OpportunityTitle: Reducing Loss to Followup after Failure to Pass Newborn Hearing Screening
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: State governments.
Description: This program supports the screening of all newborn infants in the US for hearing loss with timely and appropriate followup services for infants who do not pass the initial newborn hearing screen. Grants will be used to promote: (1) Universal hearing screening of all infants born in the US prior to hospital discharge and screening of out of hospital births by one month of age (2) confirmation of normal hearing/hearing loss before 3 months of age and entry into a program of early intervention before 6 months of age with linkage to a medial home and family to family support programs. The focus of these grants is the reduction of loss to followup.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA (877-464-4772);301-998-7373 or email
GrantorContactText: CallCenter@HRSA.GOV&lt;br/&gt;CallCenter@HRSA.GOV&lt;br/&gt;