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Alaska Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Award Number: NU58DP007258
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2027

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Alaska Perinatal Quality Collaborative - Alaska has a relatively small population with finite financial resources, great geographical distances, costly transports, unpredictable weather, scarcity of specialized care, high hospital staff turnover, and competing health business entities. This backdrop necessitates strong collaborative efforts to optimize perinatal care. The State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health (WCFH) is the administrative entity to the Alaska Perinatal Quality Collaborative (AKPQC). The AKPQC has been established to promote high-quality maternal and newborn care across Alaska. The AKPQC will engage hospitals and birthing facilities in data‐driven, collaborative quality improvement focused on reducing severe maternal morbidity. Use of harmful substances during pregnancy continues to be an issue in Alaska and in some cases is increasing. Furthermore, many of the residents living rural areas of Alaska are Alaska Native individuals who experience disproportionate rates of many adverse health outcomes. With input from multiple stakeholders statewide, the AKPQC developed a key driver diagram, change package, and measurement plan, with specific strategies and resources to improve the care statewide of pregnant people and newborns affected by substances. The Substance Affected Pregnancies Initiative (SAPI) will be the focus of the AKPQC during the first year of the performance period. The AKPQC launched SAPI in September 2021 with seven participating hospitals. It is estimated that hospitals currently participating in SAPI account for 69% of births statewide. Additional participation among interested birthing facilities will be encouraged. SAPI engages hospitals in collaborative quality improvement following the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Breakthrough Series model. The AKPQC proposes to expand implementation of Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives in facilities statewide by supporting a QI Manager. The AKPQC also hosts a data repository on ArcGIS online for facilities participating in SAPI. Facilities can document their progress on initiatives as well as view statewide indicators for comparison. In addition to offering QI support, Alaska is requesting funding to support a data management contract to aid in the maintenance of the ArcGIS Data Repository. Furthermore, the AKPQC plans to address health disparities and health equity by encouraging motivational interviewing, universal verbal screening for substance use, and intrinsic bias training. By the end of year one, the AKPQC aims to reduce the proportion of opioid exposed newborns requiring pharmacologic therapy by 20% and increase the proportion of birthing people screened for all substances using a validated tool by 20%.


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 = $0 )
2026	2025	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST # 214	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	4	12/11/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $275,000 )
2025	2025	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST # 214	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	4	8/21/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$275,000
2025	2024	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST # 214	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	3	4/15/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $275,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $325,000 )
2024	2024	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST # 214	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	3	8/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$325,000
2024	2023	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	2	1/26/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $325,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $365,684 )
2023	2023	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	2	8/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$365,684
2023	2022	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	1	10/13/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $365,684

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $275,000 )
2022	2022	STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH	350 MAIN ST	JUNEAU	AK	99801	JUNEAU	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	1	9/1/2022	NEW	$275,000
														Subtotal = $275,000

Grand Total All Awards = $1,240,684

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Alaska Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Award Number: NU58DP007258

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2027

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