Special Projects of Regional and National Significance

The Special Projects of Regional and National Significance Program (SPRANS) carries out maternal and child health (MCH) projects to support training and research; oral health integration; genetic disease testing, counseling, and information development and dissemination programs; newborn screening for sickle cell anemia and other genetic disorders; and comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers. The Supporting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Screening and Intervention helps reduce alcohol use during pregnancy and improves outcomes for children with FASD nationwide, especially in communities where there is a high rate of binge drinking during pregnancy, including rural areas and medically underserved communities. The program focuses on educating primary care providers and increasing the use of screening, intervention, and referral processes for high-risk pregnancies. The State Maternal Health Innovation program creates state-led maternal health task forces to bring together the voices of key leaders, and pregnant and postpartum individuals using state-specific maternal health data to develop and implement innovative approaches to address the most pressing maternal health needs and disparities. State approaches include strengthening partnerships and collaborations, improving state-level data surveillance on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, and promoting and executing innovation in maternal health service delivery. The MCH Research Portfolio includes the MCH Research Consortium, Maternal Health Research Collaborative for...

Training grants may be made to public or private nonprofit institutions of higher learning. Research grants may be made to public or private nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit private agencies and organizations engaged in research or in MCH or Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) programs. Any public or private entity is eligible for hemophilia, genetics, and environmental health grants and other special project grants, including SPRANS and CISS. Eligible entities for the Supporting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Screening and Intervention program are any domestic public or private entity, including Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b). See 42 CFR � 51a.3(a), and domestic faith-based and community-based organizations. Eligible entities for the State Maternal Health Innovation program include any domestic public or private entity, including Indian tribes or tribal organizations, as well as domestic faith-based and community-based organizations. Eligible entities for the Integrated Maternal Health Services program include any domestic public or private entity, including Indian tribes or tribal organizations, as well as domestic faith-based and community-based organizations.

Opportunities may include matching requirements. Please refer to the notice of funding opportunity.