Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 17 099
The Poison Center Network Service Area Competition (HRSA 17-099) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administered through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), specifically the Poison Control Program (PCP) within the Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB). It targets the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and is designed to support poison control center (PCC) services in that service area. The legal authority for the program comes from section 1273 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-73), as updated by the Poison Center Network Act of 2014. In practical terms, the funding is meant to help eligible poison control centers sustain and strengthen the core infrastructure and day-to-day operational capacity needed to deliver poison center services to Puerto Rico, while also helping qualified centers prepare their FY 2017 applications for the broader Poison Center Network grant funds.
The opportunity is structured as a Service Area Competition (SAC), meaning it is focused on ensuring poison center coverage for a specific geographic area rather than funding broad national research or unrelated public health programming. HRSA lays out eligibility requirements, review criteria, and awarding factors for applicants that want to provide operational support for poison center services in Puerto Rico. While the full eligibility details are referenced in the notice (with clarification in the "Additional Information on Eligibility" section), the intended applicant pool centers on qualified poison control centers that meet the statutory and program requirements tied to the Poison Center Network program.
The grant supports three main categories of work. First, it supports poison prevention and clinical response functions, including providing treatment recommendations for poisonings, which is the core mission of a poison control center. Second, it supports activities necessary to comply with operational requirements that help a center sustain accreditation or work toward achieving accreditation. Accreditation is emphasized because it serves as a widely recognized marker that a poison center meets established standards for staffing, clinical protocols, quality improvement, and operational readiness. Third, it supports improvements to communications and response capability and capacity, which can include strengthening call-handling systems, ensuring reliable public access, improving coordination with healthcare providers and emergency services, and enhancing the center's ability to respond during spikes in call volume or public health events.
In addition to these primary purposes, funds may also be used to improve the quality of data that poison centers upload to the National Poison Data System (NPDS). NPDS is used to support national toxicosurveillance activities led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), helping public health officials monitor poisoning trends and detect emerging threats. However, the announcement is explicit that improving data quality specifically for national surveillance is optional rather than mandatory under this award, meaning applicants are not required to focus on NPDS data enhancements to be competitive, though it may be viewed as a beneficial added value if aligned with the applicant's project goals.
HRSA requires that funded projects include an evaluation component, but it does not demand a rigorous scientific evaluation in the academic sense. Instead, applicants are expected to propose practical, fit-for-purpose evaluation mechanisms that measure progress against key milestones and objectives. The emphasis is on accountability and demonstrable progress: projects and activities should include clear ways to track whether the center is meeting operational improvements, accreditation-related steps, communications upgrades, or service delivery enhancements tied directly to the work plan.
A notable condition is attached to this competition: if the Puerto Rico Poison Control Center becomes accredited by June 30, 2017, HRSA states that this award will not be made. This suggests the SAC is intended to address a specific service gap or readiness issue related to accreditation status at that time, and that achieving accreditation by the stated date would eliminate the need for this particular award mechanism or change HRSA's funding approach for the Puerto Rico service area.
Key administrative details included in the listing are that the CFDA number is 93.253, the opportunity was posted January 18, 2017, and the original closing date was March 20, 2017. The expected number of awards is listed as two, and the award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates the ceiling was not specified in the summary listing or would be detailed elsewhere in the full funding announcement rather than meaning there is no funding. Overall, the program is best understood as HRSA operational support funding aimed at maintaining or strengthening poison center service coverage for Puerto Rico, with strong attention to accreditation-related readiness, reliable public and clinical communications, and measurable progress toward clearly defined operational objectives.Apply for HRSA 17 099
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Poison Center Network Service Area Competition" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.253.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 18, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 20, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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