Grants

CATCH Grants

CATCH Planning Funds Program
The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) Planning Funds program provides grants in amounts from $2,500 to $12,000 for pediatricians to develop innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available. Resident CATCH grants also are available but are limited to a maximum of $3,000 (text from the AAP website).

For more information, please visit http://www.aap.org/catch/planninggrants.htm

Recent MCAAP Activities 2007-2008
The follow Massachusetts AAP CATCH grants were funded in 2007-2008

Project Titles:

• Health Outreach for Homeless Pregnant Women
• Adolescent Smoking Cessation: A Community-Based Intervention
• School-Based Healthy Weight Promotion
• STRENGTH: Nutrition and Exercise for Teen Health
• Worcester Mental Health Task Force

Dr. Robert Kossack and Dr. Giuisy Romano-Clarke
Massachusetts Chapter AAP CATCH Facilitators