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CMS-2Y2-22-001: Connecting Kids to Coverage HEALTHY KIDS 2022 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements

Closed Closed March 28, 2022 Opportunity CMS-2Y2-22-001 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$1.5 million
• Total funding$49.4 million
• Expected awards36
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes.

This cooperative agreement opportunity is open to the following eligible entities, or collaboratives of eligible entities:a. A state with an approved child health plan under Title XXI.b. A local government;c. An Indian tribe or tribal consortium, a tribal organization, an urban Indian organization receiving funds under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. § 1651 et seq.), or an Indian Health Service provider;d. A federal health safety net organization;e. A national, state, local, or community-based public or nonprofit private organization, including organizations that use community health workers, community-based doula programs, or parent mentors; f. A faith-based organization or consortia, to the extent that a cooperative agreement awarded to such an entity is consistent with the requirements of Section 1955 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-65) relating to a grant award to nongovernmental entities; and/org. An elementary or secondary school.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Children's Health Insurance Program awards averaged $208 million; this notice allows up to $1.5 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (100% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Connecting Kids to Coverage HEALTHY KIDS 2022 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements program provides funding opportunities to reduce the number of children who are eligible for, but not enrolled in, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and to improve retention of eligible children who are enrolled in the programs. This program is authorized under Section 2113 of the Social Security Act, as amended by Section 3004(a) of the Helping Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable Act (referred to as the HEALTHY KIDS Act and included in Pub. L. 115-120). Section 50103 of the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services Act (referred to as the ACCESS Act and included in Pub. L. 115-123) further extended the program, providing funding for future cooperative agreement awards.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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