The New York State (NYS) Department of Health (Department), Division of Chronic Disease Prevention , Bureau of Community Chronic Disease Prevention (BCCDP) seeks applications to fund a coordinated community network to build and expand partnerships and advance broad-based policy, system, and environmental changes to proactively promote, support and protect human milk feeding within community settings and businesses, and with health care providers.
Donor Name: New York State Department of Health
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/04/2022
Size of the Grant: $987,510
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly New York Request for Applications (RFA) also seeks to reduce racial/ethnic, socioeconomic and community disparities in the prevalence of human milk feeding, especially exclusive human milk feeding during the infant’s first six months of life, and to be inclusive of all breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and human milk feeding individuals. This RFA is intended to reduce disparities in breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity; improve health; and reduce obesity and chronic disease risk factors. Under this RFA, the Department intends to have statewide reach through seven (7) multi-year contracts with eligible, awarded contractors.
Funding Information
The anticipated total funding, pending availability, is $6,912,600 over a five-year contract term. The anticipated contract start date is July 1, 2023. The Department intends to award up to seven (7) multi-year contracts funded at approximately $197,502 per contract per year, totaling $987,510 per grantee for each five (5) year contract.
Who May Apply
All applicants must meet the following minimum eligibility requirements:
- Applicants must be a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization or municipality in NYS including, but not limited to: local health departments, hospitals, health care systems, primary care networks, academic institutions, WIC-sponsoring organizations, Cornell Cooperative Extension agencies, community-based organizations, volunteer organizations and professional organizations.
- Applicants must be an organization with an established presence in the community/catchment area to be served and will be required to describe this in Section 4: Community and Agency Description of their application.
- Applicants must be pre-qualified, if not exempt, in the New York State Grants Gateway on the date applications are due.
For more information, visit NYSDH.