Utilizing Existing Birth Defects Surveillance Programs to Include Surveillance Data on Stillbirths

Post Date

June 7th 2010

Application Due Date

July 19th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-DD10-1007

CFDA Number(s)

93.073

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations Alaska Native health corporations Urban Indian Health Boards Tribal epidemiology centers State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state Department of Health as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in lieu of a state application. If applying as a bona fide agent of a state, a letter from the state Department of Health as documentation of the status is required.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1500000

• Award Range:

  $250000 - $300000

Grant Description

The purpose of this program is to support: (1) the expansion of existing state population-based birth defects surveillance programs to incorporate surveillance data of stillbirths; (2) the monitoring and reporting on the occurrence of stillbirths in the study population; and (3) the evaluation of the stillbirth surveillance activities assessing completeness of case ascertainment and the improvement and enhancement of data available from fetal death reports/certificates.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  CDC Procurement and Grants Office
  grants
  Phone 770-488-2700

• Agency Mailing Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  pgotim@cdc.gov