This $7,296,001,015.00 block grant award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CFDA 93.767) will provide funding to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to maintain and expand health insurance coverage for uninsured, low-income children in the state. The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, supports a range of services including medical claims processing, eligibility...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224) will allow The Children's Clinic, Serving Children And Their Families (TCC Family Health) to expand access to behavioral health and substance use disorder services, including medication for opioid use disorder, at their 13 clinic sites and mobile medical van in Long Beach, California. The funding...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $1.172 billion block grant to the California Department of Social Services under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) federal grant program. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. As outlined in the grant documentation, the CCDF program aims to provide child care financial assistance, promote health and safety standards, and support quality improvement activities for...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a $333,331 Project Grant under the CMS Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations program (CFDA 93.779) to the California State University San Marcos Corporation (CSUSM) for the "Community Schools Bridges2Health Research Project". This project aims to develop and evaluate a "Bridges2Health" community health advocate program that will be implemented within two community schools in the Vista Unified School District in...
This $447,765 federal Formula Grant award under the Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund (CFDA 93.596) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, provides funding to the California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc. (CRIHB) to support comprehensive childcare services for low-income families. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will enable CRIHB to deliver a...
The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) awarded a 3-year, $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Alaska Department of Health to implement, enhance, and expand Medicaid and CHIP school-based services under the State Grants for the Implementation, Enhancement, and Expansion of Medicaid and CHIP School-Based Services program (CFDA 93.771). This federal grant program, funded through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, aims to improve healthcare access for children by supporting...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $5,650,819 Block Grant to the California Department of Health Care Services under the Medical Assistance Program (CFDA 93.778) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. This award will support the California Department of Health Care Services in administering the state's Medicaid program by providing financial assistance for medical services delivered to low-income individuals. As outlined in the CFDA description,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Unicare Community Health Center, Inc. (UCHC), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center located in Ontario, California. The grant funding will support UCHC's efforts to expand access to high-quality, integrated behavioral health and substance abuse services across its network of 17 clinics and one...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a $2.6 million Block Grant to the California Department of Health Care Services under the Medical Assistance Program (CFDA 93.778) for the period of July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. This funding supported California's provision of medical assistance and related services to eligible populations as outlined under the federal Medicaid program. Specifically, the award provided partial reimbursement for California's payments on behalf...
This federal Project Grant award of $510,492.00 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program) will support research on maternal health outcomes and the impact of state policies that expand public insurance eligibility for non-qualified immigrant populations before and after pregnancy. Specifically, the research project will: 1) Examine differences in maternal health outcomes between non-qualified...
CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE (CKC): HEALTHY KIDS 2022 OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT - DESCRIPTION: CALIFORNIA COVERAGE AND HEALTH INITIATIVES (CCHI) AND ITS SIX PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WILL ENROLL UNINSURED CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS INTO MEDICAID AND CHIP, WITH A FOCUS ON LATINOS, MIXED IMMIGRATION STATUS FAMILIES, NATIVE AMERICANS, LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, RURAL AREAS, AND OTHER POPULATIONS WITH HIGH RATES OF UNINSURED CHILDREN. CCHI WILL TARGET EIGHT COUNTIES, INCLUDING FOUR OF THE MOST HEAVILY IMPACTED COUNTIES NATIONWIDE: LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, SAN BERNARDINO, AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. CONNECTING CALIFORNIA'S KIDS TO COVERAGE THREE-YEAR BUDGET: $1,500,000.00 PROJECT GOAL: OVER THREE YEARS, CCHI AND ITS PARTNERS WILL SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE FOR 6,120 CHILDREN, ENROLL 3,016 CHILDREN INTO MEDI-CAL/CHIP, AND RETAIN AN ADDITIONAL 1,965 CHILDREN IN MEDI-CAL/CHIP COVERAGE. CCHI AND ITS PARTNERS WILL ALSO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE FOR 1,785 PARENTS, ENROLL 885 PARENTS IN MEDI-CAL, AND RETAIN 927 PARENTS IN MEDI-CAL, PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE WITH APPLICATIONS AND ANNUAL RENEWALS. FINALLY, CCHI AND ITS SUBRECIPIENTS WILL SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE FOR 1,050 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, ENROLL 507 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS IN MEDI-CAL, AND RETAIN 192 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS IN MEDI-CAL, PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE WITH APPLICATIONS AND ANNUAL RENEWALS. DESCRIPTION OF NEED: CALIFORNIA'S RATE OF UNINSURED CHILDREN INCREASED FROM 3.1% TO 3.6% BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019. WHILE OTHER STATES HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF UNINSURED CHILDREN PER CAPITA, FOCUSING SOLELY ON PERCENTAGES RISKS MINIMIZING THE SCALE OF THE WORK STILL LEFT UNDONE IN CALIFORNIA. DUE TO CALIFORNIA'S LARGE POPULATION, THE STATE RANKS THIRD OVERALL IN TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNINSURED, ESTIMATED AT 334,000 INDIVIDUALS. STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING ENROLLMENT OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS: CCHI'S COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS WILL DO EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND PROVIDE EXPERT ONE-ON-ONE ENROLLMENT INTO PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS. THESE SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY AS NEEDED. WITH THE HELP OF TRAINED HEALTH ACCESS ASSISTERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROMOTORES, PROJECT PARTNERS WILL ASSIST CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS IN ENROLLING IN MEDI-CAL (CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM) AND RENEWING THEIR COVERAGE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING MEDICAL INFORMATION TO CLIENTS; HELPING CLIENTS ACCESS CARE BY TROUBLESHOOTING BARRIERS THAT ARISE AFTER ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING RESOURCE REFERRALS FOR OTHER NEEDED SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD AND JOBS PROGRAMS. TARGETED OUTREACH TO FAMILIES WILL BE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON BACK-TO-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND THE POST-OPEN ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN, AS WELL AS YEAR-ROUND OUTREACH AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THROUGH STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCIES INCLUDING HOSPITALS, CLINICS, FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, COUNTY AGENCIES, WIC SITES, SCHOOLS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS. THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING WILL PROVIDE STAFFING FOR THE COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL ENROLL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN INSURANCE. CCHI WILL PROVIDE COORDINATION, HEALTH ACCESS ASSISTER TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS ASSIST PARTNERS IN IMPROVING THEIR DATA MANAGEMENT CAPACITIES. ALL ENROLLMENT DATA WILL BE VERIFIED BY SUBRECIPIENTS AND TRANSMITTED TO CMS BY CCHI.