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The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies.
The Texas Chapter Grants Program is designed to enable communities and organizations to develop projects that further the March of Dimes mission and support national and state objectives. Organizations are encouraged to develop proposals that demonstrate their capacity, competence and experience in addressing March of Dimes priorities through well-developed project goals and objectives.
In 2008, we seek to improve birth outcomes, increase prenatal care utilization and improve the quality of prenatal education for pregnant women in Texas. Through this Request for Applications, we will select prenatal care provider groups interested in moving from a traditional prenatal care model to a group prenatal care model using CenteringPregnancy®. In 2006 and 2007, March of Dimes funded the following CenteringPregnancy® projects:
Baylor College of Medicine, OB-Gyn Department, Midwifery Section – Houston
Longview Wellness Center – Longview
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Dept. of OB-Gyn - El Paso
Martin Luther King Clinic – Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Dept. of OB-Gyn - Lubbock
Nueces County Medical Education Foundation – Corpus Christi
Austin Travis County Community Health Centers – Austin
Wilford Hall Medical Center (Lackland AFB) – San Antonio
William Beaumont Army Medical Center (Fort Bliss) – El Paso
Centro San Vicente – El Paso
Golden Cross Academic Clinic, Dallas
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Dept. of OB/Gyn - Amarillo
UTMB Regional Maternal Child Health Program - Beaumont
People's Community Clinic - Austin
Baylor College of Medicine, Good Neighbor Clinic - Houston
City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services
Carl Darnall Army Medical Center, Ft. Hood - Killeen
CenteringPregnancy® is a group prenatal care model developed by Sharon Schindler Rising, MSN, CNM, FACNM whereby care is taken out of examination rooms and placed within a large conference room. In that space, women receive their basic prenatal assessment, share concerns informally with other women, and discuss together content related to childbearing and parenting. These sessions are led by a skilled group leader who also coordinates the assessment component. Ideally this leader is a nurse-midwife or nurse practitioner. All applications must address the following funding priority:
Implementing the CenteringPregnancy® model of group prenatal care for primarily low-income pregnant women residing in Texas.
Organizations that need funding for projects that address the March of Dimes mission but do not match this priority area are encouraged to contact Karen Littlejohn at 972.669.3463 Ext. 107 or klittlejohn@marchofdimes.com for information about other possible funding opportunities.
The guidelines and forms necessary to apply for a 2008 grant through the March of Dimes Texas Chapter can be found below. You will need Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Reader to download the forms and guidelines. If you are unable to retrieve any documents, please contact Karen Littlejohn, State Director of Program Services, at 972.669.3463 Ext. 107 or klittlejohn@marchofdimes.com.
For more information about CenteringPregnancy®, please visit http://www.centeringpregnancy.org/.
All proposals must be submitted according to the guidelines. The deadline for submission of all proposals is Friday, August 8, 2008.
Three documents have been provided to assist you in the application process: |
