The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking applications for Connecting Kids to Coverage HEALTHY KIDS 2022 Outreach and Enrollment to provide 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 (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/28/2022
Grants Size: $1,500,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
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 American Indian/Alaska Native (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. They have awarded $54 million in HEALTHY KIDS Act funding through two rounds of funding to eligible organizations: $48 million in 2019 for outreach and enrollment grants targeting all uninsured children and their parents; and $6 million in 2020 for outreach and enrollment grants targeting AI/AN children and their parents.
This specific NOFO makes available up to an additional $49.4 million (pending availability of funds) in HEALTHY KIDS Act funding to states, local governments, Indian tribes, tribal consortium, urban Indian organizations receiving funds under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, federal health safety net organizations, community-based organizations, faithbased organizations, and schools. The list of eligibl entities is located in section
The HEALTHY KIDS Act funding for outreach and enrollment grants will build upon successful strategies facilitated by previous CKC grant funding initiatives under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-3), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148), and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) (Pub. L. 114-10). To date, CHIPRA, the ACA, MACRA, and the HEALTHY KIDS Act provided the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with funding to award $216 million to eligible entities to support the enrollment and retention of eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP. This funding has been disbursed through five cycles of grants that were broadly targeted to eligible but unenrolled children, and four rounds of grants that were specifically targeted to AI/AN children.
Funding Information
The amount of each cooperative agreement award made to eligible applicants may range from $500,000 up to an anticipated $1,500,000 (pending availability of funds) over a three-year period with the award amount commensurate with enrollment and renewal targets. Individual awards will not exceed $1,500,000. Recipients will participate in HK 2022 for 3 years and will consist of three 12-month budgets.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- This cooperative agreement opportunity is open to the following eligible entities, or collaboratives of eligible entities:a. A state with an approved child health plan under Title XXI.b. A local government;c. An Indian tribe or tribal consortium, a tribal organization, an urban Indian organization receiving funds under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. § 1651 et seq.), or an Indian Health Service provider;d. A federal health safety net organization;e. A national, state, local, or community-based public or nonprofit private organization, including organizations that use community health workers, community-based doula programs, or parent mentors; f. A faith-based organization or consortia, to the extent that a cooperative agreement awarded to such an entity is consistent with the requirements of Section 1955 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-65) relating to a grant award to nongovernmental entities; and/org. An elementary or secondary school.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
