Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA DP18 1806
The Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) Case Registry grant opportunity (CDC RFA DP18-1806) is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to help states, jurisdictions, and partner organizations build stronger, more consistent surveillance of sudden deaths in infants and young people. The central goal is to produce a complete and usable picture of when, where, and why these deaths occur by standardizing how cases are identified, investigated, reviewed, and coded. This program emphasizes practical collaboration across the systems that touch these deaths, especially medicolegal death investigation offices and child death review teams, so that the data collected are timely, high quality, and directly useful for prevention.
The work is anchored in using the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention (NCFRP) protocols. In practice, recipients are expected to systematically find and capture all eligible SUID and/or SDY cases in their selected coverage area, compile information from multiple sources (for example, death scene investigation findings, autopsy results, medical records, and other relevant investigative documents), and bring those cases to multidisciplinary review. These reviews are meant to involve professionals who can interpret the circumstances from different angles, such as medical examiners/coroners, public health staff, clinicians, law enforcement, emergency responders, and others as appropriate. After review, cases must be categorized using established criteria so that the registry does not just count deaths, but also describes them in a way that supports comparison across places and over time. A major expectation is continuous improvement in data quality and timeliness, along with routine dissemination of findings so the information does not sit in a database but actively informs prevention efforts and policy decisions. Recipients are also expected to analyze and describe risk factors and circumstances that can guide targeted interventions.
Applicants must choose a required SUID Core Component focused on infants from birth through 1 year of age. There are two paths: (1) statewide SUID surveillance, where the applicant covers the whole state, or (2) SUID surveillance limited to one or multiple forensic jurisdiction(s), which allows applicants to focus on selected medical examiner/coroner regions or counties. Beyond the required SUID component, applicants may also elect to add an SDY Optional Expanded Component covering deaths from age 1 through at least age 17. The SDY option similarly comes in two versions: (1) statewide SDY surveillance, but only if the applicant selected statewide SUID surveillance as the core component, or (2) SDY surveillance in one or multiple forensic jurisdiction(s), which must correspond to the same jurisdictions selected under the jurisdiction-based SUID core option. Importantly, additional funds are tied to choosing the SDY expanded component, but applicants are expected to show they already have, or can credibly establish, the collaborations described in the announcement to make SDY surveillance workable (because SDY cases often require coordination across additional systems and stakeholders).
The outcomes CDC is aiming for by the end of the project period are concrete and programmatic rather than purely academic. Recipients are expected to deliver a complete, comprehensive, population-based SUID/SDY surveillance dataset for their chosen coverage area, with consistent categorization so incidence and trends can be reported by specific case types. Those surveillance outputs should then be used to shape prevention and health promotion strategies, including changes to policies and practices among agencies and systems that serve children and families. The program also explicitly aims to increase community awareness using credible local data and to expand the use of standardized death scene investigation and case investigation practices, so that future investigations generate better information and ultimately support prevention.
Administratively, this was offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement through the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCCDPHP), under CFDA 93.946. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted (subject to any clarifications in the full announcement). The opportunity was created December 21, 2017, with an original application deadline of February 27, 2018 (11:59 p.m. ET for electronic submission). The expected number of awards was 25, with an award ceiling of $475,000, and applicants selecting the SDY expanded component could receive additional funds tied to that added scope.Apply for CDC RFA DP18 1806
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) Case Registry" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.946.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 21, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 27, 2018 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $475,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the SUID and SDY Case Registry grant opportunity (CDC RFA DP18-1806)?
It is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to help states, jurisdictions, and partner organizations strengthen and standardize surveillance of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and, optionally, Sudden Death in the Young (SDY). The focus is on producing a complete and usable picture of when, where, and why these deaths occur by standardizing how cases are identified, investigated, reviewed, and coded.
What is the main purpose of this cooperative agreement?
The central goal is to build stronger, more consistent surveillance so recipients can develop a comprehensive, population-based dataset for their selected coverage area. The program emphasizes consistent case identification, thorough data compilation from multiple sources, multidisciplinary case review, and standardized categorization so information can be compared across places and over time and used directly for prevention efforts and policy decisions.
What types of deaths does the program focus on?
The required focus is SUID cases involving infants from birth through 1 year of age. Applicants may also choose an optional expanded component for SDY covering deaths from age 1 through at least age 17.
What is required of all applicants under this opportunity?
All applicants must choose a required SUID Core Component focused on infants from birth through 1 year of age. This core component is mandatory and serves as the foundation of the surveillance work.
What options are available for the required SUID Core Component?
Applicants must choose one of two SUID core paths: (1) statewide SUID surveillance covering the entire state, or (2) SUID surveillance limited to one or multiple forensic jurisdiction(s), allowing focus on selected medical examiner/coroner regions or counties.
Is the SDY component required?
No. The SDY component is an optional expanded component that applicants may elect to add beyond the required SUID core work.
What age range does the optional SDY Expanded Component cover?
The SDY optional expanded component covers sudden deaths from age 1 through at least age 17.
What SDY coverage options are available if an applicant chooses to add the SDY component?
The SDY option has two versions: (1) statewide SDY surveillance, but only if the applicant selected statewide SUID surveillance as the core component; or (2) SDY surveillance in one or multiple forensic jurisdiction(s), which must correspond to the same jurisdictions selected under the jurisdiction-based SUID core option.
Can an applicant choose statewide SDY surveillance if they did not choose statewide SUID surveillance?
No. Statewide SDY surveillance is only allowed if the applicant selected statewide SUID surveillance as the required core component.
If an applicant selects jurisdiction-based SUID surveillance, can they select different jurisdictions for SDY?
No. If an applicant chooses the SDY expanded component under the jurisdiction-based model, the SDY jurisdictions must correspond to the same jurisdictions selected for the jurisdiction-based SUID core component.
Are additional funds available for applicants who include the SDY expanded component?
Yes. Additional funds are tied to choosing the SDY expanded component, reflecting the added scope of SDY surveillance activities.
What is expected regarding partnerships and collaboration?
The program emphasizes practical collaboration across systems involved in these deaths, especially medicolegal death investigation offices and child death review teams. Applicants selecting the SDY expanded component are expected to show they already have, or can credibly establish, the collaborations needed to make SDY surveillance workable.
What protocols are recipients expected to use for case work and review?
The work is anchored in using the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention (NCFRP) protocols.
What are recipients expected to do to identify cases?
Recipients are expected to systematically find and capture all eligible SUID and/or SDY cases in their selected coverage area.
What kinds of information are recipients expected to compile for each case?
Recipients are expected to compile information from multiple sources, such as death scene investigation findings, autopsy results, medical records, and other relevant investigative documents.
What is meant by multidisciplinary review in this program?
Cases are expected to be brought to multidisciplinary review involving professionals who can interpret the circumstances from different angles. Examples listed include medical examiners/coroners, public health staff, clinicians, law enforcement, emergency responders, and others as appropriate.
How are cases categorized after review?
After review, cases must be categorized using established criteria so the registry not only counts deaths but also describes them in a standardized way that supports comparison across places and over time.
What does CDC emphasize about data quality and timeliness?
A major expectation is continuous improvement in data quality and timeliness, ensuring data are high quality, timely, and directly useful for prevention.
What is expected regarding dissemination and use of findings?
Recipients are expected to routinely disseminate findings so the information does not sit in a database, but instead actively informs prevention efforts and policy decisions. Recipients are also expected to analyze and describe risk factors and circumstances that can guide targeted interventions.
What outcomes is CDC aiming for by the end of the project period?
CDC is aiming for concrete program outcomes, including a complete, comprehensive, population-based SUID/SDY surveillance dataset for the chosen coverage area, consistent categorization so incidence and trends can be reported by specific case types, and the use of these outputs to shape prevention and health promotion strategies, including changes to policies and practices among agencies and systems serving children and families.
How does the program support prevention beyond data collection?
The program explicitly aims to increase community awareness using credible local data and to expand the use of standardized death scene investigation and case investigation practices so future investigations generate better information and support prevention.
What type of funding mechanism is this opportunity?
It was offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement through the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCCDPHP).
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 93.946.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, subject to any clarifications in the full announcement.
When was the opportunity created and what was the application deadline?
The opportunity was created on December 21, 2017. The original application deadline was February 27, 2018, with an electronic submission deadline of 11:59 p.m. ET.
How many awards were expected and what was the award ceiling?
The expected number of awards was 25, and the award ceiling was $475,000. Applicants selecting the SDY expanded component could receive additional funds tied to that added scope.
Which CDC center was associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity was administered through CDC (NCCDPHP) under the Department of Health and Human Services.
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