HHS Awards Grants to States to Address a Number of Issues
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson on Sept. 28 announced several grant awards to help states address a number of health-related issues. A summary of the awards appears below.
- The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will award $64 million in new grants to 37 states and one U.S. territory to develop programs for people with disabilities. The grants include $40.8 million to help states improve community-based long term care programs; $7.6 million to boost state personal assistance services; $11.1 million to help states shift individuals from nursing facilities to the community; and $4.9 million to provide technical assistance, training and information to states, residents and organizations (
HHS release, 9/28).
- HHS will award $27 million in grants to eight states and Puerto Rico to support youth substance abuse prevention programs. Grant recipients will receive about $3 million this year and similar awards in each of the next two years (
HHS release, 9/28).
- HHS will award $23.7 million in social services grants to six states and the District of Columbia -- areas affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Recipients may use the grants, part of the $126 million in disaster relief funding that HHS announced on Sept. 21, to provide emergency food and shelter, assistance for those with disabilities, special child welfare services and child care (
HHS release, 9/28).
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