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Health Reform Roundup: House, Senate Labor Toward Final Drafts

Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are now getting down to business on crafting the final drafts of the federal health reform legislation they've been debating for so many months. Ultimately, the goal is to provide the full chambers with consensus bills that bring together the best ideas fr... read more 09/25/2009 1:59 PM

Congress

(DISABILITIES) $30M Disability Job Program Bill Heads to President's Desk
President Obama is ready to sign a bill that would extend for one year a pair of Ticket-to-Work programs that fund $30 million in community efforts that aid Social Security disability beneficiaries on job placement, benefits planning and career development. The bill (HR 3325) extends funding author... read more 09/21/2009 12:10 PM

(NATIVE AMERICANS) Bill Would Expand Assistance for Disabled Vets
The bill corrects an oversight in the Native American Housing Assistance & Self-Determination Act that has caused disabled Veterans, their families and their survivors to be denied help because they are receiving veterans' and survivor benefits. read more 09/21/2009 3:34 PM

(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Bill Would Create New Supportive Housing Grants
Covered support services would include mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, referrals for medical and dental care, health education, and services designed to help individuals make progress toward self-sufficiency and recovery. read more 09/24/2009 1:48 PM

FEDERAL GRANTS

(COMMUNITY HEALTH) $30M from ARRA Available for Community Health Research
NIH seeks applications from institutions/organizations proposing to support the development, expansion or reconfiguration of infrastructures needed to facilitate collaboration between academic health centers and community-based organizations for health science research. read more 09/21/2009 11:07 AM

(HEALTH RESEARCH) $100M Available for CHOICE Grants
Through this Recovery Act funding opportunity, AHRQ requests applications for large projects in comparative effectiveness aimed at generating new knowledge to help inform decision making in priority areas of clinical care. read more 09/25/2009 4:38 PM

(HEALTH RESEARCH) $29M Available for iADAPT Grants
Through this Recovery Act funding opportunity, AHRQ seeks applications to extend the reach and impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) reviews and associated products. read more 09/25/2009 4:50 PM

(MENTAL HEALTH) $1.43B Available through Continuum of Care
HUD releases its grant solicitation for Continuum of Care (CoC) funding, which is distributed through three separate competitive programs: Supportive Housing, Shelter Plus Care and Section 8 Single Room Occupancy (SRO). read more 09/25/2009 12:07 PM

Federal Healthcare Reform

(CONGRESS) Baucus Makes Changes as Committee Takes Issue with Reform Bill
Interestingly, it may be possible that the very complexity of the task will make lawmakers even more determined to see to it that their hard work amounts to something in the end. read more 09/23/2009 12:57 PM

(CONGRESS) MA Fills Senate Seat, Improves Health Reform's Chances
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick names Paul Kirk interim successor to Sen. Edward Kennedy, solidifying the filibuster-proof majority Senate leaders need to pass comprehensive federal health reform legislation. And there's really no chance Kirk won't provide that critical 60th vote, a Hill insider t... read more 09/24/2009 11:41 AM

(SENIORS) HHS Focuses on Health Reform and Seniors
A new report just issued by the Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS) addresses concerns about how proposed federal health reform provisions will impact seniors. By releasing the report, Health Insurance Reform & Medicare: Making Medicare Stronger for America's Seniors, the Obama Administrati... read more 09/24/2009 12:30 PM

Federal Update

(DISABILITIES) RSA Wants to Extend Use of Plan to Receive SILS, CIL Funds
The Rehabilitative Services Admin. (RSA) at the Education Dept. wants to renew the planning method states use to receive funding for the State Independent Living Services (SILS) and Centers for Independent Living (CIL) programs. The deadline for comments is Nov. 16. States submit an approvable thre... read more 09/21/2009 09:17 AM

(NATIVE AMERICANS) HHS Seeks Comments on Indian Health Reporting
Health & Human Services Dept.'s Indian Health Service (IHS) administration is seeking public comment on the viability of reports that recipients of Indian Health Service funds have to deliver to HHS, according to a Federal Register notice. The deadline for comments is Nov. 17. IHS needs t... read more 09/21/2009 3:43 PM

PRIVATE GRANTS

(AGING) Dementia Research Funds Available to Higher Ed Institutions
The total pool of grant funds available for fiscal year 2009 is $100,000. Applications may be submitted by nonprofit academic institutions and for-profit public and private biotechnology companies. read more 09/22/2009 09:50 AM

(HEALTH POLICY) RWJF Offers $89K Stipends to Health Policy Scholars
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) Scholars in Health Policy Research program is designed to help develop a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. read more 09/21/2009 12:31 PM

(HEALTH RESEARCH) AACR, Network Offers $2M for Pancreatic Research
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network offers $2 million for pancreatic cancer research in four funding programs. read more 09/21/2009 10:23 AM

(HEALTH RESEARCH) American Brian Tumor Assn. Offers $50K Grants
The American Brain Tumor Assn. offers a new special projects discovery grant program to support fresh and creative research ideas for solving the challenges of brain tumor diagnosis and treatment. Priority will be given to proposals that address underfunded areas of brain tumor research. read more 09/21/2009 1:37 PM

(MENTAL HEALTH) APA Will Fund Studies on Counseling Programs, Models
In particular, the program aims to support research on the implementation of innovative counseling programs and models. read more 09/22/2009 11:24 AM

Resources & Reports

(HEALTH BENEFITS) Employment-Based Health Insurance Continues Downward Trend
Employment-based health coverage, while still the dominant coverage system in the United States, will likely continue its slow downward trend throughout 2009, finds an analysis by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). The number of people in the U.S. with employee based health benefits de... read more 09/23/2009 09:11 AM

(OBESITY) NGA Report Recommends Three Strategies for Successful Efforts
A new Nat'l Governors Assn.'s Center for Best Practices report unveils successful steps states are taking to prevent obesity and encourage kids to eat health and be more active. Shaping a Healthier Generation: Successful State Strategies to Prevent Obesity finds there are three key strategies state... read more 09/22/2009 08:26 AM

State Healthcare Reform

(HEALTH CARE) Ohio Creates Create Partnership to Implement HIT
Gov. Ted Strickland (D) unveils the Ohio Health Information Partnership, a new health information technology (HIT) effort to reduce costs and improve quality through a more efficient exchange of information. OHIP is a public-private partnership that will lead HIT implementation throughout the stat... read more 09/22/2009 4:14 PM

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