Mini Grants Program for Regional Nonprofits (US)
Deadline: 1-Oct-22
The Bootheel Families & Babies is partnering with the Missouri Foundation for Health are offering Mini Grants Program to lower their region’s infant mortality rate.
These grants are designed to provide a small infusion of cash for grassroots efforts.
Focus Areas
Funding is available in six counties and will be awarded to nonprofit organizations that align with their three focus areas:
Unsafe sleep habits: Unsafe sleep habits, such as bed sharing, kill more babies in the Bootheel than anything else. These deaths can be prevented, and it’s as simple as learning your ABC’S:
Babies should always sleep ALONE.
Babies should always sleep on their BACKS.
Babies should always sleep in a CRIB or other safe SLEEP SURFACE.
Healthcare: From economic challenges and behavioral influencers, to the absence of education and lack of access to resources, the causes for infant mortality are numerous. Both pre- and post-natal care have been identified as critical factors in infant mortality. These include:
Health of the mother: An unhealthy lifestyle that includes a poor diet and substance misuse, such as smoking, can greatly affect the baby’s health during and after pregnancy.
Prenatal care: Access to early and consistent prenatal care from a healthcare provider is crucial to ensure both a successful pregnancy, and a healthy baby.
Baby’s nutrition: Post-birth, it’s essential for babies to receive adequate and appropriate nutrition, and to avoid items that could potentially be unhealthy.
Explore what Bootheel Babies & Families is doing to address these causes in six Bootheel counties.
Substance misuse: Substance abuse and misuse, from smoking and consuming alcohol to opioid use during pregnancy, put both mother and baby at risk before and after birth – including the far-reaching effects of premature birth, birth defects, neonatal abstinence syndrome, development delays and other factors in infant health and mortality.
Bootheel Babies & Families brings together regional healthcare providers, including hospitals, pediatricians, obstetricians, primary care physicians and substance abuse treatment providers, to collaborate and provide support for expectant and new moms.
Explore what Bootheel Babies & Families is doing to address these causes in six Bootheel counties.
Funding Information
Should not exceed $1000 except under special circumstances
Eligibility Criteria
Must be granted to a 501c3
Note: After review by the Hub Partner and the Community Task Force, a recommendation will be made to the Bootheel Babies and Families Executive Council for approval and payment.
For more information, visit https://www.bootheelbabies.org/grant-funds/