HRSA has awarded $1.5 million in first-year funding for five projects to expand and strengthen newborn screening systems and promote ongoing screening of children with special health care needs: 

• Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, received $295,522 to design and implement a statewide Newborn Surveillance and Tracking Integrated Information System to help ensure that children with or at risk for inheritable disorders are identified and monitored.
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, was awarded $300,000 to implement a state genetics plan to improve and coordinate services for children with special health care needs, in particular those children identified by newborn metabolic and hearing screening and infants coming out of hospital neonatal intensive care units.
• Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, received a grant of $300,000 to develop a coordinated newborn screening and follow-up system through program and data integration.
• Oregon Department of Human Services, Portland, was awarded $300,000 to help hospitals, medical homes, and public health programs identify newborns that need follow-up and to coordinate and monitor service delivery.
• The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, received a grant of $300,000 to integrate and improve systems of care for newborn screening by developing ways to track and evaluate system effectiveness.