The Parent Information Center of Delaware, through the Family Support and Healthcare Alliance Delaware (Family SHADE) project, is accepting applications from organizations to implement and/or develop innovative strategies to improve the Title V Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s National Performance Measures for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.
Donor Name: Parent Information Center of Delaware
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/24/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $25,000
Details:
The Family SHADE project aims to build state and local capacity and test innovative small-scale strategies to improve the overall systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families.
Target Population
The target population for this application is children and youth, ages 0-17, with special health care needs. Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs are defined as those “who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.”
National Standards for System of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Eligible applicants must describe how their proposed program strategy aligns with one or more of the National Standards for Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.
The Standards include:
- Identification, Screening, Assessment, and Referral
- Eligibility and Enrollment in Health Coverage
- Access to Care
- Medical Home
- Community-Based Services and Supports
- Transition to Adulthood
- Health Information Technology
- Quality Assurance and Improvement
National Performance Measures for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
The National Performance Measures are:
- Performance Measure 6 (Developmental Screening): Percent of children, ages 9 through 35 months, who received developmentally appropriate services in a well-coordinated early childhood system.
- Goal: Increase the percent of children who receive a developmental screening.
- Performance Measure 11 (Access to Medical Home): Percent of children with and without special health care needs, ages 0 through 17, who have a medical home.
- Goal: Increase the percent of children with and without special health care needs who have a medical home.
- A Medical Home is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care. A Medical Home is not a house, office, or hospital. A Medical Home is the primary care clinician and his/her team, where they work as a team with the family/patient to make sure the medical and non-medical needs of the child/youth are met.
- Goal: Increase the percent of children with and without special health care needs who have a medical home.
- Performance Measure 12 (Transition to Adult Healthcare): Percent of adolescents with and without special health care needs, ages 12 through 17, who received services to prepare for the transition to adult health care.
- Goal: Increase the percent of adolescents with and without special health care needs who have received services to prepare for the transition to adult health care.
- Performance Measure 15 (Adequate Insurance): Percent of children, ages 0 through 17, who are continuously and adequately insured.
- Goal: Increase the percent of families who are continuously and adequately insured.
Funding Information
Funds for the Mini-Grant program are made available from the Division of Public Health through a contract with the Parent Information Center of Delaware. Mini-grant awards will be made based on the overall quality of the application submitted and available funding. Mini-grant recipients will receive a one-time yearly mini-grant award of up to $25,000.00. A total of four awards will be made. In-person and virtual programs are encouraged in the applications. Programming and use of funding must take place throughout the entire grant period. Applications requesting funding for a one-time event will not be accepted.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Community-based and/or non-profit organizations with demonstrated experience and capacity serving children and youth with special health care needs and their families.
- The organization must show proof of 501(c)3 status.
- The organization must have at least one year of experience serving children and youth with special healthcare needs.
- The organization must submit the agency’s annual operating budget.
For more information, visit Parent Information Center of Delaware.