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Each year, local March of Dimes chapters award grants to external organizations across the state in order to address unmet maternal and infant health needs. These community grants are one way that the March of Dimes pursues its mission of saving babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.		  
About the Chapter Community Grants Program
The chapter community grants program is designed to invest in priority projects that further the March of Dimes mission, support national and state objectives, and further our strategic goal of reducing disparities in birth outcomes. Priorities for 2011 include:

 

     - Providing or enhancing preconception health 
       education and/or services, with a specific focus
       on weight management, folic acid, smoking and diabetes.

     - Providing or enhancing risk reduction education and/or
       services, limited to:
              * Providing smoking cessation education and/or
                 services to pregnant women.
              * Increasing health education and information/referral
                 services available to pregnant women who use
                 alcohol or other drugs.

     - Implementing community programs that aim to 
       promote equity in birth outcomes.

     - Enhancing care through the CenteringPregnancy® 
       model of group prenatal care.

 

Projects interventions may be provider and/or consumer focused.  Interventions must be provided within the Ohio or Boone, Kenton, and/or Campbell counties in Kentucky.

In order to be eligible to receive a March of Dimes chapter grant, an organization must be an incorporated not-for-profit 501(c)(3) or for profit organization or government agency.  The March of Dimes does not award grants to individuals.

View the 2011 Request for Letters of Intent by clicking here.  Letters of intent are due by 5 PM, Friday, June 25.  Several local areas are hosting opportunities to ask questions and learn more about the March of Dimes grant process.  Contact Becky Johnson-Rescola, State Director of Program Services at bjohnson-rescola@marchofdimes.com or 216-643-3330 for additional information about local meetings or with any questions.