B0455439
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Maternal and child health services - The Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program is the cornerstone of Louisiana’s public health data, policy and system-strengthening strategies for mothers and infants, children and adolescents, and children and youth with special healthcare needs.
Housed within the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH), the Bureau of Family Health (BFH) is responsible for the overall direction and implementation of the Title V Program.
The purpose of Louisiana’s Title V Program is to contribute to the continuous quality improvement of the state’s MCH systems of care in order to assure all MCH populations in the state have access to the quality health-related services necessary to achieve their full health potential.
Essential public health services supported by the program include public health surveillance, epidemiological investigation, public health education, clinical and community-based system strengthening, regional and state coordination, and policy development.
Across all of these essential services, the program promotes data-driven decision-making, evidence-based practice, and democratic participation of key constituents including policy and decision makers, clinical and community-based health service providers, and representatives of the state’s diverse MCH populations.
While the Title V Block Grant continues to support some direct and enabling safety-net services, the Title V Program increasingly identifies its primary role as building the capacity of key partners in and outside of government to assure access to well-functioning and continuously improving systems of care for mothers, children, and families.
The Title V Program’s approach to this effort includes identification of three key constituency groups: policymakers, providers, and people (MCH populations).
The program places specific emphasis on ensuring meaningful engagement of community/family leaders and community-based organizations.
Across all population domains, the program works with these groups to:
A) Facilitate mutual understanding of the MCH priority needs and of each group’s role in the implementation of the essential services within the state’s MCH systems of care.
B) Invest in evidence-based capacity building initiatives to strengthen each group’s contributions to the essential services within the state’s MCH systems of care.
C) Invest in state and local mechanisms facilitating collaboration in the planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the policies and services within the state’s MCH systems of care.
The 2026-2030 Title V Program will utilize a broad set of national outcome and performance measures to monitor effectiveness over the five-year period.
Data will be analyzed annually.
Key performance indicators include rates of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, access to post-partum visit, rate of pre-term related infant mortality, access to appropriate perinatal care, child and adolescent injury hospitalization rates, access to developmental screening, access to medical home, access to needed mental health treatment, and access to youth health transition supports.
Complementing these performance measures, the program has defined a series of intermediate outcome measures to support continuous feedback and quality improvement of key intervention strategies.
A bi-annual knowledge, attitude and practice survey will collect data concerning (1) constituency satisfaction with public health data products, (2) partners’ capacity to effectively disseminate key health education messages, (3) family/community leader satisfaction with training and coaching supports aiming to increase their meaningful participation in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of Title V supported programs, (4) participating partners’ perceptions of the effectiveness of Title V supported steering/advisory mechanisms, and (5) Title V program impacts on state policy development.
Housed within the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH), the Bureau of Family Health (BFH) is responsible for the overall direction and implementation of the Title V Program.
The purpose of Louisiana’s Title V Program is to contribute to the continuous quality improvement of the state’s MCH systems of care in order to assure all MCH populations in the state have access to the quality health-related services necessary to achieve their full health potential.
Essential public health services supported by the program include public health surveillance, epidemiological investigation, public health education, clinical and community-based system strengthening, regional and state coordination, and policy development.
Across all of these essential services, the program promotes data-driven decision-making, evidence-based practice, and democratic participation of key constituents including policy and decision makers, clinical and community-based health service providers, and representatives of the state’s diverse MCH populations.
While the Title V Block Grant continues to support some direct and enabling safety-net services, the Title V Program increasingly identifies its primary role as building the capacity of key partners in and outside of government to assure access to well-functioning and continuously improving systems of care for mothers, children, and families.
The Title V Program’s approach to this effort includes identification of three key constituency groups: policymakers, providers, and people (MCH populations).
The program places specific emphasis on ensuring meaningful engagement of community/family leaders and community-based organizations.
Across all population domains, the program works with these groups to:
A) Facilitate mutual understanding of the MCH priority needs and of each group’s role in the implementation of the essential services within the state’s MCH systems of care.
B) Invest in evidence-based capacity building initiatives to strengthen each group’s contributions to the essential services within the state’s MCH systems of care.
C) Invest in state and local mechanisms facilitating collaboration in the planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the policies and services within the state’s MCH systems of care.
The 2026-2030 Title V Program will utilize a broad set of national outcome and performance measures to monitor effectiveness over the five-year period.
Data will be analyzed annually.
Key performance indicators include rates of maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, access to post-partum visit, rate of pre-term related infant mortality, access to appropriate perinatal care, child and adolescent injury hospitalization rates, access to developmental screening, access to medical home, access to needed mental health treatment, and access to youth health transition supports.
Complementing these performance measures, the program has defined a series of intermediate outcome measures to support continuous feedback and quality improvement of key intervention strategies.
A bi-annual knowledge, attitude and practice survey will collect data concerning (1) constituency satisfaction with public health data products, (2) partners’ capacity to effectively disseminate key health education messages, (3) family/community leader satisfaction with training and coaching supports aiming to increase their meaningful participation in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of Title V supported programs, (4) participating partners’ perceptions of the effectiveness of Title V supported steering/advisory mechanisms, and (5) Title V program impacts on state policy development.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Louisiana
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
HRSA-26-001
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 128% from $4,397,194 to $10,006,611.
Louisiana Department Of Health was awarded
Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Grant Program
Project Grant B0455439
worth $10,006,611
from Maternal and Child Health Bureau in October 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Louisiana United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 5/5/26
Period of Performance
10/1/25
Start Date
9/30/27
End Date
Funding Split
$10.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$10.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to B0455439
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
B0455439
SAI Number
B0455439-1878919180
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Other
Awarding Office
75RJ00 HRSA Office of Federal Assistance Management
Funding Office
75RM00 HRSA MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH BUREAU
Awardee UEI
L2GPNJZBM283
Awardee CAGE
31DL9
Performance District
LA-90
Senators
Bill Cassidy
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
Modified: 5/5/26