a pediatrician can make a difference!!!!

A Pediatrician Can Make a Difference!!!!

CATCH Program Mission

CATCH supports pediatricians to collaborate within their communities so that all children have access to needed health services and a

medical home.

It Takes A Village….

More Background Information

• Program of the Community Pediatrics Council of the American Academy of Pediatrics

• Provides seed funds for programs aimed at improving children’s health

• A pediatrician or pediatric resident need to be program leader

• Asks for development of community partnerships

More Background Information cont.

• Grants awarded twice a year (Fall and Spring)• Planning and Implementation grants fund 6

month long projects• $ 12,000 and $ 3,000 awards for pediatricians

and residents• Application is straightforward!!!• Local and national technical support is readily

available

CATCH Evaluation Highlights

• 401 funded grants from 2006 to 2012 (731 eligible applications)

• 58% grantees spend 100% of their time in general pediatrics

• Non-profit community health center is single largest employment setting

CATCH Evaluation Highlights

• 85% projects are completed• 87% projects still exist in some form two years

after funding• 63% awardees still involved in their project• 29% report CATCH funds helped to leverage

additional funding

CATCH Evaluation Highlights

• 72% have sustained most community partnerships

• 64% formed new community partnerships after funding ended

• 64% success at increasing access for children• 41% have mentored others in obtaining a

CATCH grant or conducting a CATCH project

Some Examples

• Youth in transition health care• Oral Health• Maternal Depression• Care coordination for CSHCN• Mental Health Access• Asthma• Health Literacy• Teenage pregnancy

YES, YOU CAN!!!!

Contact Information

• Massachusetts CATCH co-facilitatorsDr. Anne Nugent (nugeae@comcast.net)Dr. Giusy Romano-Clarke (gromanoclarke@partners.org)• District I CATCH Resident RepresentativeDr. Megan Schultz (mschultz1@partners.org)

Contact Information

• AAP CATCH Program ManagerDana Bennett-Tejes (dtejes@aap.org)• Community Pediatrics Websitehttp://www2.aap.org/commpeds• CATCH Websitehttp://www2.aap.org/catch/index.html