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.

TOP STORY: Vice President Biden Announces Release of Nearly $100 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Support Senior Nutrition Programs

Vice President Joe Biden announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services will award $100 million in Recovery Act funding to provide meals to tens of thousands of low-income older Americans in need. The funding is expected to provide nearly 14 million meals nationwide.

“Across the country, older Americans depend on senior centers and home delivery programs for regular, healthy meals. Today, more senior citizens are in need, but the programs they depend on are on the brink of reducing their services or closing down,” said Vice President Biden. “The Recovery Act will help ensure older Americans are not forced to choose between paying bills and buying food.”

The Recovery Act provides $65 million for congregate nutrition services provided at senior centers and other community sites, $32 million for home delivered nutrition services delivered to frail elders at home and $3 million for Native American nutrition programs.

Please select from the following items to learn more:

View Press Release (pdf)
See Funding for All States (xls)
See Funding for All Tribes (xls)
View Frequently Asked Questions (doc)
ARRA State Nutrition Funding Map
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ARRA Standard Terms and Conditions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) Reporting

Section 1512 of the Recovery Act requires that funding recipients report a series of data elements not later than 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter. These data elements include project description, project completion status, and estimate of the number of jobs created or retained, among others. The next reporting deadline for the Recovery Act data elements due to www.federalreporting.gov is 1/15/10.

Please select from the following items to learn more:

OMB Guidance on Data Quality, Non-Reporting Recipients, and Jobs