Safe Infant Sleep Systems Integration Program

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-14-095 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.110Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: Apr 30, 2014Award Ceiling: $500,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Feb 21, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: This announcement solicits applications for the Safe Infant Sleep Systems Integration (SISSI) Program.  SISSI aims to increase the adoption of safe infant sleep behavior among infant caregivers by activating champions of these protective behaviors within systems that intersect with families at risk.  An infant caregiver is defined as the individual who puts a baby down for sleep and could be a parent, grandparent, other family members, child care provider or other guardian.  Examples of systems that serve infant caregivers include, but are not limited to, home visiting programs, food and nutrition programs, community-based organizations such as Healthy Start, housing assistance authorities, child care, hospitals, community health clinics, as well as health care provider networks such as pediatricians, family physicians and obstetricians. The death of a baby before his or her first birthday is called infant mortality.  Sleep-related deaths are the leading cause of death for infants between one...
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