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Iowa to Fund Medicaid Modernization

The Iowa Department of Human Services is offering funds to an organization able to modernize the state's Medicaid program.

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(REGIONAL) First Children's Finance

(IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, SD & TX) Deadline: Rolling. The Development Corporation for Children provides loans for childcare providers, childcare centers and early childhood education centers to cover the costs of start-up, expansion, leasehold improvements, supplies and equipment and working capita...

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(MEDICAID) State Cutbacks Likely Unless Congress Extends Federal Funding

States face massive cutbacks in Medicaid programs in the coming months as extended federal funding expires on Dec. 31. In a report released by the nonprofit organization Families USA, the termination of extended funding will result in many states inability to maintain badly-needed programs, especial...

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IA Expands Children's Health Program

The state expands health insurance options for Iowa children by expanding eligibility and allocating additional resources for the Hawk-I program, Iowa's children's health insurance plan.

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Agency Wants to Collect More Detailed Client Info from Grantees

The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Admin.'s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is hoping to get federal approval of plans to request more information from grantees about their clients. CSAT is responsible for collecting data from discretionary services grants and...

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Half Of U.S. Adults Do Not Believe Obama Can Cover All With Insurance

About four in 10 U.S. adults believes that President-elect Barack Obama will have the ability to expand affordable health insurance to all residents, and almost half believe that he will not have the ability to meet his campaign promises on healthcare, according to a recent Bloomberg/Los Angeles...

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(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) NIAAA Funds Alcohol/HIV Research Center

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (Nat'l Institutes of Health, NIH); Program: Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center on HIV/AIDS (P60) (RFA-AA-09-002) (CFDA Number: 93.891); Eligibility: Any capable public or private entity; Funding: $2 million is available for one award; more may be awarded ...

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RJW Invites Nursing Schools to Apply for New Careers in Nursing Program

Deadline: Jan. 21. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's New Careers in Nursing initiative is designed to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships in the amount of $...

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Bush To Expand Health Workers' Right To Refuse Providing Birth Control

The Bush administration is about to expand the "right of conscience" rule that would allow all healthcare workers to refuse to participate in providing birth control or abortions, if they find them objectionable. According to the Los Angeles Times, the existing law already allows healthca...

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Final Bush Rule Forces Poor To Pay Toward Healthcare

President Bush may be a lame duck president, but he is leaving a final negative mark on Medicaid and healthcare for the poor -- according to healthcare advocates. A new federal rule that implements a law signed by Bush in 2006 will force low-income individuals covered by Medicaid to ...

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