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Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Research Network

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Deadline
Opens Dec 18, 2026 · due about Mar 18, 2027 Estimate ?
Award size
Up to $1.6M
Total available
$1.6M · about 1 award
Match ?
Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply
Set by the official notice: see Who can apply below
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you

  • Available in Hamilton County (nationwide program)
  • No match required
  • Past Tennessee awards on file: 66

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About this grant

The purpose of this program is to improve the lives of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), including those with medical complexity (CMC) and their families, by establishing and maintaining the research infrastructure needed to generate evidence-based solutions that help them thrive across the lifespan and participate fully in their communities. This research infrastructure will be used to better understand promising approaches for interventions and measurement for CYSHCN including measures related to well-being and engagement that could be integrated into services and supports that families need.

Who can apply, from the official notice

Eligibility is limited to domestic public or non-profit institutions of higher learning and public or private non-profit agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs. See 42 CFR § 51a.3(b). Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.

Hamilton County: Health shortage areas here

HRSA shortage designations that cover all or part of Hamilton County:

  • Primary care: low-income residents in 59 census tracts of Hamilton County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 9. HRSA name “LI - South Hamilton, Chattanooga”, ID 1472791003.
  • Dental: low-income residents across Hamilton County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 15. HRSA has proposed withdrawing it. HRSA name “LI-Hamilton County”, ID 6474681975.
  • Dental: low-income residents in 59 census tracts of Hamilton County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 17. HRSA name “LI - South Hamilton Chattanooga”, ID 6474177367.
  • Mental health: low-income residents across Hamilton County are a population HPSA (the people, not the place), score 16. HRSA name “LI-Hamilton County”, ID 7479596450.
  • Medically underserved area: 15 census tracts of Hamilton County, IMU score 56.43. HRSA name “Hamilton Service Area”, ID 03244.

A designation for part of the county, or for a group of residents, does not make all of Hamilton County a shortage area.

Funders check the exact site or address. Look yours up in HRSA's Find Shortage Areas tool. It also lists facility designations, such as health centers, which HRSA's download leaves out.

Source: HRSA, shortage area data downloads (HPSA and MUA/P files), as of Oct 8, 2026. Withdrawn designations are left out. Higher HPSA scores mean more need.

Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/54e255a7-b152-4b5e-a990-6ff6226c4908 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/d1c2773b-492b-456a-9b36-a5ebdf3c4798

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

23 awards to Tennessee groups in 5 counties since 1989 · 0 in Hamilton County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, NfpBrentwood, Davidson County$9.4M2014
University of TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$5.4M1989
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$5.3M2016
Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, Davidson County$5.3M2022
State of TennesseeNashville$4M spent that year2025
Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, Davidson County$3M2023
Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, Davidson County$2.2M2021
Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Davidson County$1.8M2023
Meharry Medical CollegeMurfreesboro, Rutherford County$1.8M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$1.6M2019
Meharry Medical CollegeMurfreesboro, Rutherford County$1.6M2023
Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, Davidson County$1.4M2023

Source: USAspending.gov; Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Health

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Health passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 43 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Hamilton County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyHemophilia of Georgia, Inc$4.4M spent that year2025
Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, Davidson CountyAssociation of Public Health Laboratories, Inc. (THE)$380K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of North Texas Hsc$378K spent that year2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Health$368K spent that year2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Health$300K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Health$257K2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Health$243K2025
Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Health$191K spent that year2025
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Washington CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$175K2026
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Washington CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$167K2025
Center for the Helping Professions, IncNashville, Davidson CountyMichigan Public Health Institute$160K2025
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Washington CountyTennessee Department of Health$152K2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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About the federal program

Special Projects of Regional and National Significance
Program number 93.110 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration · Project grant

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 9, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number HRSA-27-050 · program number 93.110