Opportunity Overview
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Maternal and Child Health Program is accepting applications for the Title V MCH Needs Assessment Solicitation. The work supports statewide maternal and child health needs-assessment activities, research and identification of evidence-based strategies and best practices, State Action Plan development, and annual reports and deliverables supporting Idaho’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.
Deadline and Submission
The authoritative Idaho DHW program page states that applications are due Friday, October 16, 2026 by 5:00 PM MT and must be emailed to IdahoMCH@dhw.idaho.gov.
Eligibility
The public DHW page limits applications to the Idaho universities identified in the solicitation. The specific eligible universities are contained in the controlling solicitation and must be extracted before applicant routing or outreach. Do not infer eligibility from prior Idaho MCH contracting history.
Official Application Materials
The official DHW document repository currently lists three controlling files: Request for Applications — Title V MCH Needs Assessment; Application — Title V MCH Needs Assessment Activities; and Budget Template — Title V MCH Needs Assessment.
Verification Hold
The public program page verifies the opportunity is open, its purpose, the restricted university applicant class, the submission email, and the October 16 deadline. However, the connected document path is not exposing the body of the controlling solicitation or application files. The award amount or ceiling, named eligible universities, project period, match or cost-share requirement, scoring, detailed budget restrictions, required forms and attachments, and other material solicitation terms therefore remain unverified. This record must remain on Source Verification Hold and must not be published or routed for outreach until those documents are fully inspected.
N9+ / QC Strategic Analysis
Provisional Atlas Opportunity Score: 84/100. The opportunity is strongly relevant to maternal and child health and public-health planning, but the verified public scope is research, needs assessment, evidence review, planning and reporting rather than clinical technology deployment. N9+ fit is currently 0/100 and QC Healthcare fit is currently 0/100. Do not introduce or budget N9+ unless the controlling solicitation later establishes a legitimate, applicant-driven clinical-technology role.
Next Action
Inspect the controlling RFA, application and budget template; confirm the named eligible universities, funding amount and applicant ceiling, project period, match/cost share, allowable and unallowable costs, scoring, required forms and attachments, submission mechanics and amendment status. If verified, update this canonical record in place, publish it, identify only the named eligible Idaho universities, then complete recipient verification, CRM/Email_Opt_Out/sent-history deduplication and the 48-hour outreach gate before any initial outreach.