Population-Based Birth Defects Surveillance and Utilization of Surveillance Data by Public Health Programs

Post Date

December 23rd 2014

Application Due Date

January 23rd 2015

Application Deadline Date: January 23, 2015, 11:59 pm U.S. Eastern Standard Time

Funding Opportunity Number

CDC-RFA-DD15-1508

CFDA Number(s)

93.283

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

Number of Awards

14

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a competing continuation. Only those applicants who were funded under DD10-1001 are eligible to apply.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $2560000

• Award Range:

  $160000 - $200000

Grant Description

This program is to support: (1) the implementation, enhancement, and evaluation of state population-based birth defects surveillance systems; (2) the development and implementation of population-based programs to prevent birth defects; (3) the development and implementation or expansion of activities, including referral to services, to improve the access of children with birth defects to health services and early intervention programs; and (4) the evaluation of the effectiveness of the referral activities and the impact on the affected children and families. This program addresses the рHealthy People 2020с focus area(s) Maternal, Infant and Child Health. Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the following performance goal for the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD): ╔Prevent or reduce birth defects and developmental disabilities. ╔Reduce health disparities in the occurrence of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly by reducing the birth prevalence of these conditions.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Agency Contact:

  Veronica Davis
  Grants Management Specialist
  Telephone: 770/488-2743

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Management Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  vad4@cdc.gov