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Vote on a request to approve $150,000 Public Health National Center for Innovations Cross-Sector Innovation Initiative grant funds
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Action Requested: Vote on a request to approve $150,000 Public Health National Center for Innovations Cross-Sector Innovation Initiative grant funds
Introduction & Background: The Center for Sharing Public Health Services (CSPHS) and Public Health National Center for Innovations (PHNCI), with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), are co-leading the Cross-sector Innovation Initiative (CSII). The CSII is a three-year endeavor to identify and support public health, healthcare and social services organizations striving to build stronger, sustainable connections to better meet the goals and needs of the people they serve and ultimately improve health equity.
The Chatham County Public Health Department was awarded a CSII grant to support a collaborative project aimed at ensuring successful and equitable birth outcomes for women and babies in Chatham County. The terms of the grant agreement are as follows:
Grant Period: January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.
Grant Amount: $150,000
Disbursement of Funds: The Grantee shall receive 50% of the grant award upon execution of Grant Agreement, 40% upon receipt and acceptance of grant year end, and 10% after the final financial and program reports have been provided by Grantee. PHAB shall disburse these amounts within fourteen (14) days of each period described above.)
Discussion & Analysis: Our funded collaborative project, Equity for Moms and Babies Realized Across Chatham (EMBRACe), seeks to ensure successful and equitable birth outcomes for women and babies in Chatham County, NC through system and service alignment across the following partners: Chatham County Public Health Department, Chatham Hospital, Piedmont Health Services, Chatham County Department of Social Services, and the Chatham Health Alliance. The proposed project is an outcomes-focused...
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