Maternal And Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs

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Promoting health of women is one of the many programs administered by the United States Government Federal Agency. These grant programs have but one objective: to promote health of mothers. These programs are initiated at the regional and national level with focus on all American women who are either pregnant or have newly born babies.

Under the program, extensive research would be conducted for the training and research process, genetic disease testing and counseling, and full support to the hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers would be provided.

Under this program, grants are allotted under different categories according to the different specifications. First, Training grants are allotted to the institutions providing training to the personnel on the health care and related other services meant for mothers and children. Some grants are for research purposes promising better and more advanced maternal health services.

Certain grants are provided for various tests being conducted on genes, for giving best counseling and proper information. Besides, there are Hemophilia grants to provide support to the centers giving hemophilia diagnostic and treatment services and certain project based grants are especially created to motivate personnel involved in teaching and demonstrating services to mothers and children.

This grant program involves Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) program, which is started at the moment, the total appropriation for a year reaches more than $600 million. Out of this, the sum of 12.75 percent is utilized to give boost to the various community based programs.

Communities plot various schemes including opening up of the maternal and child health centers for women and infants, home visitation, increase in the participation of the obstetricians and pediatricians, voluntary maternal and child health centers for women and infants, community based services for children having special health care needs.

Public and private nonprofit institutions employing higher learning and public and private nonprofit private agencies and organizations conducting research in the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) or conducting the program for the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) are eligible for the research grants.

Besides any other public or private organizations giving hemophilia treatment and conducting research in genetics are provided with grants and other special kind of project grants. The range of financial assistance is between $50,000 to $1,500,000.

The information about the deadline to apply for the grants for the above said projects can be had from the Consult Central Office. The validation of the application process can take between 3 to 6 months time period. The awards are given annually through the grant period and payments are given through Electronic Transfer System or Cash Demand System.

The grant program is regulated under the Social Security Act, Title V, Section 502(a)(1), as amended; 42 U.S.C. 702.

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Source by John Goldman

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