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Maternity Care Nursing Workforce Expansion (MatCare) Program

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.247
Sponsors
Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Deadlines
Jul 14, 2023
Contact

For programmatic or technical questions:

Courtney McRae
301.945.5857
cmcrae@hrsa.gov

Tolu Apaloo
301.594.2096
TApaloo@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Timothy P. Coyle
301.443.4243
TCoyle@hrsa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base

HRSA contact center:
877.464.4772
TTY: 877.897.9910
HRSA contact page

Purpose

This program (MatCare) offers grants to provide support to accredited nurse midwifery programs to train nurse midwives through trainee scholarships, stipends, curriculum enhancement, and community-based training. The program is designed to grow and diversify the maternal and perinatal health nursing workforce that are prepared to address and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in rural, tribal, and underserved urban communities.

Program goals:

  • Increase the number of Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) and diversify the maternal and perinatal health nursing workforce
  • Enhance maternal health training to better address maternal mental health, maternal mortality, and morbidity risk factors
  • Strengthen community-based training partnerships
Eligibility

Eligible applicants include:

  • Accredited schools of nursing
  • Nursing centers
  • Academic health centers
  • State and local governments
  • Other public and private nonprofit entities determined appropriate by the Secretary, such as HRSA- supported health centers and Rural Health Clinics
  • Domestic community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations, if otherwise eligible
Geographic coverage
Nationwide
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 8
Estimated total program funding: $8,000,000

Application process

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Tagged as
American Indian or Alaska Native · Health workforce education and training · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Mortality · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses

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