Southwest

(CHILDREN) HHS Allocates $400K Each to Programs in AK, HI and Border States
   Agency: Health Resources & Services Admin., Maternal & Child Health Bureau, Division of Healthy Start & Perinatal Systems. Program: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (Border, Alaska and Hawaii) (CFDA Number 93.926) (Announcement Number HRSA-11-018). Eligibility: New applica...
posted 12/22/10 12:23 PM  read complete story

ACF to Ease Restrictions on Left Over TANF Funds
   The Health & Human Services Dept.'s (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing a change in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program rules that will allow states and Indian Tribes more flexibility in the use of left over TANF funds. Responding to mandates in...
posted 5/28/09 5:51 PM  read complete story

1,100 Companies Could Pay Penalties Rather than Comply with Mass. Universal Health
   Massachusetts -- While advocates of universal health coverage point to Massachusetts as the role model, in reality, 885 companies refused to provide coverage for their employees in 2008, and 1,100 are expected to opt out in 2009. According to the Boston Business Journal,the uptick will likely b...
posted 12/21/08 11:34 AM  read complete story

TPC Educates Officials on Philanthropic Benefits
   Nonprofit and public sector officials create the Philanthropic Collaborative (TPC) to educate federal and state policy makers about the benefits of philanthropic dollars to ensure that such funding is not restricted by new federal economic policies. The education and advocacy collaborative was...
posted 12/10/08 1:48 PM  read complete story

Study: Medicaid Documentation Rules Hurting Citizens' Access To Health Centers
   Medicaid documentation requirements enacted by Congress in 2006 continue to present serious, ongoing problems for health centers and their patients, according to a new analysis issued by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at The George Washington University Sch...
posted 11/20/08 08:53 AM  read complete story

RGK Foundation
   Awarding grants in the broad areas of Education, Community and Medicine/Health, the RGK Foundation has a history of supporting a wide range of programs and services designed to address healthcare access and the needs of vulnerable populations, often focusing on the physical and mental health...
posted 11/3/08 4:38 PM  read complete story

UnitedHealthcare to Provide New Grants (AZ)
   Deadline: Dec. 15. As part of its ongoing commitment to Arizona, UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, is funding a total of $1.3 million in new grants to benefit healthcare consumers and improve the delivery of healthcare services in Arizona. UnitedHealthcare will begin acc...
posted 10/31/08 10:24 AM  read complete story

(Public Health & Mental Health Agencies) Emergency Safety Grant Guidance Expected In Early 2009
   (Public Health & Mental Health Agencies) Emergency Safety Grant Guidance Expected In Early 2009 Nothing is finalized, but the team leader for the Readiness & Emergency Management for Schools Grant Program (CFDA Number: 84.184E) says the grant process likely will be similar to last year...
posted 10/31/08 09:28 AM  read complete story

U.S. Hospitals Collaborating More To Provide Needed Services
    Hospitals nationwide increasingly are collaborating with each other to offer services that previously were unavailable at the facilities and to learn about other programs, according to Rick Wade, senior vice president of the American Hospital Assn. Wade says such collaborations range from p...
posted 10/23/08 10:56 AM  read complete story

(ECONOMY) Republicans Seek Tax Relief in Stimulus Package
   As the House starts committee hearings to devise a new stimulus package, Minority Leader John Boehner offers the Republican wish-list, which is decidedly different from Democratic preferences. At the request of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), hearings will be conducted over the next few ...
posted 10/20/08 2:35 PM  read complete story