Poison Control Centers Program | HRSA 24 045

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The Poison Control Centers (PCC) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) focused on reducing poisonings and limiting the health harms that result from toxic exposures. The central aim is to make sure people anywhere in the United States can quickly reach a Poison Control Center through the Poison Help Line and receive expert, evidence-based guidance on prevention, assessment, and response when a poisoning is suspected or confirmed. In practical terms, the program supports the nationwide infrastructure that allows poison centers to triage calls, advise families and caregivers, support clinicians and emergency departments, and help keep cases out of the health care system when safe while also accelerating appropriate treatment when needed.

The program lays out several core objectives that funded centers are expected to advance. These include supporting poisoning prevention activities (such as education and outreach to reduce common toxic exposures), delivering high-quality information and guidance to the public and professionals who call the Poison Help Line, and providing treatment recommendations when poisonings occur. Just as important, the program emphasizes systematic data collection on poisonings and their outcomes, then using those data to strengthen public health and emergency preparedness efforts. This reflects the broader role poison centers play beyond individual case management: they contribute real-time situational awareness about emerging hazards, spikes in overdoses, contaminated products, carbon monoxide events, and other threats that require public health coordination.

Performance in this program is described through several operational and surveillance-oriented targets. HRSA expects participating centers to maintain the overall number of calls received by the Poison Help Line, reflecting continued accessibility and utilization of poison center services. The program also aims to maintain the percentage of human exposure case calls originating from health care facilities and practitioners, underscoring poison centers ongoing role as a clinical consultation resource. In addition, the opportunity prioritizes increasing the percentage of human exposure cases that receive completed follow-up contact, which is critical for monitoring patient outcomes, refining recommendations, and improving data quality. Finally, the program seeks to increase the amount and quality of national poisoning data available through the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to support toxic exposure surveillance, trend detection, and coordinated response across jurisdictions.

Eligibility is limited to organizations located in the United States, its territories, or a compact of free association that operate poison control centers meeting specific accreditation conditions. Applicants generally must be accredited by a professional organization in poison control and comply with the operational requirements needed to sustain that accreditation, or be accredited by a state government whose standards reasonably protect public health regarding poisoning. A waiver pathway is also available: an unaccredited poison control center may be eligible if it can reasonably demonstrate it will obtain the required accreditation within a reasonable timeframe set by the Secretary, not to exceed five years. The only professional organization currently recognized for this accreditation purpose is Americas Poison Centers. The opportunity explicitly includes Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) and Native American tribal organizations as eligible applicants, along with state governments and other qualifying entities.

Key administrative details from the notice include the Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-24-045 and CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 93.253, with the activity category listed as Health and the funding instrument type as a Grant. The original application closing date is May 1, 2024. HRSA anticipates making about 52 awards. The notice lists an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates that a single fixed maximum was not specified in the summary field and applicants should rely on the full notice for the budget framework, expected funding ranges, and any formula or allocation methodology.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Poison Control Centers Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.253.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-31.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 52 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others.

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