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Program Overview
The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership
for Children Program (HTPCP) is a cooperative
agreement between the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau
and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Federal grants of $50,000
per year for 5 years are awarded annually
through the program to support community-based child health
projects that improve the health status of mothers, infants,
children, and adolescents by increasing their access to health
services. Through the cooperative agreement, Healthy Tomorrows
staff at the AAP provide technical assistance to program applicants
and grantees.
Healthy Tomorrows
projects must represent a new initiative within the community
or an innovative component that builds on existing community resources.
Projects usually target low-income populations and address four
key areas:
- Access to health care services,
- Community-based health care,
- Preventive health care, and
- Service coordination
Program Requirements for Healthy Tomorrows
projects include the following:
- Direct health services,
- Pediatrician involvement,
- $100,000 non-federal matching funds
in years 2 - 5 (may include in-kind funds),
- A realistic evaluation component,
and
- An advisory board comprised of local
community members, families, program participants, and representatives
from partner agencies
Healthy Tomorrows Grant Cycles
The Healthy Tomorrows Program has an annual grant
cycle where approximately 10 new 5-year grants are awarded
each year. Grant recipients are selected by ad hoc peer-reviewed
panels convened by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Announcements
of grant opportunities for the Healthy Tomorrows Program are
published in the HRSA Preview (http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/)
usually in the summer or fall. Application deadlines are generally
in September or October.
Funding cycles and statistics provide further information
about past cycles and the number of grants awarded.
Descriptions of Past and Current Healthy
Tomorrows Projects
- By searching the Grant/Project
Search Database, you can view project descriptions of current
and past projects. After selecting "Healthy Tomorrows Partnership
for Children Grants" from the "Program" list
under advanced search, you can further refine your search by
selecting a health topic, target population, state and year.
- You can read project descriptions of Healthy Tomorrows projects
in your state by clicking on our state
map.
For more information
on the Healthy Tomorrows Program, or to be added to the mailing
list to be notified of future grant cycles, please contact Healthy
Tomorrows staff:
Nita Patel, OD, MPH
Manager, Outcomes & Evaluation
Healthy Tomorrow Partnership for Children Program
Division of Community-based Initiatives
AAP
npatel@aap.org
800/433-9016 Ext 7082
Karla Palmer
Program Coordinator, Outcomes & Evaluation
Healthy Tomorrow Partnership for Children Program
Division of Community-based Initiatives
AAP
kpalmer@aap.org
800/433-9016 Ext 4279
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