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<h2 align="center"><font size="4">CATCH Planning Funds Program</font></h2>
<p align="center"><b><font color="#cc0033"><span class="style6">The 2010 Call for Proposals is Now Available<br><br></span></font></b><font color="#cc0033"><span class="style6"><span class="style7"><font size="2"><span class="style11">Applications due 2:00 pm central time July 31, 2009</span><br>
<span class="style11">Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application review by 12/31/09</span></font></span></span></font></p>
<p>The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) Planning Funds program provides grants in amounts from $2,500 to $12,000 for <strong>pediatricians</strong> to develop innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available. Resident CATCH grants also are available but are limited to a maximum of $3,000 (please see <a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/residentgrants.htm">CATCH Resident Funds</a> for more information).</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/2010cpfcfp.pdf">Call for Proposals/Grant Application Guidelines</a>
<li><a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/2009SupplementToApplicationGuidelinesCPF.pdf"><span class="style3"><font color="#ff0000">Supplement</font></span> to Grant Application Guidelines</a>
<li><span class="txt1lght"><a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/2010planningapplication.doc">Grant Application - Printable Word version<br></a></span>(For reference only - application submissions must be made online.)
<li><a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/funds">Online application: click here to begin</a> <br></li></li></li></li></ul>
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<p><b><font color="#cc0033">Contact your Chapter CATCH Facilitator to discuss your ideas for a CATCH grant project and to obtain assistance with proposal development. <font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/RosterChapterFac.pdf">Click here</a></font> for contact information.</font></b></p>
<p><span class="style5"><strong><font color="#cc0033">CATCH would like to show you how easy it is to get assistance</font></strong></span> with proposal development. Please send a brief paragraph describing the idea for your project to <a href="mailto:catch@aap.org">catch@aap.org</a>, and you will receive help from your Chapter CATCH Facilitator and/or your CATCH program coordinator.</p>
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<li><span class="txt1lght"><a href="http://www.aap.org/commpeds/resources/index.html" target="_blank">Resources and Tools </a></span>
<li><span class="txt1lght txt1lght"><a href="http://www.aap.org/commpeds/resources/teleconferences.htm" target="_blank">Technical Assistance Teleconferences Archive </a></span>
<li><span class="txt1lght"><font color="#ff0000"><a href="http://www.aap.org/commpeds/grantsdatabase/grantsdb.cfm" target="_blank">Descriptions of previously awarded grants</a></font><font color="#333333">—</font>Guidelines and goals for CATCH grant projects may change from year to year. To verify that your proposed project meets current guidelines and selection criteria please write to <a href="mailto:catch@aap.org">catch@aap.org</a>, or call 847/434-7632.</span><span class="txt1lght"><br>
<a href="http://www.aap.org/catch/faqscpf.pdf" target="_blank"></a></span></li></li></li></ul>
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<font color="#0033ff">The CATCH Planning Funds program is administered by the AAP CATCH Program and is supported by a grant from <font color="#ff0000">Wyeth</font>, with additional support from individual donations through the <font color="#ff0000">AAP Friends of Children Fund</font>. </font></blockquote>
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<h2><font color="#0033ff" size="4">For More Information...</font></h2>
<p>Please contact:<br>CATCH Program<br>Division of Community-based Initiatives<br>Department of Community, Chapter, and State Affairs<br>American Academy of Pediatrics<br>141 Northwest Point Blvd<br>Elk Grove Village, IL 60007<br>
Telephone: 847/434-7085<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:catch@aap.org">catch@aap.org</a></p></td></tr>
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