Assistance program
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
$134.5 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Health Resources and Services Administration, Health and Human Services, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 93.251
- What it does
- The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program supports comprehensive and coordinated state and territory EHDI systems, so families with newborns, infants, and young children up to three years of age who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) receive appropriate and timely services that include hearing screening, diagnosis, and early intervention. This program supports state/territory efforts to build systems of care focusing on increasing health professionals’ engagement in and knowledge of the EHDI system; improving access to early intervention services and language acquisition; and improving family engagement, partnership, and leadership. The EHDI program also provides support to two organizations that assist the states/territories with technical assistance.
- Who benefits
- Infants and newborns who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families/caretakers.
- Who applies
- Grants to states/territories and cooperative agreements to two organizations that will provide technical assistance.
- Authorized by
- Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017, Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 399M (as added by P.L. 106-310, Sec. 702; as amended by P.L. 111-337 and P.L. 115-71).
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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