Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 14 009
Apply for HRSA 14 009
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "R40 Maternal and Child Health Policy Analysis 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 Sep 12, 2013 and posted on Sep 12, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 8, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3(b), only public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs are eligible. Faith based and community based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligibile to apply, if they otherwise meet these eligibility criteria.
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Opportunity Summary:
The R40 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Policy Analysis Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designed to strengthen evidence-informed policymaking for maternal and child health populations, including Title V populations and children and youth with special health care needs. The program funds policy-focused studies that look closely at how proposed or existing policies influence access to care, quality of care, equity, and the integration of services across systems that touch families, such as medical care, behavioral health, and social supports. A core expectation is that funded projects will translate findings into usable products for the field, culminating in peer-reviewed publications while also contributing earlier outputs to the grey and white literature.
The opportunity centers on three main types of work. First, it supports analyses of policy changes that could improve access, quality, and integration of health care and related services for MCH populations. Second, it supports assessments of key social determinants of health that may block or complicate implementation of these policies, such as structural, community, economic, or cultural barriers that can prevent a well-designed policy from delivering real-world benefits. Third, it supports the identification of the specific components within policy changes that are most effective at improving access, quality, and integration across social, behavioral, and physical health systems, with an emphasis on what actually makes policies work in practice rather than in theory.
HRSA defines policy analysis broadly and expects applicants to go beyond simple description. Projects should describe policy options in a structured way by clarifying the policy levers involved, how the policy operates, the components that drive outcomes, and the institutional and social forces that could either hinder or enable change. Applicants are also expected to address cultural perspectives relevant to the policy, the economic and fiscal context, the current state of evidence and data, key knowledge gaps, and the level of government involved (for example, federal, state, local, or cross-sector governance). In addition to describing options, analyses should evaluate likely or demonstrated health impacts for Title V populations, including effects on morbidity and mortality where relevant, feasibility of implementation, scalability, timing considerations, and fiscal and economic impacts. The program also supports evaluation of policies after implementation, meaning applicants can study real-world rollouts and their effects, not just hypothetical models.
In terms of methods, the program allows projects to rely on existing literature and datasets when appropriate, but it also explicitly permits and anticipates new data collection when needed. That can include surveys, focus groups, and other qualitative and quantitative approaches, as well as mixed-methods analysis that connects policy design and implementation conditions to outcomes. The overall intent is to generate practical, credible evidence that can guide decision-makers and program leaders, particularly those working within or alongside Title V MCH systems.
HRSA provides examples of relevant topics to illustrate the kinds of policy questions the program aims to address. These include analyzing health coverage and service gaps for screening in primary care settings, such as screening for maternal or postpartum depression, intimate partner violence, and developmental screening for children and youth. Another example is examining coverage and service gaps for adolescents and young adults with special health care needs, especially during transitions from pediatric to adult health systems. The announcement also highlights interest in identifying features of successful community-clinical partnerships that integrate behavioral health and primary care for mothers and children, and in understanding the characteristics of collaborative public-private-community relationships that make policy implementation more effective. Additional sample areas include identifying effective domains within service models that improve access, quality, equity, and integration; defining the elements that support program sustainability in changing environments; synthesizing research evidence on what makes health care systems effective; assessing workforce training needs to build the next generation of researchers and practitioners; and examining how tools like CHIPRA quality measures are used by State Title V programs. Other examples include assessments that inform implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), coordination between federal agencies such as Medicaid and MCH Title V, and identifying key components of effective regionalization in MCH health care delivery systems.
Administratively, this funding opportunity is listed as HRSA-14-009 under CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs). HRSA anticipated making four awards, and the grant does not require cost sharing or matching. Eligibility is limited by regulation (42 CFR Part 51a.3(b)) to public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies that are engaged in research or programs related to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs. Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations may apply as long as they meet the underlying eligibility criteria. The opportunity was originally posted on September 12, 2013, with a closing date of November 8, 2013, and it was later archived on January 7, 2014, meaning it represents a past cycle but clearly lays out the program goals and the kinds of policy analysis work HRSA seeks to fund.
For applicants and partners, the main takeaway is that this program is geared toward rigorous, policy-relevant analysis with clear implications for real-world implementation in MCH systems. Successful projects would typically connect a defined policy question to measurable or documentable outcomes, explain the mechanisms and contextual conditions that drive those outcomes, and produce publishable findings that can inform Title V programs and broader maternal and child health policy decisions.
R40 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Policy Analysis Program (HRSA-14-009) FAQs
What is the R40 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Policy Analysis Program?
The R40 MCH Policy Analysis Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) intended to strengthen evidence-informed policymaking for maternal and child health populations. It supports policy-focused studies that examine how proposed or existing policies affect access to care, quality of care, equity, and integration of services across systems that affect families (for example, medical care, behavioral health, and social supports).
What is the overall purpose of this grant program?
The program aims to generate practical and credible policy analysis that can guide decision-makers and program leaders, particularly those working within or alongside Title V MCH systems. A core expectation is that funded projects translate results into usable products for the field, culminating in peer-reviewed publications and also contributing earlier outputs to grey and white literature.
Who are the intended populations of focus?
The program focuses on maternal and child health populations, including Title V populations and children and youth with special health care needs.
What types of studies does HRSA want to fund under this opportunity?
The opportunity highlights three main types of work: (1) analyses of policy changes that could improve access, quality, and integration of health care and related services for MCH populations; (2) assessments of key social determinants of health that can block or complicate implementation (including structural, community, economic, or cultural barriers); and (3) identification of which specific components within policy changes are most effective at improving access, quality, and integration across social, behavioral, and physical health systems.
Does the program focus more on policy ideas in theory or what works in practice?
It emphasizes what makes policies work in practice. HRSA expects applicants to examine mechanisms, implementation conditions, and contextual factors that influence whether policies deliver real-world benefits.
How does HRSA define "policy analysis" for this program?
HRSA defines policy analysis broadly and expects applicants to go beyond simple description. Projects should structure policy options by clarifying policy levers, how a policy operates, which components drive outcomes, and the institutional and social forces that can hinder or enable change.
What should applicants address when describing policy options?
Analyses are expected to address cultural perspectives relevant to the policy, the economic and fiscal context, the current state of evidence and data, key knowledge gaps, and the level of government involved (for example, federal, state, local, or cross-sector governance).
What kinds of impacts should the analysis evaluate?
In addition to describing options, analyses should evaluate likely or demonstrated health impacts for Title V populations, including morbidity and mortality where relevant. Applicants are also expected to address feasibility of implementation, scalability, timing considerations, and fiscal and economic impacts.
Can applicants study policies that have already been implemented?
Yes. The program supports evaluation of policies after implementation, allowing applicants to study real-world rollouts and their effects, not only hypothetical or proposed policies.
Are applicants allowed to collect new data, or must they rely on existing sources?
Both approaches are allowed. Projects may rely on existing literature and datasets when appropriate, but HRSA also permits and anticipates new data collection when needed. Examples mentioned include surveys, focus groups, and other qualitative and quantitative approaches, including mixed-methods designs.
What is the expectation for dissemination and deliverables?
Funded projects are expected to translate findings into usable products for the field. The work should culminate in peer-reviewed publications, while also producing earlier outputs that contribute to grey and white literature.
What systems or sectors can the policy analysis consider?
The program encourages analysis across systems that touch families, including medical care, behavioral health, and social supports, with particular interest in policies that improve integration across these domains.
What are examples of policy topics HRSA considers relevant?
Examples provided include: health coverage and service gaps for screening in primary care (such as maternal/postpartum depression screening, intimate partner violence screening, and developmental screening for children and youth); coverage and service gaps for adolescents and young adults with special health care needs, especially during transitions from pediatric to adult systems; and features of successful community-clinical partnerships that integrate behavioral health and primary care for mothers and children.
Does the opportunity mention interest in partnership and cross-sector collaboration topics?
Yes. HRSA highlights interest in understanding characteristics of collaborative public-private-community relationships that make policy implementation more effective, and in identifying features of successful community-clinical partnerships.
Are service model components and sustainability topics within scope?
Yes. Sample areas include identifying effective domains within service models that improve access, quality, equity, and integration, as well as defining elements that support program sustainability in changing environments.
Does the opportunity include health system effectiveness and workforce topics?
Yes. Examples include synthesizing evidence on what makes health care systems effective and assessing workforce training needs to build the next generation of researchers and practitioners.
Are Title V program tools and measures mentioned as potential areas of analysis?
Yes. The opportunity includes examining how tools like CHIPRA quality measures are used by State Title V programs.
Are ACA and interagency coordination topics included in the examples?
Yes. Examples include assessments that inform implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and coordination between federal agencies such as Medicaid and MCH Title V.
Is regionalization of MCH health care delivery systems within the scope?
Yes. HRSA includes identifying key components of effective regionalization in MCH health care delivery systems as an example topic area.
What is the funding opportunity number and CFDA listing?
The opportunity is listed as HRSA-14-009 under CFDA 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs).
How many awards did HRSA anticipate making?
HRSA anticipated making four awards.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The grant does not require cost sharing or matching.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited by regulation (42 CFR Part 51a.3(b)) to public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies that are engaged in research or programs related to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs.
Can faith-based or community-based organizations apply?
Faith-based and community-based organizations may apply as long as they meet the underlying eligibility criteria.
Can Tribes and tribal organizations apply?
Tribes and tribal organizations may apply as long as they meet the underlying eligibility criteria.
What were the original posting and closing dates for this opportunity?
The opportunity was originally posted on September 12, 2013, with a closing date of November 8, 2013.
Is this funding opportunity still active?
No. It was later archived on January 7, 2014. The archived notice reflects a past cycle, but it describes the program goals and the types of policy analysis work HRSA seeks to fund.
What does HRSA seem to look for in a strong project based on this description?
Based on the description provided, strong projects would typically connect a defined policy question to measurable or documentable outcomes, explain the mechanisms and contextual conditions driving those outcomes, address implementation realities (including social determinants and cultural perspectives), and produce publishable findings with clear implications for Title V programs and broader MCH policy decisions.
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