U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Program |
Agency |
Focus |
Type of Awards |
FY ’04 President’s |
HHS Mainstream Programs (listed alphabetically) |
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Access to Recovery http://www.samhsa.gov/news/ |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) |
Access to Recovery funds drug and alcohol treatment using vouchers to pay for a range of appropriate community-based services. |
Competitive Grants to:
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$200 |
Community Mental Health Services http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/ |
SAMHSA |
CMHSBG funds mental health services, and improved access to services, for adults with serious mental illness and children with severe emotional disturbances. |
Formula Grants to:
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$433 |
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) |
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) |
CSBG funds services and activities to reduce poverty among low-income citizens; including services to address employment, education, health, substance abuse, income management, nutrition, and emergency services. |
Formula Grants to:
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$495 |
Consolidated Health Centers (CHC’s) |
Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA) |
CHC’s fund basic preventive and primary health services to underserved persons; including services to reduce barriers to care such as case management, outreach, transportation, and interpretive services. |
Competitive grants to:
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$1,627 |
Head Start |
ACF |
Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families with the overall goal of improving school readiness of young children in low-income families. |
Competitive Grants to:
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$6,816 |
Maternal & Child Health Services Block |
HRSA |
MCHBG funds are dedicated to the improvement of the health of all mothers and children, especially those with low-income or limited access to health care. Services include direct health care, enabling services, population-based services, and infrastructure building for MCH-funded programs. |
Formula Block grants to:
Competitive grants for Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) and for Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) to:
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$751 |
Medicaid |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) |
Health insurance program for certain low-income and needy people; it may include children, the aged, blind and/or disabled, and people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance programs. |
Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program jointly funded by Federal and State governments.
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$182,543 |
Ryan White CARE Act (RWCA- Titles I, II, III, IV) |
HRSA |
RWCA provides funding for health care for people with HIV disease, filling gaps in care faced by those with low-incomes and little or no insurance. Services include primarily ambulatory health care and support services. |
Competitive grants to
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$2,010 |
Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) |
ACF |
SSBG provides funds for delivering social services directed towards the needs of children & adults; such as employment services, education/training, childcare, family planning services, and substance abuse services. |
Formula Grants to:
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$1,700 |
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) |
CMS |
SCHIP provides health coverage to uninsured children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to afford private coverage. |
Formula grants to:
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$5,090 |
Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG) http://www.samhsa.gov/programs/content/ |
SAMHSA |
SAPTBG provides funds for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. Services generally target populations with greatest need, including high-risk youth and youth involved with the criminal justice system, pregnant and postpartum women, and people with HIV/AIDS. |
Formula Grants to:
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$1,785 |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) |
ACF |
TANF funds may be used in any manner “reasonably calculated to accomplish the goals of TANF;” assisting needy families so that children can be cared for in their own homes; reducing dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. |
Formula Block Grants to:
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$17,609 |
HHS Homeless Specific Service Programs |
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Treatment for Homeless Persons |
SAMHSA |
Funds capacity development to help communities serve homeless persons with substance use disorders. |
Competitive grants to:
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TBD |
Collaborative Initiative on Chronic Homelessness |
HRSA and SAMHSA (Total HHS contribution $10.5) Additional contributions from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs ($4.8), Department of Housing and Urban Development ($19.5) |
Funds eleven communities who will address chronic homelessness through the integration of housing, primary care, psychiatric and substance abuse treatment, and services to veterans. |
Competitive grant opportunity for FY ’03 open to:
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$10 |
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) |
HRSA |
HCH funds health care, substance abuse, and other supportive services to persons who are homeless or living in transitional housing arrangements. |
Competitive grants to:
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8 to 9 percent of the annual appropriation for CHC (see above) |
Programs for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) |
ACF |
RHY funds services for the runaway and homeless youth population in 3 grant programs: Basic Center Program, Transitional Living Program, and the Street Outreach Program. |
Competitive Grants to:
Street Outreach Program:
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$103 |
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) |
SAMHSA |
PATH funds are distributed by states to community-based agencies and used to provide services for homeless persons with psychiatric illnesses from a menu of ten core services. |
Formula grants to:
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$50 |