Purpose

1. Children’s behavioral health screening and referrals.
2. Children’s immunizations.
3. Adolescents’ well-visits.

Eligible Entities

• State, county, city, township or special district governments, including those in the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states.
• Independent school districts
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) IRS status, other than institutions of higher education
• Public and private institutions of higher education
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• Small businesses
• Native American tribal governments and organizations

Eligible Activities

• Implement an evidence-informed or evidence-based preventive clinical or public health community-based project with at least one measurable outcome that aligns with your selected child health topic.
• Build or strengthen at least three partnerships with maternal and child health (MCH) programs, including one partnership with a HRSA Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant recipient.
• Participate in MCHB technical assistance activities, including but not limited to recipient calls, which will take place at least quarterly, and a technical assistance visit during the period of performance.
• Establish and run an advisory board to guide project design, implementation, evaluation, reporting, and sustainability.
• Develop a sustainability plan that ensures Maternal and Child Health (MHC) population improvements do not end when federal funding runs out, and that includes at least three community partnerships and at least one funding strategy.