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REPRODUCTIVE LIFE PLANNING COMMUNITY GRANTS
Request for ApplicationsKey Information & FAQs
Every Woman Southeast
What is Every Woman Southeast?
A coalition of leaders in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee to build multi-state, multi-layered partnerships to improve the health of women and infants in the Southeast.
Every Woman Southeast Objectives
Engage a wide range of stakeholders to develop the political will needed to build and sustain an equity focused, life course approach to MCH and preconception health.
Rethink and integrate program and policy strategies to support low income women and men in creating and actualizing their plans for a family
Reproductive Life Planning Community Grants
GOAL
To identify and fund innovative community-based initiatives that seek to work with traditional and non-
traditional partners to improve women and men’s capacity to plan childbearing and improve
preconception and interconception health using a life course approach.
What are we looking for?
Projects that take an innovative approach to increasing reproductive life planning (RLP) among young men and women in their community.
Projects will convene a diverse committee / workgroup and increase awareness in their communities about LC and RLP.
They will target populations with the highest risk for unintended pregnancy.
Projects may be an expansion of an existing program or completely new.
Grantees must be willing to participate in monthly calls with project leaders from other sites and help develop an implementation tool kit.
Dates and Deadlines
Applications Due: August 31, 2012 to Erin McClain at [email protected]
Number of Anticipated Grants: 8 with the goal to have one in each state (AL, GA, FL, KY, MS, NS, SC, and TN)
Anticipated Start Date: October 1, 2012
Anticipated End Date: December 31, 2013
Maximum Award Amount: $43,500 over a 15 month grant period
Who is Eligible to Apply?
Organizations that reside in communities in the 8 states of US DHHS Region IV: Alabama Georgia Florida Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee
Are there requirements for the teams?
Yes, applicants must show an interdisciplinary team that includes at least one “non-health sector” entity, such as representatives from: Business community Housing Employment Education Faith community Others - this list is not exhaustive
Can our proposal be based on an existing program?
Yes, this is acceptable as long as you demonstrate expanded partnerships and an innovative approach
What resources will be available to grantees?
Support from EWSE staff and leadership, including help with planning, evaluation and technical assistance
Opportunity to network with other grantees and the larger EWSE coalition to share ideas
Access to tools, webinars and learning opportunities with experts in life course and preconception health
Where can I get more info about Life Course, Preconception Health, or Reproductive Life
Planning?
There are a variety of resources available on these topics. Some are listed here. Others are available on the Every Woman Southeast website.
www.EveryWomanSoutheast.org
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/lifecourseapproach.html
Example of Resources Available
CityMatCH Toolbox
Play the Game!
The Life Course Game is available
through CityMatCH
AMCHP Life Course Resource Center
http://www.amchp.org/programsandtopics/LifeCourse
NEW CDC Webpage
Info for Men
RLP Tools
Free materials
http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/data/RNDMU/index.html
Who can I contact with additional questions?
Erin McClain, MA, MPHPilot Project Coordinator [email protected]
or 919-808-0989