American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
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Initiative Summary
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of $27 million dollars of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to support state led partnerships involving the aging and public health networks to implement evidence-based prevention programs at the community level to help seniors better self-manage their chronic diseases. This program is part of the HHS $650 million Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative. It builds on and expands a program currently led by the U.S. Administration on Aging that supports chronic-disease self-management programs (CDSMP) in 27 states.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible Applicants include all 56 States and territories. Only state units on aging or state health departments are eligible to submit applications.
Requirements
- The state unit on aging and state health departments must be full partners in administering the program and they must involve their local area agencies on aging and health departments.
- The State Medicaid Agency must also be involved in the program.
- The application must include a letter of support from the state’s Governor.
- States must comply with reporting requirements authorized under the Recovery Act.
Award Information
Application Due Date: February 12, 2010
Award Mechanism: Cooperative Agreements
Fiscal Year Funds: 2009-2010 Recovery Act
Approximate Number of Awards: 50
Budget Period Length: 24 months
Project Period Length: 24 months
For a copy of Secretary Sebelius’ press release, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/12/20091216a.html
For a copy of the Funding Opportunity Announcement .
For more information regarding these programs, go to:
AoA's Evidence-based Disease and Disability Prevention Program.
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