At a glance
The ECCS SEED program funds efforts to improve access to quality health and human services for families expecting a baby and families with children up to age 5. It supports coordinated intake and referral systems, evidence-based early childhood health and development models in a high-need community, state-level early childhood coordination, and sustainability planning. Eligible applicants include domestic public or private entities, including tribes and tribal organizations, as well as nonprofits, governments, colleges, for-profits, small businesses, and others; individuals are not eligible. HRSA expects 8 cooperative agreements, with up to $875,000 per award, and the program has no cost-sharing requirement. Applicants must serve a community of focus that is a county, multiple counties, county equivalent, or a comparable geographic area for Tribal or territory applicants, and funding preference goes to local implementing communities with high infant mortality rates.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The purpose of the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems SEED Project: Scaling Effective Early Childhood Systems Development (ECCS SEED) is to address the root causes of chronic disease in early childhood by improving families" access to health care, screening kids early for physical and mental health needs, and connecting parents to services that enable them to provide for their children. The ECCS SEED Project will partner with states and communities to support evidence-based strategies that improve access to quality care for prenatal-to-age-5 (P-5) families and promote healthy child development and family well-being.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments