than a new entrant.

In short, Project Access is best understood as an infrastructure-and-leadership award intended to knit together multiple epilepsy-related initiatives across the country. The funded national organization is expected to coordinate partnerships, strengthen local and regional grantees through hands-on technical assistance, promote awareness and stigma reduction through social marketing with an equity lens, support independent evaluation of system outcomes, advance telehealth capacity, and convene diverse stakeholders to drive improvements in the way services for children and youth with epilepsy are organized and delivered.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Innovative Strategies for Serving Children and Youth with Epilepsy (Project Access) - HRSA-10-100

What is the Project Access funding opportunity (HRSA-10-100)?

Project Access, formally titled Innovative Strategies for Serving Children and Youth with Epilepsy (HRSA-10-100), is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) discretionary cooperative agreement. Its purpose is to strengthen how children and youth with epilepsy and their families access coordinated, comprehensive care and related supports across service systems and communities.

What is the main goal of this award?

The main goal is to fund one national organization to provide visible national leadership and practical, on-the-ground assistance that helps communities and service systems work better together, while also promoting innovative approaches that improve pediatric epilepsy care, awareness, and outcomes.

How is a cooperative agreement different from a typical grant?

This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which means HRSA is expected to have an ongoing partnership role during the project. It is not simply a pass-through funding arrangement with minimal federal involvement.

How many awards did HRSA anticipate making under this opportunity?

HRSA anticipated making one award.

What was the estimated funding amount for the award?

The estimated total funding level was $750,000.

Was cost sharing or matching required?

No. The opportunity stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.

What is the CFDA number for this program?

The program is listed under CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs).

Who was eligible to apply?

Eligibility was limited to public and private nonprofit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations, provided the applicant met the additional national-organization requirement described in the notice.

What additional eligibility constraint did HRSA require beyond nonprofit/public status?

The applicant had to be a national organization whose mission is to improve the lives of children with epilepsy and that can credibly provide national leadership on access to services for children and youth with epilepsy.

Did applicants need prior experience in pediatric epilepsy care?

Yes. The notice emphasized that applicants must have significant experience in epilepsy care for children and youth. It also stated that applications failing to demonstrate that experience would not be considered.

What is the intended role of the funded national organization?

The funded organization is expected to act as a national hub that connects and supports multiple initiatives focused on epilepsy care for children and youth. The role includes coordinating partnerships, helping implement innovative models of care, documenting and evaluating improvements, and sharing lessons learned so the broader field can benefit.

What types of activities are emphasized to expand access to services?

The opportunity emphasizes promoting coordinated systems of care, assisting partners and grantees in implementing newer or more effective models, and ensuring improvements are documented and evaluated with a focus on system-level outcomes.

What partnership responsibilities were included in the award?

A major responsibility is partnership building. The awardee is expected to partner with other entities capable of implementing innovative strategies for care for children and youth with epilepsy, leveraging organizations already positioned to deliver or expand services.

How does Project Access relate to HRSA's Innovative Strategies in Epilepsy Care grantees?

The national organization is expected to work closely with grantees funded under HRSA's Innovative Strategies in Epilepsy Care grant program, including supporting awareness efforts, providing technical assistance and capacity-building, and supporting independent evaluation focused on system-level outcomes.

What social marketing and awareness work is expected?

The collaboration includes developing social marketing efforts aimed at raising public and professional awareness about epilepsy, reducing stigma, and paying particular attention to stigma and access barriers affecting racial and ethnic minority families.

Is equity explicitly addressed in the project description?

Yes. The opportunity specifically notes attention to stigma and access barriers affecting racial and ethnic minority families as part of the awareness and stigma-reduction efforts.

What kind of technical assistance is the national organization expected to provide?

The awardee must provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to relevant grantees so they can strengthen their programs, and help them address practical implementation issues involved in improving pediatric epilepsy services and coordinated systems of care.

What evaluation expectations are included?

The national organization must support an independent evaluation that focuses on system-level outcomes, not only individual program activities. The intent is to document improvements and generate knowledge about what works across systems of care.

What is the telehealth-related role in Project Access?

The cooperative agreement includes a specific technical assistance role for projects funded under Telehealth Services for Children and Youth with Epilepsy. The national organization is expected to help telehealth-focused projects overcome operational barriers that affect whether telehealth truly expands access and continuity of care.

What telehealth barriers does the opportunity highlight?

The notice cites common challenges such as clinical workflow integration, provider training, referral coordination, family engagement, and other operational issues that can limit telehealth effectiveness.

What convening and training activities are expected?

Another key deliverable is convening the field through trainings and symposiums to stimulate structured discussion and shared problem-solving among stakeholders who influence the epilepsy care system for children and youth.

Who are the intended participants in trainings and symposiums?

The announcement calls out a wide range of participants, including primary care providers, pediatric neurologists and epileptologists, families, hospitals, academic medical centers, federal and state agencies, community-based organizations, payors, and other professionals involved in pediatric epilepsy services and supports.

What is the overall focus of these convenings?

They are intended to align efforts across clinical care, community supports, financing, and public health strategies to improve how services for children and youth with epilepsy are organized and delivered.

When was this funding opportunity posted, and when did it close?

The opportunity was posted on May 3, 2010, and the application closing date was June 11, 2010.

Is this opportunity still open?

No. The opportunity was archived on August 10, 2010.

How should Project Access be understood in plain terms?

Project Access is best understood as an infrastructure-and-leadership award designed to knit together multiple epilepsy-related initiatives nationwide. The funded national organization coordinates partnerships, strengthens grantees through hands-on technical assistance, advances telehealth capacity, promotes awareness and stigma reduction with an equity lens, supports independent system-level evaluation, and convenes stakeholders to improve pediatric epilepsy service systems.

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