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CATCH Call for Proposals
November 1, 2008-January 30, 2009

CATCH Implementation Funds
The Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Program is pleased to announce a new cycle of CATCH grants. The CATCH Implementation Funds program supports pediatricians in the initial or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative. Grants of up to $12,000 are awarded annually on a competitive basis to pediatricians who want to address the needs of children in their community. More information is at www.aap.org/catch/implementgrants.htm.  
CATCH Resident Funds
Grants of up to $3,000 are available for pediatric residents to work with local communities to ensure that all children, especially underserved children, have medical homes and access to any needed health care services. Learn more about these grants at www.aap.org/catch/residentgrants.htm.

The Future of Pediatrics: Quality Care for ALL Children is an exciting AAP conference taking place February 27-March 1, 2009, in Anaheim, CA. It will be a great opportunity for medical home advocates, community pediatricians, and other community health providers to network and learn from each other as well as from respected clinical and practice management faculty. With interactive sessions and many opportunities for networking, this conference will be a time of collaboration and connection, of inspiration and celebration. For more information go to http://www.pedialink.org/cme/FOP.

Community Pediatrics Training Initiative

CATCH Residency Training Grants Funds CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The mission of this program is to provide support to residency programs to build sustainable opportunities for residents to gain experience working on community-based child health initiatives that increase access to medical homes or specific health services not otherwise available. Grants of up to $12,000 will be awarded on a competitive basis. Applications are due by 4:00 pm CST on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. More information is at http://www.aap.org/commpeds/cpti/Opportunities.htm.

Community Pediatrics Training Initiative Advocacy Training Grants CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The CPTI will support 4 pediatric faculty-resident pairs (8 people) to attend the AAP Legislative Conference April 19- April 21, 2009, in Washington, DC.  Each faculty-resident pair will be required to implement an educational activity on child advocacy in coordination with their local AAP chapter following the conference. AAP chapters will receive up to $1,000 toward completing the educational activity in conjunction with the faculty-resident pairs. For more information and to apply, go to http://www.aap.org/commpeds/CPTI/Opportunities.htm.  Applications are due by 4:00 pm CST on Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Award recipients will be notified by early February 2009. For questions, contact Monique Evelyn at 800/433-9016, ext 7397 or mevelyn@aap.org.

Native American Child Health

Join the Canadian Paediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics, in cooperation with the Indian Health Service and the First Nations Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, for the 3rd International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health. Child health providers and researchers dedicated to working with American Indian, Alaska Native, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children and families are encouraged to attend. Participants will have the opportunity to share model programs and research, and develop practical skills that can be utilized in community settings. The Planning Committee invites submissions for oral presentations and posters from individuals working with indigenous populations, and is not limited to medical providers. The deadline is January 16, 2009. For updated conference information, visit http://www.aap.org/nach.

Community Pediatrics Self-Assessment - The COCP has designed a self-assessment to help practicing pediatricians assess where they are in relation to community pediatrics activities as recommended in the COCP policy statement, "The Pediatrician's Role in Community Pediatrics." For more information about the Community Pediatrics Self-Assessment, click here.

Community Pediatrics Education & Training Special Interest Group
Pediatric Education in Community and Office Settings (Starter Kit for Community Preceptors) is offered to the practicing pediatrician who wants to provide a hands-on experience in an office setting for a medical student or resident. The Starter Kit provides practical tips, information, resources, and activities for pediatricians, residency program directors, and clerkship directors to use at every stage of community-based training for students and residents. The tool includes information on developing your office-based teaching program, your academic portfolio, and a variety of topical resources for quick reference. To access this document, please visit the Practice Management page.

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP)

8 New Grants for 2008!
On March 1, 2008, eight new grant recipients were chosen to receive up to $50,000 in funding for the next five years to implement their community-based initiatives. These new grant recipients represent the 20th round of funding for the HTPCP.

Congratulations to the following recipients:

• Robin Haldiman, Roanoke, VA
• Elisa Nicholas, MD, MSPH, Long Beach, CA
• Khudsiya Khan, MD, Philadelphia, PA
• Peter Rivera, MD, Wilmington, CA
• Rose Yuhos, RN, Las Vegas, NV
• Nellie Torres, Nashville, TN
• Sharon Burns, Bossier City, LA
• Phyllis Cavens, MD, Longview, WA

View project descriptions here. To learn about HTPCP, please click here.

Healthy Tomorrows Publication
Congratulations to Holly Ruch-Ross, ScD, David Keller, MD, Nicole Miller, MPH, Jane Bassewitz, MA, and Paul Melinkovich, MD, on the release of their article in the September 2008 issue of Pediatrics.
Evaluation of Community-Based Health Projects: The Healthy Tomorrows Experience. This article examines community-based programs and experience of evaluation, both in terms of capacity and benefits to the program. The study was done by surveying 149 community-based programs funded from 1989 to 2003 through the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program.

For information on additional AAP community pediatrics programs and
general community pediatrics resources, please visit our Web site at http://www.aap.org/commpeds.

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