Women's Health Branch

RFA A370: Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health (ICO4MCH) Program

The North Carolina Division of Public Health (DPH), Women’s and Children’s Health Section has released RFA A370: Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health (ICO4MCH) Program.

• Request for Applications A370 Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health Program (PDF, 683 KB)
• Request for Applications A370 Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health Program Template (Word, 651 KB)
• Guidance for Citing Sources in the Needs Assessment (PDF, 215 KB)
• Instructions to Complete the Open Window Budget Form (PDF, 459 KB)
• Open Window Budget Form (XLS, 1,009 KB)
• Eligibility and Criteria Tool to Calculate Single or Multi-County Area (XLS, 33 KB)

Eligibility

Only local health departments/districts are eligible to apply for this RFA. Given the amount of funding available, the awarding of these funds is competitive. Single, regional, or multi-county applications are encouraged. For a multi-county application that includes different local health departments, one county must take the lead in submitting the application. DPH will accept applications from single or multi-county Local Health Departments (LHDs) that meet certain criteria of need.

The criteria include:
1,000 or more births in 2017 in the county(ies)

AND
At least ONE of the following:

• Combined 2015-2017 infant mortality rate must be 10.8 or higher per 1,000 live births and 20 or more infant deaths;
• Combined 2015-2017 infant mortality disparity ratio must be 2.4 or higher;
• Percent of children <5 years of age living in poverty must be 38.9% or higher, American Community Survey, (ACS 2013-2017 data); or
• Percent of children <19 years of age who are uninsured must be 7.4% or higher (2017) Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, SAHIE).

LHDs should determine their eligibility, either as a single county or multi-county project, by assessing the data above using the tool provided by DPH in September 2019 -- Eligbility Tool (XLSX, 33 KB).

All prospective applicants are required to participate in a Bidder's Webinar on Monday, October 28, 2019 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. On October 28th, beginning at 9:45 a.m., attendees can join the webinar as a “guest” by going to the Adobe Connect RFA #A370 Bidder's Webinar.

Please refer to the Request for Applications A370 (PDF, 683 KB; DOC, 651 KB) document for more information on the Bidder's Webinar.

Request for Applications Schedule

• 10/18/19: Request for Applications released to eligible applicants
• 10/28/19: Required Bidder's Webinar
• 11/05/19: Questions regarding the RFA due in writing by 5:00 p.m.
• 11/13/19: Question and Answer addendum will be posted at https://whb.ncpublichealth.com/
• 12/04/19: Applications are due to the Women's Health Branch by 5:00 p.m.
• 12/20/19: Successful applicants will be notified
• 06/01/20: Contract begins

RFA A370 Questions?
Inquiries about this RFA are encouraged and may be directed to the following:

• LaDonna Warren, 919-707-5690

RFA A367: Family Planning Services

10/09/19: Family Planning RFA #A367 Q&A (PDF, 275 KB)

09/18/19: Family Planning Bidder’s Archived Webinar on 09/16/19 (1 hour, 16 minutes)

The North Carolina Division of Public Health, Women’s and Children’s Health Section has released RFA A367 - Family Planning Services.

• Request for Applications A367 Family Planning Services (PDF, 634 KB)
• Request for Applications A367 Family Planning Services Template (Word, 205 KB)
• RFA Endnote Citation Guidance (PDF, 100 KB)
• Instructions to Complete Open Window Budget Form (Word, 329 KB)
• Open Window Budget Form (XLS, 1010 KB)

Eligibility

Public or private non-profit agencies interested in assisting women and men in planning or preventing pregnancy that have the clinical capability are eligible to apply. For-profit agencies need not apply.

All prospective applicants are encouraged to attend a Bidder's Conference Webinar on Monday, September 16, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at https://whb.adobeconnect.com/fpbidder/. Any agency that plans to submit an application is strongly encouraged to register its intent by 5:00 p.m. on September 20, 2019 utilizing the following survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CK8H2XK.

Information requested on the registration form shall include the following:

• The legal name of the agency.
• The name, title, phone number, mailing address, and email address of the person who will coordinate the application submission.
• County(ies) where services will be offered.

Request for Applications Schedule

• September 5, 2019: Request for Applications released to eligible applicants.
• September 16, 2019: Bidder's Webinar.
• September 20, 2019: Notice of Intent due.
• October 2, 2019: End of Q&A period. All questions due by 5pm.
• October 9, 2019: Answers to Questions released as an addendum to the RFA.
• October 23, 2019: Applications due by 5pm.
• November 27, 2019: Successful applicants will be notified.
• June 1, 2020: Proposed contract begins.

RFA A367 Questions?

• Kristen Carroll, 919-707-5685
• Elizabeth Draper, 919-707-5719