Providing Support for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) To Reduce Infant Mortality

HRSA announces the award of an extension in the amount of $3,000,000 for the Providing Support for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality cooperative agreement. The purpose of the CoIIN is to develop and disseminate evidence-based interventions to reduce infant mortality across states in Regions I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX, and X by planning, implementing, and managing regional CoIINs; providing technical assistance to CoIIN teams to improve approaches to address infant mortality in their respective regions through the understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, and techniques; and assisting regional CoIIN participants and stakeholders in understanding the process for sustaining and continuing project strategies after the Federal period of support. The extension will permit the National Institute for Children's Health Quality, Inc. (NICHQ), the cooperative agreement awardee, during the budget period of 9/30/2016-9/29/2017, to complete activities.