2/1/2016 to 8/31/2018

Colorado School of Public Health and the Association of Public Health Laboratories

Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

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<li>Genetic Alliance (Babies First Test)</li>
<li>2 midwives</li>
<li>NICHQ</li>
<li>AMCHP</li>
<li>ASTHO</li>
<li>March of Dimes</li>
<li>National Collaborating Center and NBSTRN (ACMG)</li>
<li>University of Iowa</li>
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$1.8 million dollars over 3 years States were able to apply for between $30,000 and $50,000 for up to 3 years depending on when they applied for funding

Five state team member’s attendance and participation at monthly conference calls within the state team, monthly all state conference calls, one state team lead, sharing of timeliness project data, attendance at requested meetings of state teams

<p>The NewSTEPs 360 project in California will include planning, execution, implementation, and training related to improving timeliness for Newborn Screening in the NBS Annual Scope of Work.</p>
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<li>NBS will continue to implement action plans for the following goals:</li>
<li>Improve statewide timelines of newborn specimen collection from 90% to 95% of NBS specimens collected between twelve (12) and forty-eight (48) hours of the infant’s birth.</li>
<li>As a sub-goal, no single hospital will be below 80% collection rate of NBS specimens collected between twelve and forty-eight hours.</li>
<li>Greater than 85% of California NBS will be received to newborn screening labs by second (2nd ) day post collection by March 2018.</li>
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