Notice2025-10738

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention

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Published
June 13, 2025

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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration

Abstract

HRSA will provide additional award funds to the one recipient of the SUID Prevention Program with period of performance ending in fiscal year 2025 to extend the current period of performance by 12 months to continue the activities of the program related to reducing infant deaths.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 113 (Friday, June 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 25058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10738]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Announcing period of performance extension with funding for the 
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Prevention Program.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will provide additional award funds to the one recipient 
of the SUID Prevention Program with period of performance ending in 
fiscal year 2025 to extend the current period of performance by 12 
months to continue the activities of the program related to reducing 
infant deaths.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Pilkey, Senior Nurse Consultant, 
Division of Child Adolescent and Family Health, Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b5f4b5257505e427b5349485a155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6a2b6afaaada3bf86aeb4b5a7e8a1a9b0">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and 301-500-9637.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient(s) of the Award: American Academy of Pediatrics 
(AAP).
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award(s): One Award of $500,000.
    Project Period: July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
    Assistance Listing (CFDA) Number: 93.110.
    Award Instrument: Cooperative Agreement.
    Authority: This non-competitive supplemental funding is authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (title V, sec. 501(a)(2) of the Social Security 
Act).
    Purpose/Justification: HRSA will provide a non-competitive 
supplement of $500,000 to the SUID Prevention Program recipient, AAP, 
to extend the period of performance by an additional year, July 1, 
2025, to June 30, 2026, to connect families with the resources that 
they need and to help improve family capacity to practice safe sleep. 
This Program was awarded on July 1, 2022, for a 3-year period (HRSA 22-
082). The purpose of the program is to reduce overall rates of SUID by 
supporting pediatric health care practitioners to provide evidence-
based counseling and education to infant caregivers and families; to 
guide system improvements; and to identify and support policy changes 
that address state- and community-specific SUID risks. The awardee has 
demonstrated progress during this period and will be able to expand 
that progress if extended by 1 year.
    Funds are available for award for this non-competitive supplement. 
A non-competitive supplement is necessary to ensure on time, high-
quality implementation of best practices for reducing infant deaths 
that the current recipient is uniquely positioned to continue. The 
recipient is in good standing with current HRSA grant requirements and 
has been a leader in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and SUID 
prevention for decades, starting with the initial Back to Sleep 
campaign in the 1990s that urged parents and caregivers to place 
infants to sleep supine following the emergence of data that supported 
this recommendation. More recently, the AAP Task Force on SIDS has 
published comprehensive recommendations for the prevention of SIDS, 
Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed, and other sleep-
related deaths, based on a detailed and impartial analysis of all 
available evidence. In addition, AAP directs several initiatives aimed 
at improving child health outcomes.
    The current recipient will use their existing infrastructure to 
maintain implementation without disruption and they are the only 
organization with a unique existing network of practicing pediatricians 
and related professionals who are part of a National Safe Sleep 
Champion Network, a network of pediatrician experts in safe sleep to 
promote safe sleep recommendations and education for providers to 
better serve families.
    The recipient will be expected to ensure continued efforts around 
reducing infant deaths by disseminating and implementing best 
practices, increasing connections with state and local infant fatality 
review teams and AAP Chapters, supporting implementation of a community 
engagement toolkit, and expanding their National Safe Sleep Champion 
Network.

Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-10738 Filed 6-12-25; 8:45 am]
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