[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51330-51331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16494]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Supplemental Award; Early Childhood Developmental 
Health Systems Cooperative Agreement

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of a HRSA-initiated supplemental award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the award of a supplement for a total of 
approximately $1 million in fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Early 
Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS) cooperative agreement. 
The supplement will provide approximately $600,000 to the current 
recipient during the period of September 30, 2023, to September 29, 
2024, to continue to support the implementation, spread, and scale of 
early childhood development (ECD) expert integration, and associated 
early childhood systems development. This includes providing intensive, 
individualized technical assistance (TA) to four additional 
Transforming Pediatrics in Early Childhood (TPEC) Program state-level 
recipients. In addition, the supplement further includes approximately 
$400,000 to provide TA to HRSA-funded health centers who are expanding 
early childhood developmental services through ECD funding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natalie Surfus, MPH; Public Health 
Analyst, Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Telephone: (240) 381-8202; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    Intended Recipient of the Award: ZERO TO THREE National Center for 
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: One combined supplemental award at 
$1 million.
    Project Period: September 30, 2023, to September 29, 2024.
    Assistance Listing (CFDA) Numbers: 93.110/93.129.
    Award Instrument: Supplement for continued support of the 
implementation, spread, and scale of ECD expert integration and 
associated systems development nationwide and for the provision of TA 
to HRSA funding recipients.
    Authorities: Social Security Act, title V, section 501(a)(2) (42 
U.S.C. 701(a)(2)); and section 330(l) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254b(l)).

                                      Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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                                                                                          FY23  supplement award
              Grant No.                  Award recipient name         City, state                 amount
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UK2MC46349...........................  ZERO TO THREE National   Washington, DC.........  $1 million.
                                        Center for Infant,
                                        Toddler, and Families,
                                        Inc.
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    Justification: HRSA awarded the ECDHS program in FY 2022 under the 
Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant for Special 
Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS). Programmatic 
expectations for the recipient include providing intensive, 
individualized TA to four state-level TPEC program (HRSA-22-141) 
recipients, along with specialized and universal TA opportunities with 
a nationwide reach, to support, spread, and scale ECD expert 
integration and associated systems development. The Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328, division B, title II, 
included additional SPRANS funding; House Report 117-403, which 
accompanied the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, included an 
increase for ECD Expert Grants. HRSA, through its Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau, will therefore provide a supplement of approximately 
$600,000 in SPRANS funding to the current ECDHS recipient to (1) expand 
intensive, individualized TA to an additional four TPEC recipients; (2) 
support alignment between TPEC recipients, other Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau-funded early childhood partners, and HRSA-funded health 
centers to support the integration of these efforts within a 
comprehensive early childhood system; and (3) support the development 
and dissemination of additional TA resources with nationwide reach and 
scope, including outreach and coordination with other TA entities.
    House Report 117-403 also provided guidance to HRSA's Bureau of 
Primary Health Care to use appropriated funds ``to expand and further 
integrate early childhood development services and expertise, including 
by hiring or contracting for early childhood development specialists,'' 
and ``to create a service expansion grant opportunity for health 
centers, with training and technical assistance to be provided by the 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau. . .'' (italics added). To support 
that service expansion grant opportunity (HRSA-23-028), an additional 
supplement of approximately $400,000 in Health Center Program funding 
will be provided under this supplement to the ECDHS recipient to adapt 
or create TA resources on ECD topics for all HRSA-funded health 
centers, provide specialized TA to subsets of HRSA-funded health 
centers based on particular needs, and support health centers' 
connection to and alignment with other relevant efforts to incorporate 
ECD in pediatric health services. TA resources developed using this 
funding will also be made available by the recipient, at no additional 
cost, to other HRSA-funded entities and to early childhood system 
programs and leaders pursuing aligned objectives, including through 
HRSA-supported dissemination channels.
    Collectively, the supplements will leverage existing knowledge, 
expertise, and opportunity across HRSA and its non-federal partners to 
improve equitable access to a continuum of ECD services for families 
nationwide and will build capacity of the health system to deliver 
high-quality pediatric services that address the holistic needs of 
children and families.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
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