 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
|
| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Latricia C. Robertson, MSN, MPH, Department of Community and Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Room 2387, HHP Building, Valley Drive, College Park, MD 20742, 214-767-3078, lrobertson@hrsa.gov
The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) began in 1989 as a health promotion program and was initiated to engage communities in problem solving and development of prevention strategies to promote access to health care for mothers and children through community-based infrastructure building. The HTPCP is funded and administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)-Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics. One of the major differences in the HTPCP projects and other MCHB-HRSA projects in the same funding category is the requirement for each project to secure 66.67 percent (a minimum of $100,000) matching funds per year in funding year two through five. The HTPCP matching funds requirement is intended to support community collaboration and partnerships to promote sustainability of the programs. However, the relationship of the amount of annual matching funds as well as the extent of the overmatch and sustainability of the HTPCP projects is unknown. A study will be conducted to look at sustainability: 1) the main reason(s) for; 2)relationship between amount of annual matching funds; and 3) extent of overmatch in the HTPCP.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Evaluation, Access to Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.