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Healthy Beginnings - MCGP Focus Area

Through the focus area of Healthy Beginnings, the Medi-Cal Capacity Grant Program invests in early childhood development.

The Alliance will positively impact the health and well-being of its youngest members and their families in the short and long term, and ensure they have the resources and support needed to thrive.

There are two funding opportunities in the Healthy Beginnings focus area:

Learn more about the Healthy Beginnings focus area need, goals and priorities below.

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Funding Need

The first five years of life are critical to health and brain development.
Historical and persistent trauma (including systemic racism) and adverse childhood experiences can negatively impact physical, mental, emotional and behavioral health.
Barriers to preventative services affect maternal, infant and child health.
Investing in early childhood development has proven benefits for children, families and society.

Funding Goals

Families with a new child receive timely prenatal and post-natal care to promote healthy birth outcomes and optimal physical and mental health for mothers.
Children are thriving by age 5.
Children (prenatal through age 5) and their parents/caregivers have access to preventative health care services and community resources to support their health and well-being.
Parents and caregivers have what they need to provide safe, nurturing environments for their children.

Funding Priorities

Increase access and use of preventative health services, early identification and intervention services, and behavioral health/early childhood development interventions.
Provide parent education and social support.
Assist families in navigating their health care and connecting resources that support child development and family well-being.
Promote strategies for systems change that allow families to fulfill aspirations for children’s long-term health and economic opportunities.

Contact Grant Program Staff

Phone: 831-430-5784
Email: [email protected]

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MCGP Deadlines

Program	Deadline	Award Decision
All programs	Jan. 21, 2025	April 4, 2025
All programs	May 6, 2025*	July 18, 2025
All programs	Aug. 19, 2025	Oct. 31, 2025

*Applications will open in the Grant Portal in early March. Check back for details.

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