The Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) Healthy Kids American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) 2023 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement 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.
Donor Name: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/20/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) seeks applications for the CKC Healthy Kids AI/AN 2023 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement program (Healthy Kids AI/AN 2023 Cooperative Agreements). Eligibility for this NOFO is limited to applicants who are Indian Health Service providers, Indian tribes, or tribal entities.
This funding will support innovative outreach strategies aimed at:
- increasing the enrollment and retention of eligible AI/AN children, parents, and pregnant individuals in Medicaid and CHIP,
- emphasizing activities tailored to communities where AI/AN children and families reside, and
- enlisting tribal and other community leaders and tribal health and social services programs that serve eligible AI/AN children and families.
Purpose
The Healthy Kids Act provides $120 million for activities aimed at reducing the number of children who are eligible for, but not enrolled in, Medicaid and CHIP, and improving retention of enrolled children. Of the total $120 million in funding, 10 percent is allocated for outreach to AI/AN children, 10 percent is allocated for the National Campaign, and the remainder is allocated for outreach and enrollment of uninsured children and their parents. CMS awarded $103 million in Healthy Kids Act funding through three rounds of funding to eligible organizations: $48 million in 2019 and $49 million in 2022 for outreach and enrollment financial assistance awards targeting all uninsured children and their parents; and $6 million in 2020 for outreach and enrollment grants targeting AI/AN children and their parents.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- The Period of Performance will be three years from the date of award. The anticipated project period is April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Government Organizations
- State governments
- County governments
- City of Township governments
- Special District governments
- Education Organizations
- Independent School Districts
- Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public Housing Organizations
- Public housing authorities
- Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having 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
- For-profit Businesses (organizations other than small businesses)
- Small Businesses
- Individuals.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
