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CMS-3Y3-25-001: Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements (CKC) 2025

Closed Closed March 7, 2025 Opportunity CMS-3Y3-25-001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$3.0 million
• Total funding$66.3 million
• Expected awards22
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

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

Only these types of organizations may apply, per the statute, 42 USC 1397mm(f)(1): (a) Government organizations: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); Indian tribes or tribal consortia, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations receiving funds under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. § 1651 et seq.), or Indian Health Service providers (b) Education organizations: Independent school districts; Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education (c) Nonprofit organizations: Nonprofits that have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Community and consumer-focused nonprofit groups If you have previously been awarded a CKC cooperative agreement funded under Section 2113 of the Social Security Act, you may apply for a new CKC cooperative agreement if your proposal meets one of the following criteria: • Your proposal is new and distinct from those previously funded. • You wish to continue activities you are conducting or previously conducted, if those activities were successful in enrolling and/or retaining eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP. You will need to submit data to demonstrate you were successful. We will not consider previous recipients who did not meet at least 40 percent of their combined new enrollment and renewal goals for children each budget year.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Children's Health Insurance Program awards averaged $208 million; this notice allows up to $3.0 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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking applications for the Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements program. You may use funds to: · Target eligible, unenrolled children and help enroll them in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). · Improve retention of eligible children who are already enrolled.

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.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.