Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs

Objective

To promote optimal and equitable health in women and infants through public health surveillance, research, leadership, and partnership to move science to practice. In carrying out this mission, the Division of Reproductive Health: 1) Enhances the ability of others to identify and address male and female reproductive issues and infant health issues by providing technical assistance, consultation, and training worldwide; 2) supports national and state-based surveillance systems to monitor trends and investigate health issues; 3) conducts epidemiologic, behavioral, demographic and health services research; and 4) works with partners to translate research findings into health care practice, public health policy, and health promotion strategies.

Who Can Apply

• U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)

Reference posted NOFOs available on Grants.gov

Who Benefits

• Federal
• U.S. Territories
• Private nonprofit institution/organization
• Other private institution/organization
• State
• Local

Official State and Territorial public health agencies. City of New York public health agency and District of Columbia. Applications may be submitted by public and private nonprofit and for-profit organizations and by governments and their agencies; that is, universities, colleges, research institutions, hospitals, other public and private nonprofit and for-profit organizations, State and local governments or their bona fide agents, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Indian tribes, or Indian tribal organizations, and small, minority, women-owned businesses.

Assistance Types

• Cooperative Agreement

Program Contact

LNWashington@cdc.gov
(770) 488-2766