National Breastfeeding Support, Implementation, and Hospital Quality Improvement Initiative
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- Posted
- September 25, 2026
- Closes
- See announcement
- Program funding
- $21,500,000
- Expected awards
- 3
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 93.945
- Category
- Health
- Archives
- April 25, 2027
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 93.945 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $182.9M
- FY2025 obligated
- $202M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $174.8M
- Awards in window
- 784
Top recipients: National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Inc., Emory University, Mississippi State Department of Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Health Research, Inc.
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The NOFO will support three complementary components to (1) engage national, state, and community partners; (2) provide training and technical assistance to funded recipients and healthcare organizations to use data, conduct quality improvement, and support healthcare referral networks; and (3) support U.S. and territorial maternity hospitals to safely implement and sustain evidence-based breastfeeding-supportive maternity care.
Who can apply
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
N/A
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