Recovery Act: Wisconsin Highlights

This includes:

• $1.7 billion for the increased Federal share (FMAP) of State Medicaid costs.
• $141.1 million for scientific research, facilities, and equipment, including:
  • $14.9 million for cardiovascular and cardio regenerative science facilities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
• $125.1 million for health information technology (IT), including:
  • $104.7 million for Wisconsin’s Medicaid Electronic Health Record incentive program for implementation and payments to providers and hospitals. 
  • $10.8 million to MetaStar Inc. to create a Regional Extension Center to provide health IT support services to doctors and other providers.
• $51 million for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), including $4.2 million for subsidized employment programs.
• $32.8 million for Head Start and Early Head Start programs to expand service and improve quality.
• $31.1 million for the Child Care and Development Fund to increase access to child care and improve quality.
• $15.8 million for Community Health Center services, construction, renovation, equipment, and health IT, including:
  • $2.8 million for Family Health Center of Marshfield for increased demand for services, equipment and construction.
• $12.3 million for the Community Services Block Grant for community action agencies to reduce poverty.
• $6 million for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for community-based obesity prevention programs in La Crosse and Wood counties; $4.7 million for State efforts targeting obesity and tobacco; and $1 million for the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council for tobacco prevention activities.
• $3.8 million for immunization programs.
• $3.7 million through the Indian Health Service, including funds from the EPA, for health facilities construction, equipment, sanitation facilities and maintenance and health IT. 
• $3.2 million to support 66 National Health Service Corps clinicians providing primary health care in Health Professional Shortage Areas.
• $1.9 million for meals and nutrition services for the elderly at home and in community settings.