Healthy Tomorrows

The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) support 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. For the past 31 years, HTPCP has provided approximately 76 million dollars to 305 projects in 48 states, and Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam.

HTPCP projects must represent a new initiative within the community or an innovative component that builds on existing community resources.

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Projects usually provide services in vulnerable and underserved populations and address four key areas:

1. Access to health care services,
2. Community-based health care,
3. Preventive health care, and
4. Service coordination

• Program Fact Sheet (PDF 305KB)

Current list of Healthy Tomorrows grantees, including project information and abstracts.

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  

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Innovations and Community Impact Data Placemat

The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) is a public-private partnership between the MCHB and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Beginning in 2015, HTPCP asked prior grantees in its one-year follow-up survey about innovations used in their projects. 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. About one-quarter of prior grantees reported innovations involving the use of technology.

The program supports innovative community-based interventions in maternal and child health that improve access to care.

• Innovations and Community Impact Data Placemat (PDF 282KB)

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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.  

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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.

• Strategies for Sustaining Successful Community-Based Programs at AAP.org  

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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.

• Supporting Diversity and Reducing Health Disparities Tip Sheets at AAP.org  

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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

Part II: Putting Your Evaluation Plan to Work

For Additional Guidance and Resources, visit the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program section of the AAP website.