Grants.gov - Find Grant Opportunities - Opportunity Synopsis

Grants.gov - Find Grant Opportunities - Opportunity Synopsis


The HHS Partnership Center NewsletterJanuary 14, 2013 - Special Edition

Dear Partners:

We are sending you this special edition of the HHS Partnership Center Newsletter to share with you a new grant opportunity. The Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Grants (Cycle III) total $32 million and states, local governments, community-based and non-profit organizations are eligible applicants. You will also find below a reminder of our January 2013 webinars on the Health Care Law 101 in Spanish, Text4Baby and Let’s Move Faith and Communities.

These grants, funded under the Affordable Care Act, continue efforts to find and enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that were initially funded under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). To learn more about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, go to www.insurekidsnow.gov.

Grant proposals should focus on one of the following five areas:
 1. Engaging schools in outreach, enrollment and retention activities;
 2. Bridging health coverage disparities by reaching out to subgroups of children that exhibit lower than average health coverage rates;
 3. Designing and executing targeted enrollment strategies to streamline health coverage enrollment for individuals participating in SNAP, WIC or other public benefit programs;
 4. Establishing and developing application assistance resources to provide high quality, reliable Medicaid/CHIP enrollment and renewal services in local communities; and
 5. Conducting training programs to equip communities to help families understand the new application and enrollment system and to deliver effective assistance to families with children eligible for Medicaid and CHIP.
The solicitation for the Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Grants, which includes full instructions on how to apply, can be found at http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=7HLcQrnbZzyKpyvgJkFVpggTRFhWRfxMrWCrdlHXmKWpNGppqZSC!-804278280?oppId=214153&mode=VIEW

Proposals are due on February 21, 2013 with grant award notification anticipated on June 1, 2013. Grants are expected to range from $250,000 to $1 million for a two-year period.

 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service is holding two teleconferences to provide interested parties an opportunity to ask questions. The first teleconference is taking place on January 16, 2013 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm Eastern Time. The dates, times, and call-in numbers for this and future teleconferences will be posted on the InsureKidsNow.gov website at www.insurekidsnow.gov/professionals/outreach/grantees.
Below is the full informational bulletin from CMS. Also included below is information on Medicaid and CHIP provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the legislation recently signed by the President.

Sincerely,
Acacia Salatti, Acting Director
Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

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