Opportunity Overview
The New Jersey Department of Health Shared Decision-Making Program 2027 (NOFA DFHS27SDM) supports continued statewide implementation of TeamBirth shared decision-making tools for labor and delivery hospitals and pregnant and postpartum patients.
Funding and Deadline
NJDOH estimates $280,730 in program funding for the award period September 30, 2026 through September 29, 2027.
Application deadline: September 22, 2026 through SAGE. The published NOFA does not state a submission clock time or time zone.
Eligible Applicants
The NOFA identifies 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations as the eligible entity type. This is a continuation opportunity. Eligible continuation applicants must demonstrate knowledge of health needs and acute maternity-care hospitals statewide in New Jersey, plus experience planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating health-care quality activities involving equitable access, health disparities, and care for underserved and vulnerable populations.
Applicants must submit a valid New Jersey Tax Clearance Certificate and a valid New Jersey Charities Registration Letter of Compliance when applicable.
Program Purpose
Funds support TeamBirth implementation, provider training, consistent integration of shared decision-making into care interactions, patient-provider collaboration, patient empowerment, improved maternity-care experience, reduction of adverse maternal-health outcomes, and increased use of data to inform changes within participating hospitals.
N9+ / Atlas Analysis
N9+ Fit Score: 25/100. The core opportunity is a maternal-health workflow, training, quality-improvement, and patient-engagement program. The Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform is not a central program requirement and should not be forced into the project without an explicit, defensible role established in the RFA or approved work plan.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 86/100. This is a meaningful, currently open New Jersey maternal-health continuation program with a clearly defined statewide TeamBirth implementation objective. The strongest pursuit posture is incumbent/continuation qualification rather than broad applicant outreach.
Application Controls
Applications are submitted in the New Jersey SAGE system under Shared Decision-Making Pilot Program 2027. The application became available September 8, 2026. NJDOH lists Carly Slutzky, Maternal Health Innovation, as the program contact at 609-913-5742 and carly.slutzky@doh.nj.gov.
Next Action
Confirm the current eligible continuation grantee from the RFA/SAGE record, validate applicant-specific eligibility, and preserve the opportunity as a partner-led maternal-health quality-improvement pursuit. Do not initiate broad applicant outreach. Any recipient-facing outreach must wait until the exact deadline time is verified and all Atlas/Zoho send gates are satisfied.
Verified source: New Jersey Department of Health, Notice of Fund Availability DFHS27SDM.