Coordinating Center for Access to Services for Children and Youths with Epilepsy

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-13-203 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: Jun 17, 2013Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 10, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: This funding opportunity announcement solicits applications for a Coordinating Center for Access to Services for Children and Youths with Epilepsy (Epilepsy Program). The purpose of this activity is to fund a coordinating center to: (1) support state and regional epilepsy grantees in their efforts to implement a community-based system of services1 for children and youths with epilepsy (CYE), particularly those residing in rural and medically underserved areas2[[]1] by improving the early identification of epilepsy and its co-morbid health conditions and improving access to health care and other services for CYE, (2) promote a collaborative team-based model of care for CYE; (3) provide models, best practices, and dissemination strategies for ensuring optimal integration of epilepsy clinical guidelines and/or evidence-based or evidence-informed management concepts and practices into primary care practice; (4) support efforts for building knowledge and skills of CYE and their families to partner in decision ...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding