Child Survival and Health Grants Program: Overview

Background and Overview of the Child Survival and Health Grants Program

Since 1985, USAID’s Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported community-oriented projects implemented by U.S. private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and their local partners. The purpose of this program is to contribute to sustained improvements in child survival and health outcomes by supporting the innovations of PVOs/NGOs and their in-country partners in reaching vulnerable populations.

CSHGP is housed in the Bureau for Global Health’s Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition (GH/HIDN). GH/HIDN strongly supports the role and contribution that PVOs/NGOs and their local partners play in improving the quality of life of some of the most disadvantaged populations in developing countries.

The three main program components of the CSHGP include:

(1) PVO/NGO Cooperative Agreements: Each year, new cooperative agreements are awarded to support community-based health programs in specific child survival and health technical areas. The current portfolio consists of approximately 54 projects in 32 countries.

(2) CORE Group: CSHGP supports the CORE Group, a network organization of 48 NGO members collectively working in more than 180 countries. CORE’s mission is to strengthen local capacity on a global scale to measurably improve the health and well-being of children and women in developing countries through collaborative NGO action and learning. NGOs participate in CORE’s eight working groups in the areas of integrated management of childhood illness, malaria, monitoring and evaluation, nutrition, safe motherhood and reproductive health, social and behavioral change, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. Organizations interested in participating in CORE Group activities and learning more about the child survival community should consider joining the network.

(3) Specialized Technical Assistance From the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program: CSHGP will receive specialized technical assistance from Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP). MCHIP will merge the functions of the Child Survival Technical Support Plus Project into the Global Health Bureau’s flagship project for maternal and child health. MCHIP is a Leader with Associates (LWA) Cooperative Agreement with a JHPIEGO-led consortium that includes Macro International, Inc. MCHIP is designed to support the introduction, scale-up, and further development of innovative strategies to deliver proven high-impact maternal, neonatal, and child health interventions that will lead to measurable reductions in under-5 and maternal mortality and morbidity. One of MCHIP’s strategic objectives focuses on assisting PVO/NGOs and their local partners supported by CSHGP and PMI-Malaria Community Programs to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate innovative, effective, and scalable community-oriented projects. Additional information about preparing applications can be found at the New Partner Portal.

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