KAAP CATCH Coordinator: Jeffery Colvin, MD, FAAP
Email: colvin@jhu.edu

CATCH Planning Funds Program
The 2010 Call for Proposals is Now Available

Applications due 2:00 pm central time July 31, 2009
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application review by 12/31/09
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 (please see CATCH Resident Funds for more information).

• Call for Proposals/Grant Application Guidelines
• Supplement to Grant Application Guidelines
• Grant Application - Printable Word version
  (For reference only - application submissions must be made online.)
• Online application: click here to begin

Contact your Chapter CATCH Facilitator to discuss your ideas for a CATCH grant project and to obtain assistance with proposal development. Click here for contact information.
CATCH would like to show you how easy it is to get assistance with proposal development. Please send a brief paragraph describing the idea for your project to catch@aap.org, and you will receive help from your Chapter CATCH Facilitator and/or your CATCH program coordinator.

• Resources and Tools
• Technical Assistance Teleconferences Archive
• Descriptions of previously awarded grants—Guidelines and goals for CATCH grant projects may change from year to year. To verify that your proposed project meets current guidelines and selection criteria please write to catch@aap.org, or call 847/434-7632.