Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 23 028
The Fiscal Year 2023 Early Childhood Development (ECD) grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA 23 028) is a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The purpose of the funding is to improve developmental outcomes for young children who receive care through HRSA-supported health centers, with a specific focus on children from birth through age five. In practical terms, the program is designed to help health centers find developmental concerns earlier, connect families to the right services faster, and strengthen how early childhood development expertise is built into everyday pediatric and family care.
The central goals of the opportunity are twofold. First, awardees are expected to increase the rate and consistency of developmental screenings for children ages 0-5. Developmental screenings are brief, structured checks that help identify potential delays or concerns in areas like speech and language, motor skills, social-emotional development, and learning. By increasing screening, health centers can reduce the chance that developmental issues go unnoticed until school age. Second, the funding aims to improve access to appropriate follow-up services after a concern is identified. That follow-up can include additional assessment, referrals to early intervention programs, connections to community-based supports, care coordination, and ongoing monitoring within the health center. The emphasis is not just on screening itself, but on making sure screening results actually lead to timely, effective next steps for children and families.
A key feature of the ECD program is workforce and care-team integration. HRSA indicates that health centers should expand, enhance, and more fully integrate early childhood development expertise into their clinical teams. This often means strengthening the role of professionals and approaches that support child development within primary care settings, such as developmental-behavioral consultation, enhanced care coordination, clinical workflows that prioritize developmental surveillance, and stronger linkages between medical providers and community partners. The expectation is that health centers will move beyond isolated screening events and instead build a more integrated system where developmental health is treated as a routine, coordinated part of pediatric care.
This opportunity is categorized under the Health funding activity area and is associated with CFDA number 93.224. The grant is listed as a Grant funding instrument type. The agency anticipated making around 150 awards, indicating a relatively broad national footprint for the program across eligible health centers or related applicants described in HRSA's eligibility instructions. The posting lists the award ceiling as 0, which typically signals that applicants need to consult the full notice for specific funding amounts, limits, or formula-based allocations rather than relying on a single published maximum.
The notice was created on February 10, 2023, with an original application closing date of March 17, 2023. Overall, the ECD funding opportunity is structured to help health centers strengthen early identification of developmental needs, ensure children and families receive appropriate and timely follow-up, and embed early childhood development capacity more deeply into health center care delivery so that developmental health becomes a sustained, system-level priority rather than a one-time initiative.Apply for HRSA 23 028
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2023 Early Childhood Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.224.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 10, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 17, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 150 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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