Deadline: July 20, 2026
The Maternal Health Emergency Management Training (MHEMT) program aims to strengthen the ability of clinicians and first responders to provide timely and effective care for pregnant and postpartum women, especially in non-delivery and low-resource healthcare settings facing gaps in maternal emergency preparedness.
Focus areas, objectives, priorities, and themes include creating a standardized interdisciplinary training program on maternal health emergencies and early warning signs/screening for pregnant and postpartum women; developing practical targeted implementation strategies that translate existing AIM Patient Safety Bundles and resource kits into actionable approaches for non-delivery and low-resource clinical settings; improving initial management of medical emergencies or conditions; supporting appropriate referral or transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients experiencing maternal health emergencies; increasing access to safe, reliable, quality maternal healthcare; strengthening workforce capacity through evidence-informed training; improving early detection and management of conditions contributing to severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality; supporting value-based care; and promoting consistent, coordinated, and high-quality care across healthcare settings.
The program addresses a persistent workforce training gap in areas where maternal health emergencies may be encountered infrequently but require rapid recognition, stabilization, and coordination of care. These challenges are increased by the growing number of counties without hospital-based obstetric services in the United States.
The MHEMT program is designed around two initiatives. The first initiative focuses on developing or expanding a standardized national emergency maternal health training program that provides Continuing Medical Education (CME) or Continuing Education (CE) credits for interdisciplinary providers, including emergency clinicians, first responders, nurses, advanced practice providers, and physicians supporting pregnant and postpartum women.
The second initiative focuses on developing practical implementation strategies that adapt existing AIM Patient Safety Bundles and resource kits into operational approaches for non-delivery and low-resource clinical settings. These strategies will support emergency management, referral processes, transfer coordination, and maternal health preparedness quality improvement.
The program will address leading causes of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality by improving workforce readiness in settings such as emergency departments, critical access hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and other clinical environments where obstetric care may not be routinely provided. The funding opportunity is offered under HRSA-26-112 with an expected total available funding of $3,000,000 for FY 2026.
Eligible applicants include domestic public or private non-profit and for-profit organizations capable of carrying out data-driven maternal safety and quality improvement initiatives in obstetrics, gynecology, or maternal health. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this opportunity.
The program aims to develop, refine, and implement a national emergency maternal health training program that is freely available to participants and designed for interdisciplinary healthcare providers working in non-delivery and low-resource settings. It also seeks to increase the number of emergency maternal health trainings delivered and the number of providers trained.
The program will also support pilot implementation strategies using existing AIM resources to increase the number of low-resource birthing facilities implementing Patient Safety Bundles and increase participation of non-delivery clinical settings in maternal health preparedness quality improvement activities.
Applicants are expected to avoid duplicating existing maternal health training resources and instead build upon and refine available materials. Proposed strategies should translate existing AIM resources into workflows, staffing models, and implementation approaches suitable for settings primarily staffed by non-obstetrical clinicians.
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