Children and Youth Funding Report

Healthcare

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$156M To Expand Oral Health Services For Children, Underserved

HHS Secy.Sylvia Burwell awards $156 million to support 420 health centers in 47 states in their effort to expand integrated oral health care services for children, youth and the underserved.  This funding enables health centers to expand integrated oral health care services and increase th...

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$260 Million to Health Centers; Aids Schools, Child Efforts

Health and Human Services Secy. Sylvia Burwell releases $260 million in funding to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for facility renovation, expansion, or construction. Award winners include centers for children and youth. Centers will use this fundin...

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HHS Awards $2.2B for HIV/AIDS Child, Family Services

The Health and Human Services Dept. awards more than $2.2 billion in Ryan White Program grants (CFDA Number: 93.914) to cities, states and local community-based organizations that provide services to families and children impacted by HIV/AIDS. This funding supports a coordinated and comprehensiv...

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HHS Awards Nearly $500M to Health Centers

The Health and Human Services Dept. (HHS) distributes about $500 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support health centers nationwide in providing primary care services to those who need them most.  The awards include approximately $350 million for 1,184 health centers to increase a...

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Teens Seen Turning to E-Cigarettes Over Traditional Tobacco Products

The use of e-cigarettes -- also known as vaporizers or pens -- surpassed the use of traditional tobacco products of any kind among U.S. teens last year, according to data from the Monitoring the Future survey. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that create an inhalable vapor by heating a...

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E-cigarettes May be Adolescent Gateway to Tobacco Use

Youth who have used electronic cigarettes by the time they start ninth grade are more likely than others to start smoking traditional cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products within the next year, according to a new National Institutes of Health study. E-cigarettes deliver nicotine to ...

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$86M For Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

The Health and Human Services Dept. Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) awards more than $86 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants to non-profit organizations and school districts in communities where teen birth rates remain high. The 81 Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) grants are expected t...

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HHS to Review $1.3B HIV Care Program

HRSA will evaluate how Ryan White grantees provide primary outpatient health care and essential support services to both uninsured and underinsured HIV/AIDS patients.

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