Fiscal Year 2023 Quality Improvement Fund – Maternal Health (QIF-MH)

Background
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications for the Fiscal Year 2023 Quality Improvement Fund – Maternal Health (QIF-MH) to improve maternal health and reduce racial and ethnic maternal health disparities. The purpose of this funding is to support health centers in developing and piloting innovative, patient-centered, scalable models of care delivery that address the clinical and health-related social needs of health center patients at highest risk of maternal morbidity and mortality.

Grant Details
The grant will provide approximately $25 million in one-time funding to fund approximately 12 recipients. Each recipient may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $2,000,000 total cost. The period of performance is from August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2025 (2 years). The eligible applicants are organizations that are Health Center Program operational (H80) grant award recipients. The applicants are required to use QIF-MH funds to develop, pilot, and evaluate innovative, evidence-informed, patient-centered, scalable models of care delivery that address the clinical and health-related social needs of health center patients at highest risk of maternal morbidity and mortality to reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve maternal health.

Eligibility Requirements
Organizations eligible to apply for the grant must be Health Center Program operational (H80) grant award recipients. The application due date in Grants.gov is December 5, 2022, and the supplemental information due date in EHBs is January 13, 2023.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for the contract is from August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2025 (2 years).

Grant Value
Approximately $25 million in one-time funding will be available to fund approximately 12 recipients. Each recipient may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $2,000,000 total cost.