Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 14 090
Apply for HRSA 14 090
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement National Learning Network" 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 16, 2014 and posted on May 16, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 30, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $450,000.00 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).
- As cited in 42 CFR 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 opportunity. If otherwise eligible, faith based and community organizations are eligible to apply for this Federal funding opportunity.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement National Learning Network is a federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), specifically the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), offered as a cooperative agreement. The central goal is to create and test an evidence-informed strategic framework that states can use to drive broad health care systems transformation aimed at improving oral health outcomes for pregnant women and infants who are at highest risk. Rather than funding direct clinical services, the award is meant to support coordinated learning, technical assistance, and structured testing of strategies that can be scaled statewide and sustained over time. The end product is a National Strategic Framework for Improving Perinatal and Infant Oral Health through Systems Change, built from real implementation experience and measurable results.
At its core, the Network is designed to capture what actually works when states try to improve perinatal and infant oral health through policy, program, financing, and care-delivery changes. The framework it produces is expected to spell out the core elements of successful systems change and the practical processes that allow those elements to be implemented, continuously improved, and maintained. HRSA highlights concrete success indicators the Network should help states achieve, including higher use of preventive dental care among pregnant women, establishment of a dental home for infants by age one, reductions in early childhood caries (ECC), and lower dental expenditures through prevention and better coordinated care. A key theme is replication: by understanding the change process, states should be better positioned to adapt and reproduce evidence-informed approaches in their own settings.
The Network is expected to perform four major functions. First, it should help states strengthen statewide partnerships and collaboration, bringing together the right mix of public health leaders, maternal and child health programs, oral health programs, payers, providers, and other stakeholders. Second, it should accelerate knowledge transfer among participating states and sites, providing guidance and hands-on support so that lessons learned in one place can inform work elsewhere quickly. Third, it must provide a secure, internet-based workspace that participants can use for data tracking and shared work as they plan, implement, and monitor strategies. Fourth, it must synthesize all of this activity into a clear, comprehensive strategic framework grounded in the achievements and lessons learned from operationalizing innovative approaches to statewide systems change.
The applicant selected will serve as the Network Management Team and will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of Network operations. HRSA indicates this could be a single national organization or a consortium led by a national organization. To be credible in this role, the applicant must demonstrate expertise (or ready access to expertise) in three areas that are central to statewide systems transformation: governance structures of public health systems, systems administration and payment for care with a particular emphasis on oral health financing, and health care delivery system performance measurement and evaluation. Because this is a cooperative agreement, the work is expected to involve substantial involvement from HRSA/MCHB, with ongoing coordination rather than a hands-off grant relationship.
This opportunity is positioned as a key piece of MCHB's broader Perinatal and Infant Oral Health National Initiative, described as a three-phase, six-year strategy to expand access to care and advance health equity for populations most at risk for oral disease. Funding supports the Network as the connective tissue across the three phases: an Implementation Phase that helps states implement a community-proven oral health program at the statewide level and begins building the framework; an Expansion Phase that grows the number of statewide test sites and refines the framework based on additional lessons; and a National Outreach Phase that disseminates the final evidence-informed national strategic framework. Across the first two phases, the Network is expected to translate on-the-ground experience into generalizable implementation principles that explain not just what changed, but how change was achieved.
A major emphasis is quality improvement as a shared, continuous effort across the full ecosystem: clinicians, patients and families, researchers, payers, planners, and educators. The Network is expected to support states in organizing this kind of cross-sector improvement work, including collaboration with Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant stakeholders and the state's lead maternal and child health agency. The program places special focus on strengthening the state dental director's ability to champion and coordinate a productive statewide team. Enhanced assistance is specifically aimed at states where the Title V Needs Assessment identifies perinatal and/or infant oral health as a priority and where the state is using the Title V National Performance Measure for oral health (or a comparable state measure) tied to access and improved oral health for pregnant women and young children.
Key administrative details from the posting include the funding opportunity number HRSA-14-090, a discretionary program category, and an expected single award with an estimated total funding level of $450,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants are broadly defined under 42 CFR 51a.3(a) as any public or private entity, including Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and faith-based and community organizations may apply if otherwise eligible. The posting dates indicate it was originally released May 16, 2014, with a closing date of June 30, 2014, and later archived, but the summary of purpose and expectations remains a useful description of what HRSA sought to build: a structured national learning network that converts state implementation experience into a durable, evidence-informed roadmap for systems change in perinatal and infant oral health.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement National Learning Network?
It is a federal grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), within the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The award supports a National Learning Network focused on improving oral health outcomes for pregnant women and infants at highest risk by helping states test and scale systems-change strategies.
What type of funding mechanism is this?
This opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement. That means HRSA/MCHB is expected to have substantial involvement in the work, with ongoing coordination rather than a hands-off grant relationship.
What is the main goal of the Network?
The central goal is to create and test an evidence-informed strategic framework that states can use to drive broad health care systems transformation to improve perinatal and infant oral health outcomes, especially for populations at highest risk.
Is this grant intended to pay for direct clinical dental services?
No. The award is not meant to fund direct clinical services. It is intended to support coordinated learning, technical assistance, and structured testing of strategies that can be scaled statewide and sustained over time.
What is the primary deliverable or end product expected from this grant?
The key deliverable is a National Strategic Framework for Improving Perinatal and Infant Oral Health through Systems Change. It is expected to be built from real implementation experience and measurable results from states.
What kinds of outcomes or success indicators does HRSA expect the Network to help drive?
HRSA highlights indicators such as increased use of preventive dental care among pregnant women, establishment of a dental home for infants by age one, reductions in early childhood caries (ECC), and lower dental expenditures through prevention and better coordinated care.
What does HRSA mean by "systems change" in this opportunity?
Based on the posting, systems change refers to improvements that go beyond individual programs and instead involve policy, program, financing, and care-delivery changes that can be implemented statewide and sustained over time.
Why is this described as a National Learning Network?
The Network is designed to capture what actually works when states attempt to improve perinatal and infant oral health through real-world implementation, and then rapidly share those lessons across participating states and sites.
What are the four major functions the Network is expected to perform?
The Network is expected to: (1) help states strengthen statewide partnerships and collaboration; (2) accelerate knowledge transfer among participating states and sites through guidance and hands-on support; (3) provide a secure, internet-based workspace for data tracking and shared work; and (4) synthesize the work into a comprehensive strategic framework grounded in achievements and lessons learned.
Who runs the Network under this award?
The selected applicant serves as the Network Management Team and is responsible for coordinating all aspects of Network operations.
Can the applicant be a consortium rather than a single organization?
Yes. HRSA indicates the applicant could be a single national organization or a consortium led by a national organization.
What expertise must the applicant demonstrate to be credible as the Network Management Team?
The applicant must demonstrate expertise, or ready access to expertise, in three areas central to statewide systems transformation: (1) governance structures of public health systems, (2) systems administration and payment for care with an emphasis on oral health financing, and (3) health care delivery system performance measurement and evaluation.
How does quality improvement fit into the Network's work?
Quality improvement is emphasized as a continuous, shared effort across clinicians, patients and families, researchers, payers, planners, and educators. The Network is expected to support states in organizing cross-sector quality improvement work.
How is this opportunity connected to MCHB's broader oral health initiative?
This Network is positioned as a key part of MCHB's Perinatal and Infant Oral Health National Initiative, described as a three-phase, six-year strategy to expand access to care and advance health equity for populations most at risk for oral disease. The Network serves as connective tissue across the phases.
What are the three phases mentioned, and what role does the Network play?
The initiative includes an Implementation Phase (supporting statewide implementation of a community-proven oral health program and beginning to build the framework), an Expansion Phase (growing the number of statewide test sites and refining the framework), and a National Outreach Phase (disseminating the final evidence-informed strategic framework). Across the first two phases, the Network is expected to translate on-the-ground experience into generalizable implementation principles.
Which state partners and stakeholders are emphasized in the posting?
The Network is expected to help bring together public health leaders, maternal and child health programs, oral health programs, payers, providers, and other stakeholders. It also highlights collaboration with Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant stakeholders and the state's lead maternal and child health agency.
What role does the state dental director play in this work?
The program places special focus on strengthening the state dental director's ability to champion and coordinate a productive statewide team.
Which states are specifically emphasized for enhanced assistance?
Enhanced assistance is aimed at states where the Title V Needs Assessment identifies perinatal and/or infant oral health as a priority and where the state is using the Title V National Performance Measure for oral health (or a comparable state measure) tied to access and improved oral health for pregnant women and young children.
What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is HRSA-14-090.
How many awards were expected and what was the estimated total funding level?
The posting indicates an expected single award, with an estimated total funding level of $450,000.
Is there a cost sharing or matching requirement?
No. The posting states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are broadly defined under 42 CFR 51a.3(a) as any public or private entity, including Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Faith-based and community organizations may apply if otherwise eligible.
When was this opportunity originally posted and when did it close?
The posting dates indicate it was originally released on May 16, 2014, with a closing date of June 30, 2014. It was later archived.
If the opportunity is archived, why is it still useful?
Even though it is archived, the summary remains a useful description of what HRSA sought to build: a structured national learning network that converts state implementation experience into a durable, evidence-informed roadmap for systems change in perinatal and infant oral health.
What does the secure, internet-based workspace need to support?
It is expected to provide participants with a secure online environment for data tracking and shared work as they plan, implement, and monitor strategies.
What does the framework need to include, according to the posting?
The framework is expected to spell out core elements of successful systems change, along with practical processes that allow those elements to be implemented, continuously improved, and maintained, grounded in achievements and lessons learned from operationalizing innovative approaches.
What is the underlying theme of replication in this opportunity?
A key theme is replication: by understanding the change process, states should be better positioned to adapt and reproduce evidence-informed approaches in their own settings.
What program category is this opportunity listed under?
The posting identifies it as a discretionary program category.
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