The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) supports innovative, community-based initiatives to improve the health status of infants, children, adolescents and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to preventive care and services.
HTPCP projects must represent a new initiative within the community or an innovative component that builds on existing community resources.
Projects usually provide services in underserved populations and address four key areas:
- Access to health care services
- Community-based health care
- Preventive health care, and
- Service coordination
Awards
Altamed Health Services Corporation
Grant Title: ACEs-Behavioral Health Collaborative
Altamed Health Services Corporation
Grant Title: Medical Hub and Mobile Health Unit Program for Vulnerable Youth
Boston Children's Hospital Primary Care
Grant Title: An Autism Care Navigator Model within the Medical Home
BronxCare Health System
Grant Title: Project CHEERS (Community Health Education, Evaluation and Referral for Services): Addressing Health Disparities in Bronx Children Through Family Assessment, Provider and Community Training, and Collaborative Partnerships
Center for Trauma Counseling, Inc.
Grant Title: Mobile Hope Clinic: Early Investment in Youth Mental Well-Being
Centro De Salud La Comunidad De San Ysidro Inc
Grant Title: Latinos Understanding the Need for InTegrated Adherence (LUNITA) Program for Children & Families
Centro De Salud La Comunidad De San Ysidro, Inc.
Grant Title: Learning and Understanding the Need for InTegrated Adherence (LUNItA) Program for Children & Families a.k.a LUNItA-East Program
Family, Inc.
Grant Title: Family, Inc. Mobile Wellness Unit
Genetic Support Foundation
Grant Title: No-Cost Genetic Counseling To Promote Health Equity in the Pacific Northwest
Georgetown University
Grant Title: Nurturing Child Well-Being: Educating Communities on Social Determinants of Health
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Grant Title: Increasing the Use of Routine Standardized, Parent-completed Developmental Screening (RSPDS) in Louisiana (LA) Pediatric Primary Care Practice
M.G.H. Family Health Center
Grant Title: Muskegon Youth and Family Health Initiative
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Health Care
Grant Title: Mary's Center Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Program
Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Grant Title: Family Health Promotion Initiative (FHPI)
Montefiore Health Systems
Grant Title: An Equity Approach to Adapting B'N Fit Afterschool Wellness Programming as Virtual Interactive Programming
Montefiore Medical Center
Grant Title: Adopting B'N Fit POWER Healthy Target Behaviors as School Wellness Programming
Mountain States Health Alliance / Ballard Health
Grant Title: Transitions from Pediatric to Adult Care with Access to a Medical Home
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Grant Title: CHALK Jr. Mobile Market Food Insecurity Initiative
OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc.
Grant Title: OneWorld Community Health Centers Healthy Tomorrows
Orlando Health, Inc.
Grant Title: Healthy Tomorrows for Central Florida's Children from Immigrant Families
Primo Center for Women and Children
Grant Title: Kids Connected Maternal Health Educator (MHE) Project
Rhode Island Department of Health
Grant Title: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Rhode Island
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
Grant Title: Safety Net Access Program at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
Skagit County Public Hospital District
Grant Title: Integrating Behavioral Health within Pediatric Primary Care
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Grant Title: Come Home New York: Helping Children with Homelessness Thrive
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Grant Title: Bright Healthy Future: Partnering to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Habits in Children and their Families
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Grant Title: Moving and Grooving in Concert for Health (Magic City Health)
University of California, Los Angeles
Grant Title: Building Healthy Minds in Nature
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Grant Title: TREEHOUSE Program
University of Texas at El Paso
Grant Title: Healthy Families Healthy Kids Initiative
Virtua Health, Inc.
Grant Title: Virtua Pediatric Mobile Services Oral Health and Nutrition Initiative
Vista Community Clinic
Grant Title: Development-Plus: An Initiative to Improve Child Development and Life Outcomes in North San Diego County
2023
- H17MC31608 Counseling Access for Healthy Tomorrows - Roanoke Valley (DOC - 81 KB)
- H17MC31605 Community Asthma Initiative Replication in New Communities Boston Children's (DOCX - 126 KB)
- H17MC29431 Preteen and Teen Immunization Project - Providence Little Company of Mary (DOCX - 53 KB)
2022
- H17MC29438 Partnering for Early Access for Success Project PEAS in A POD (PDF - 353 KB)
- H17MC30730 Caring for the Whole Child (PDF - 382 KB)
- H17MC30732 Henry J Austin Health Center (DOCX - 22 KB)
- H17MC30733 Choosing Healthy and Active Lifestyles for Kids (CHALK) Jr (PDF - 18 MB)
- H17MC30793 Achievable Foundation’s Whole Person Care Project (PDF - 321 KB)
- H17MC30727 Virtual Dental Home (PDF - 246 KB)
- H17MC30729 ECHO Chicago Complex Pediatric Asthma Series (DOC - 187 KB)
- H17MC30728 The Teen Xpress Program (DOCX - 34 KB)
2021
- H17MC29433 Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. (PDF - 298 KB)
- H17MC30366 Saint Paul Public Schools (DOCX - 89 KB)
- H17MC29435 Montefiore - The Bronx Nutrition and Fitness Initiative for Teens (B'N Fit) Power Initiative (DOCX - 429 KB)
- H17MC29434 Positively Kids (DOCX - 312 KB)
- H17MC29434 Positively Kids Appendices (PDF - 386 KB)
- H17MC28296 ETSU ReadNPlay (PDF - 214 KB)
- H17MC28296 ETSU ReadNPlay Appendices (PDF - 6 MB)
2020
- H17MC28297 Taking Action to Develop a Family-Centered Community-Based Evaluation System for Young Children (PDF - 116 KB)
- H17MC28295 Community-based Coordinated Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CPECT3) (DOC - 176 KB)
- H17MC28293 Clark County Neonatal Follow-up Program (PDF - 1 MB)
- H17MC28292 Healthcare Without Walls Expansion Program (PDF - 383 KB)
- H17MC28291 Santa Rosa Community Health Centers, Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children (PDF - 482 KB)
- H17MC28290 Bridge to a Healthy Tomorrow Transition of Care Program (DOCX - 94 KB)
- H17MC26775 Lets Move Holyoke 5210 (PDF - 779 KB)
2019
- H17MC26778 Clinic in the Park •Connect •Screen •Educate (PDF - 244 KB)
- H17MC26777 University of California, San Francisco (DOC - 277 KB)
- H17MC26776 Pediatric Dentistry Access Project at Rice Regional Dental Clinic (DOCX - 82 KB)
- H17MC26774 Kids First Health Care (DOCX - 35 KB)
- H17MC26773 Help Me Grow (PDF - 263 KB)
- H17MC26772 Grow Up Safe (DOCX - 5 MB)
- H17MC26771 Esperanza Health Centers (PDF - 673 KB)
- H17MC25740 Asthma Safety Net (DOC - 52 KB)
2018
- H17MC26527 House of Teens (DOCX - 20 KB)
- H17MC25741 Ohio AAP Education and Sleep Equipment - The Injury Prevention Learning Collaborative with Pediatricians (PDF - 194 KB)
- H17MC25739 Healthy Eyes Healthy Futures Massachusetts (PDF - 271 KB)
- H17MC25738 Achievable Innovative Medical Home Initiative (PDF - 958 KB)
- H17MC25697 Healthy Family Connections Program (DOCX - 20 KB)
- H17MC25696 Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (PDF - 494 KB)
- H17MC25695 SJWCFC Medical Care Management for Complex Prenatal Patients (PDF - 307 KB)
2017
- H17MC23550 Healthy Lifestyles Continuum New York Presbyterian Hospital (PDF - 500 KB)
- H17MC23549 The Family Partnership (DOC - 37 KB)
- H17MC23548 Southern Nevada Health District (PDF - 1 MB)
- H17MC23547 Seven Habits of Healthy Families (DOCX - 40 KB)
- H17MC23545 Newark School Based Health Center Program (PDF - 637 KB)
- H17MC23544 Children's Medical Services & Advocacy Center (The Center) (PDF - 415 KB)
- H17MC21566 Well Care and Adolescent Immunizations in Rochester (DOCX - 51 KB)
- H17MC21563 Baltimore Citywide Child Protection Team – Improving Access to Care for Children with Suspected Abuse and Neglect (DOCX - 2 MB)
Our reach
Since 1989, HTPCP has provided approximately 82 million dollars to 335 projects in 48 states, and Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam.
How this program works
What does the data tell us about Healthy Tomorrows? This infographic holds the answers.
The Healthy Tomorrows Program, in cooperation with Altarum Institute, has created an infographic to highlight investments in the program since 1989, and demonstrate the impact, reach, and sustainability of projects after federal funding ends. The data shows that grantees have been highly successful in leveraging federal dollars to secure additional funding. Part of their success can be attributed to outcomes documented in project evaluations, sustainability planning in the first year of funding, and strong organizational and community support. The diversity of funding sources for Healthy Tomorrows grantees reflects an interest in funding community-based programs in both the public and private sector. This infographic was made possible with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
- HTPCP Infographic (PDF)
Healthy Tomorrows data placemats
The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) is a public-private partnership between the MCHB and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
HTPCP asks prior grantees in its one-year follow-up survey about many topics, including innovations used in their projects and the formation of partnerships. Innovations were described by respondents as new service delivery models or practices, patient education materials or strategies, new tools, professional training, or new partnerships and collaborations. On partnerships, grantees identified shared goals and values as critical for successful partnerships. Partnerships are sustained by mutual need and support and by the shared experience of impact in the community.
Healthy Tomorrows supports innovative community-based interventions in maternal and child health that improve access to care.
- Sustainment of Projects (PDF - 456 KB)
- Innovations and Community Impact (PDF) (PDF - 286 KB)
- Formation of Community Partnerships (PDF) (PDF - 225 KB)
Case studies and economic analyses tip sheets
In addition to the resources available on this page, HTPCP has created case studies to highlight the ongoing impact of the program in vulnerable and underserved communities and a series of economic analyses tip sheets that provide HTPCP grantees and other community-based MCH programs the tools to conduct economic analyses of their program interventions. The case studies and tip sheets can be found at the AAP HTPCP web page.
When should I start thinking about the sustainability of my project? Where do I start?
If you have questions like this, Healthy Tomorrows can help! The Healthy Tomorrows Program, in cooperation with X Factor Consulting, LLC, has released a series of tip sheets to support community-based programs in planning for sustainability in their organizations. Thinking about a sustainability plan in your first year of funding can improve your chances of sustaining your project after grant funding ends. More and more, potential funders want to know how you will leverage their support and continue your project after the end of a grant. These sustainability tip sheets were made possible with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Supporting diversity and reducing health disparities
In 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) joined forces with Altarum Institute to collect and share information from HTPCP grantees about their efforts to integrate diversity and cultural and linguistic competence, and to reduce health disparities in their projects. The Altarum Institute conducted a focus group session with six HTPCP grantees to hear firsthand how they are effectively integrating cultural and linguistic competence into project values, policies, structures and practices, and how they address disparities and inequities through public health and clinical practice. HTPCP and Healthy Tomorrows Resource Center staff reviewed progress reports submitted to MCHB and conducted follow-up calls with selected grantees to gather additional information on their strategies for addressing diverse populations and reducing health disparities. Among the themes identified during the review process were the need for staff training, cultural and linguistic competence plans, community advisory boards, organizational policies and procedures, family navigators, and community health workers. The AAP launched the Diversity and Health Equity Tip Sheets with an article in the May/June 2017 issue of AMCHP Pulse on emerging issues.
Access our new report that guides our grantees to increase their focus on health equity, a key component of every Healthy Tomorrows program. The report includes grantee insights, including the impact of COVID-19 on current operational status, opportunities and challenges.
Guides: evaluating your community-based program
This is a two-part guide to program evaluation for pediatricians and others implementing community-based health initiatives.
Part I: Designing Your Evaluation
Workbook: (PDF) This guide, in workbook format, reviews strategies for setting measurable objectives, identifying realistic outcomes, and developing logic models for health initiatives.
Recording: This audio presentation guides Healthy Tomorrows grantees and others implementing community-based health initiatives through logic model development and evaluation planning. The recording provides two logic model examples to illustrate the concepts. (Duration: 10 minutes)
Part II: Putting Your Evaluation Plan to Work
Workbook: (PDF) The follow up publication to Part I. This guide takes the evaluation plan from the planning to the implementation stage and will assist in how to measure, collect, analyze, and present data meaningfully.
Recording 1: Part 1 of this recording will focus on effective documentation to evaluate your program. (Duration: 25 minutes)
Recording 2: Part 2 of this recording will focus on analyzing your information simply and meaningfully. (Duration: 18 minutes)
How to apply for a grant
Healthy Tomorrows is a federal grant, administered through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Applications are accepted through Grants.gov during specified grant cycles. This grant opportunity is now closed. If you are planning to apply for the next grant cycle, please register with Grants.gov. This is a requirement for applicants of all HRSA grants.
Applicant assistance
Developing a successful Healthy Tomorrows grant proposal requires time and planning. The Proposal Development Guide will assist you in planning for your Healthy Tomorrows project and help you consider the various components of the application including community assessment, establishing community partnerships, developing an evaluation plan, and putting together a budget.
Additional grant technical assistance resources can be found on the HRSA Apply For A Grant webpage, designed to assist potential applicants in producing successful grant applications.
Grantees are selected
Grant recipients are selected by official Maternal and Child Health Bureau grant reviewers from a variety of geographic areas and backgrounds including pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, nursing, health policy, educational psychology, social work, and public health. Applications are evaluated and scored using published evaluation criteria. Unfunded applicants will receive a summary of the application's strengths and weaknesses.
For Additional Guidance and Resources, visit the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program section of the AAP website.
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Need more information, or have a specific question? Get in touch with:
- Laurel Huffman, M.P.H., C.P.H., R.D.N., L.D.N. at LHuffman@hrsa.gov
- Maria Sans, M.P.H., C.P.H. at msans@hrsa.gov
- Nikki West, M.S.P.H. at Nwest@hrsa.gov