Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DP19 1908
Preventing Maternal Deaths: Supporting Maternal Mortality Review Committees (CDC RFA DP19-1908) is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to strengthen and expand the work of Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) across jurisdictions. The central purpose of the opportunity is to help funded agencies and organizations coordinate and manage MMRC operations so they can consistently identify maternal deaths, understand the medical and social circumstances that contributed to those deaths, and translate what is learned into practical prevention opportunities. The grant focuses on building a reliable, standardized process for reviewing pregnancy-associated deaths so that states and other awardees can generate actionable findings that inform policy, clinical practice, and community-level interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality.
Under this funding, recipients are expected to find and confirm pregnancy-associated deaths in a timely way, with a specific performance expectation to identify these deaths within one year of the date of death. After identification, awardees must abstract both clinical and non-clinical information and enter it into the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA), which is the standard data system used for MMRC case review and documentation. The work does not stop at data entry; funded programs must convene multidisciplinary committee reviews and document the committee’s determinations and decisions in MMRIA within two years of the death. In practice, that means this award supports the full workflow of an MMRC program: case finding, record collection, data abstraction, structured committee review, and final documentation of conclusions such as contributing factors and prevention recommendations.
A major emphasis of the opportunity is improving the quality, completeness, and timeliness of maternal mortality data through formal quality assurance processes carried out in partnership with CDC. This signals that the award is not only about increasing the number of reviews, but also about making the information produced by MMRCs more consistent and comparable across locations. By using shared standards in MMRIA and participating in quality improvement activities, recipients help ensure that analyses are based on strong data and that results can be trusted by policymakers, health systems, and communities.
The cooperative agreement structure also highlights that CDC will be actively involved with recipients rather than serving only as a funder. Recipients and CDC will analyze the collected data and disseminate findings to stakeholders. The intent is to turn individual case reviews into broader insights about preventable causes, system gaps, and inequities, and then to use those insights to shape prevention strategies. Stakeholders for sharing typically include public health leaders, clinicians and hospitals, perinatal quality collaboratives, community organizations, and decision-makers who can act on recommendations through policy changes, resource allocation, and practice improvement.
This is a discretionary health funding opportunity administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically within NCCDPHP. The CFDA number is 93.478. Eligible applicants are broad and include multiple levels of government (state, county, city/township, special districts), tribal governments and tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, K-12 independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses), and small businesses, with the note that eligibility is generally open to the listed entity types subject to any additional clarifications in the full announcement.
In terms of scale, the award ceiling listed is $600,000, and the CDC anticipated making about 25 awards. The opportunity was created on March 5, 2019, with an original closing date of May 8, 2019, and electronically submitted applications were due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date. Overall, the grant is aimed at helping jurisdictions run stronger MMRC programs using a common infrastructure and shared data standards so that maternal deaths are reviewed faster, documented more completely, and converted into prevention actions that can measurably reduce maternal mortality.Apply for CDC RFA DP19 1908
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Preventing Maternal Deaths: Supporting Maternal Mortality Review Committees" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.478.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 05, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 08, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification), Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is "Preventing Maternal Deaths: Supporting Maternal Mortality Review Committees (CDC RFA DP19-1908)"?
It is a CDC cooperative agreement intended to strengthen and expand Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) across jurisdictions. The focus is on supporting the coordination and management of MMRC operations so programs can consistently identify maternal deaths, review the circumstances surrounding those deaths, and translate findings into practical prevention opportunities.
What is the main purpose of this funding opportunity?
The central purpose is to help funded agencies and organizations build and run a reliable, standardized process for reviewing pregnancy-associated deaths. The goal is to generate actionable findings that can inform policy, clinical practice, and community-level interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality.
What types of activities does the award support for MMRC programs?
The award supports the full MMRC workflow, including case finding, confirming pregnancy-associated deaths, collecting records, abstracting clinical and non-clinical information, entering data into MMRIA, convening multidisciplinary committee reviews, and documenting committee determinations (including contributing factors and prevention recommendations).
What is the performance expectation for identifying pregnancy-associated deaths?
Recipients are expected to find and confirm pregnancy-associated deaths in a timely way, with a specific performance expectation to identify these deaths within one year of the date of death.
What is MMRIA and how is it used under this award?
MMRIA (the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application) is the standard data system used for MMRC case review and documentation. Awardees must abstract both clinical and non-clinical information and enter it into MMRIA for case documentation and committee review records.
How quickly must committee review determinations be documented in MMRIA?
Funded programs must convene multidisciplinary committee reviews and document the committee's determinations and decisions in MMRIA within two years of the death.
What does the grant emphasize regarding data quality and consistency?
A major emphasis is improving the quality, completeness, and timeliness of maternal mortality data through formal quality assurance processes carried out in partnership with CDC. This is intended to make MMRC data more consistent and comparable across jurisdictions.
Is this a traditional grant or a cooperative agreement?
This is a cooperative agreement, which means CDC is expected to be actively involved with recipients rather than acting only as a funder. Recipients and CDC will work together to analyze collected data and disseminate findings to stakeholders.
What kinds of outcomes is the program trying to achieve?
The program aims to ensure maternal deaths are reviewed faster, documented more completely, and converted into prevention actions. Overall, it is designed to support stronger MMRC programs that can produce trusted, actionable findings to help reduce maternal mortality.
Who are typical stakeholders for sharing findings from MMRC reviews?
Stakeholders for sharing typically include public health leaders, clinicians and hospitals, perinatal quality collaboratives, community organizations, and decision-makers who can act on recommendations through policy changes, resource allocation, and practice improvement.
What federal agency and department administer this funding opportunity?
This is a discretionary health funding opportunity administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically within NCCDPHP.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed for this opportunity is 93.478.
Who is eligible to apply based on the information provided?
Eligible applicants are broadly listed as: multiple levels of government (state, county, city/township, special districts), tribal governments and tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, K-12 independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations (including those other than small businesses), and small businesses. Eligibility is generally open to these entity types, subject to any additional clarifications in the full announcement.
How many awards did CDC anticipate making?
CDC anticipated making about 25 awards.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed is $600,000.
When was this opportunity created and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on March 5, 2019, with an original closing date of May 8, 2019.
What was the application submission deadline time and time zone?
Electronically submitted applications were due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date.
What does "pregnancy-associated deaths" mean in the context of this opportunity?
Within the information provided, "pregnancy-associated deaths" refers to deaths that MMRC programs are expected to identify, confirm, and review using a standardized process. The opportunity emphasizes timely identification, comprehensive abstraction of clinical and non-clinical information, and structured committee review documented in MMRIA.
What does CDC expect recipients to do with the information learned from reviews?
Recipients are expected to translate what is learned into practical prevention opportunities, and to analyze and disseminate findings with CDC to stakeholders so insights can shape prevention strategies and inform policy, clinical practice, and community-level interventions.
Does the award focus only on increasing the number of reviews?
No. The opportunity emphasizes not just reviewing cases, but improving the quality, completeness, and timeliness of the data and ensuring information produced by MMRCs is consistent and comparable across locations through shared standards and quality improvement activities.
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