Notice2026-19146
Healthy Start Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
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Published
September 18, 2026
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Abstract
Through the Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project cooperative agreement (HRSA-24-038), HRSA provides funding to the National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ) to provide technical assistance and support to Healthy Start Initiative (Healthy Start) award recipients. HRSA will provide supplemental award funds to NICHQ in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to support the implementation of the Healthy Start Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring initiative for Healthy Start award recipients.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59146-59147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19146]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Healthy Start Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of supplemental funding.
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SUMMARY: Through the Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project
cooperative agreement (HRSA-24-038), HRSA provides funding to the
National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ) to provide
technical assistance and support to Healthy Start Initiative (Healthy
Start) award recipients. HRSA will provide supplemental award funds to
NICHQ in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to support the implementation of the
Healthy Start Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring initiative for
Healthy Start award recipients.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mabatemije Otubu, RN, MPH, Public
Health Analyst, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a37352e2f382f1a3228293b743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="036e6c77766176436b7170622d646c75">[email protected]</span></a> and (301)
594-4462.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intended Recipient(s) of the Award: The
National Institute for Children's Health Quality.
Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $500,000.
Project Period: June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2027.
Assistance Listing Number: 93.926.
Award Instrument: Cooperative agreement.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 254c-8 (Title III, Sec. 330H of the Public
Health Service Act).
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Table 1--Recipient(s) and Award Amount(s)
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Award
Grant No. Award recipient name City, state amount
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UF5MC32750............................... National Institute for Boston, MA................. $500,000
Children's Health Quality.
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Justification: NICHQ, as the current Healthy Start Technical
Assistance and Support Center (TASC), provides national technical
assistance and support to all HRSA-funded Healthy Start award
recipients. Supplemental funds will support the expansion of a self-
measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring initiative within Healthy
Start communities to promote earlier identification of preeclampsia and
other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Hypertensive disorders of
pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in
the United States and disproportionately affect the types of
populations served by Healthy Start. Preeclampsia, a life-threatening
hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, affects as many as one in 12
pregnancies and can be effectively monitored through regular blood
pressure measurement.
HRSA supplemented NICHQ's award with $175,000 in FY 2023 and
$214,000 in FY 2024 ($389,000 total) to support a successful SMBP
monitoring pilot previously implemented across 15 Healthy Start sites
in 12 states. In FY 2026, Congress directed HRSA to expand this effort
by providing no less than $250,000 to increase the number of states and
Healthy Start sites able to benefit from the SMBP monitoring
initiative. Specifically, the Explanatory Statement accompanying the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. 119-75) included ``no
less than $250,000 for the Healthy Start blood pressure monitoring
pilot, as described in Senate Report 119-55.'' In Senate Report 119-55,
the Committee provided ``no less than $250,000 for more States to
benefit from this pilot, and to the Healthy Start program to continue
to support the self-measured blood pressure monitoring pilot, which
works to identify preeclampsia during pregnancy at an earlier stage in
high-risk communities by distributing blood pressure cuffs and patient
information.''
As the Healthy Start TASC, NICHQ is well-positioned to support
expanded implementation of the SMBP monitoring initiative among Healthy
Start sites. Through this supplemental funding, NICHQ, as the Healthy
Start TASC, will support Healthy Start award recipients in at least 15
states to expand access to SMBP monitoring for pregnant and postpartum
women. This initiative will provide training, technical assistance,
implementation guidance, and resources to selected Healthy Start sites
in partnership with a subject matter expert in hypertensive disorders
of pregnancy. This effort builds on lessons learned from the previous
SMBP monitoring pilot and is intended to broaden participation beyond
the original pilot sites so that additional Healthy Start communities
may benefit. Further information on Healthy Start is available at:
<a href="https://www.hrsa.gov/services/healthy-start">https://www.hrsa.gov/services/healthy-start</a>.
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2026-19146 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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