State Maternal Health Innovation Program (SMHI)

The State Maternal Health Innovation Program (SMHI) aims to improve maternal health and address maternal health gaps through quality services, a skilled workforce, enhanced data quality and capacity, and innovative programming. The program will provide funding to seven award recipients from the FY22 SMHI cohort. The estimated funding for this program is $4,600,000, with an award ceiling of $1,000,000 and an award floor of $657,142. • The program will focus on reducing maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) • Eligible applicants are the seven award recipients from the FY22 SMHI cohort • The program will be funded through a cooperative agreement • The estimated award date is August 31, 2027, and the estimated project start date is September 30, 2027.