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GaPQC aims to decrease Georgia's high rates of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality and decrease racial and geographic disparities in perinatal outcomes.

Award Number: NU58DP007260
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SERVICES

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The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) proposes to enhance the capacity of the Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative (GaPQC) to make meaningful, data-driven, equitable improvements in maternal and infant health outcomes through partnership and continuous quality improvement. The GaPQC received the CDC Perinatal Quality Collaborative grant in 2017 and in the years following launched the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Obstetric Hemorrhage bundle, AIM Severe Hypertension in Pregnancy bundle, Vermont Oxford Network (VON) Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative and VON Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Universal Training. The GaPQC actively supports hospitals and providers involved in perinatal QI around these initiatives and has demonstrated its ability to make measurable improvements in maternal and neonatal outcomes. We submit this application for CDC-RFA-DP22-2207 Component A to support the continuation of GaPQC efforts to rapidly improve perinatal healthcare and outcomes statewide and reduce disparities in healthcare and outcomes between subpopulations within Georgia. Georgia has some of the worst perinatal outcomes in the country and GaPQC is uniquely positioned to engage a statewide, multidisciplinary team of partners to implement a multifaceted and integrated approach linked to the key drivers of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. In Georgia, significant racial disparities exist related to maternal and infant mortality for Black women and women living in under-resourced rural areas. The Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) found that non-Hispanic Black women are 2.3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than non-Hispanic White women and the two leading causes of pregnancy-related death are cardiomyopathy and cardiovascular/coronary conditions. To strategically address these disparities, GaPQC will be the first state in the country to implement the Cardiac Conditions in Obstetrical Care (CCOC) AIM bundle prioritizing outcomes for non-Hispanic Black women and rural Georgians. On the neonatal side, GaPQC is currently enrolling hospitals in a new initiative, Optimizing Nutrition for Georgia Newborns (ON) to address Georgia's increasing Infant Mortality Rate that at 6.1, far exceeds the HP 2030 goal of 5.0. This application highlights the CCOC initiative which aims to reduce harm related to existing and pregnancy related cardiac conditions through the 4th trimester and GaPQC is currently establishing the percent reduction goal. Objectives include: 1) Readiness: Implementation of standard processes for optimal care of cardiac conditions in pregnancy and postpartum. 2) Recognition & Prevention: Screening and early diagnosis of cardiac conditions in pregnancy and post-partum. 3) Response: Care management for every pregnant or postpartum woman with cardiac conditions in pregnancy and post-partum. 4) Reporting/System Learning: Foster a culture of safety and improvement for care of women with cardiac conditions in pregnancy and post-partum. 5) Respectful, Equitable, and Supportive Care: Inclusion of the patient as part of the multidisciplinary care team. GaPQC is committed to reducing inequitable maternal and infant care and outcomes. This funding is crucial to support quality improvement initiatives including the CCOC and ON initiatives that target factors disproportionately impacting non-Hispanic Black women and women living in under-resourced rural areas.


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: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH	200 Piedmont Avenue, SE West Tower	ATLANTA	GA	30334	FULTON	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	2	3/22/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2022	STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH	200 PIEDMONT AVENUE, SE WEST TOWER	ATLANTA	GA	30334	FULTON	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	03	1	10/20/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $275,000 )
2023	2023	STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH	200 PIEDMONT AVENUE, SE WEST TOWER	ATLANTA	GA	30334	FULTON	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	2	8/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$275,000
2023	2022	STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH	2 PEACHTREE ST NW	ATLANTA	GA	30303	FULTON	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	02	1	2/23/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2022	PUBLIC HEALTH, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF	2 Peachtree St NW Fl 33	Atlanta	GA	30303	FULTON	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 = $275,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $275,000 )
2022	2022	PUBLIC HEALTH, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF	2 Peachtree St NW Fl 33	Atlanta	GA	30303	FULTON	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 = $550,000

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GaPQC aims to decrease Georgia's high rates of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality and decrease racial and geographic disparities in perinatal outcomes.

Award Number: NU58DP007260

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SOCIAL SERVICES

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