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Let's Talk: a multisectoral strategy for connecting policy and practice to promote safe sleep education

Award Number: CPIMP221345
ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH
OPDIV: DHHS/OS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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Let's Talk: a multisectoral strategy for connecting policy and practice to promote safe sleep education - The purpose of Let’s Talk: A multisectoral strategy for connecting policy and practice to promote Safe Sleep Education is to assess the safe sleep policy guidance issued by national entities, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), for the ways that they perpetuate racial disparities in infant mortality rates, and to develop and implement innovative, community-led practices to reduce racial disparities in Black infant mortality rates in the Atlanta, Georgia region. Racial disparities in the rates of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) have clear roots in structural racism, with Black parents facing barriers in access to quality care as well as broader issues related to social determinants of health like access to safe housing, employment, and transportation. Similarly, the ways that safe sleep recommendations are communicated to Black families are mediated by quality of relationships with care providers and cultural pressures and norms. Let’s Talk will use the legal epidemiology framework in its assessment phase and will convene a multi-sector team of care providers and community members to create an Action Plan to put forward new policies and innovative practices. The goals of the project are to increase trusted linkages between Black parents/caregivers and care providers in the prenatal and postnatal periods; increase safer sleep practices among Black parents/caregivers; and increase access to supports for families in the prenatal and postnatal periods. Measurable outcomes include an increase in care providers who offer culturally responsive safe sleep education; an increase in parent/caregiver knowledge and behavior around safer sleep practices; and an increase in community capacity to provide safe sleep support and understand the linkages between systemic racism and health disparities. The innovative practices that are developed will include training for prenatal and postnatal care providers in implicit bias, culturally competent care, and the rationale behind safe sleep recommendations; assessment of current formal and informal networks of care for Black families to ensure they are receiving education and support; education and support for Black parents/caregivers and community members; and provision of safe sleep resources (e.g. sleep sacks and portable cribs). Over the three-year project period, Let’s Talk will directly educate 180 care providers, 1,920 parents/caregivers, and 480 community members. Let’s Talk will be implemented by First Candle, a national nonprofit whose mission is to eliminate SUID, with local support from Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia. Other committed partners include the Georgia Department of Public Health, Emory Decatur Hospital, Black Child Development Institute – Atlanta, and the Center for Black Women’s Wellness. The program will be evaluated by the director of the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Center for Maternal Health Equity using the RE-AIM framework and results will be disseminated to community partners and through national networks to support the development of new local, state, and national policies.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = -$1 )
2026	2024	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	3	4/20/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$1
2026	2023	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	3	4/20/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2026	2022	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	3	4/20/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$1

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $392,883 )
2024	2024	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	00	3	9/18/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$392,883
2024	2023	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	2	9/11/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	2	9/11/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $392,883

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $399,390 )
2023	2023	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	01	1	9/19/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$50,000
2023	2023	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	00	2	9/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$349,390
2023	2022	FIRST CANDLE, INC.	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	00	2	9/21/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $399,390

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $385,094 )
2022	2022	FIRST CANDLE INC	21 LOCUST AVE	NEW CANAAN	CT	06840	WESTERN CT	USA	Community Programs to Improve Minority Health	00	1	9/16/2022	NEW	$385,094
														Subtotal = $385,094

Grand Total All Awards = $1,177,365

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Let's Talk: a multisectoral strategy for connecting policy and practice to promote safe sleep education

Award Number: CPIMP221345

ORGANIZATION: OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH

OPDIV: DHHS/OS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: DEMONSTRATION

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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