State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal (SLTT) Partnership Programs to Reduce Maternal Deaths due to Violence

Background
The Office on Women's Health announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 cooperative agreements under the authority of section 1703(a) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. § 300u-2(a)), and section 229 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. § 237a). The grant is designed to identify and reduce deaths among pregnant and postpartum women due to violence, specifically maternal deaths due to homicide and suicide.

Grant Details
Applicants receiving funding will be expected to: (1) Establish or expand programs that review, identify, and track maternal deaths due to violence; (2) Implement evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes and reduce deaths among pregnant and postpartum women due to violence; (3) Develop a sustainability plan for maintaining the program when the cooperative agreement award ends.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants may be a public or private (profit or non-profit) entity, including faith-based, community-based, and Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations. Examples include state governments, U.S. territories, 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 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations including small businesses.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant and potential value of individual grant awards are not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.