CHIPRA Outreach Grants
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 together with the Affordable Care Act of 2010 provided a total of $140 million in outreach and enrollment funding for purposes of enrolling eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP coverage and keeping them enrolled for as long as they qualify. The funding is available through federal fiscal year 2015 and is allocated as follows:
- $14 million for a national outreach campaign
- $14 million in grants for Indian Tribes and health care providers that serve Tribes
- $112 million in grants to community-based organizations, states, community health centers, faith-based organizations, school districts and Tribal organizations
Cycle I Outreach Grants
The first $40 million (Cycle I) in grant funds was awarded on September 30, 2009 to 68 grantees across 42 States. .For a complete list of Cycle I grantees, see 2009 Cycle I Outreach Grantees 
[PDF 545 KB].Of the 68 grantees, 49 are individual organizations or states, and 20 are groups of entities working together as consortiums. The grantees have two years to spend the grant funds and will be expected to report enrollment data and other information to evaluate the success at enrolling and retaining children in health insurance coverage.
Tribal Outreach Grants
On April 16, 2010, CMS awarded $10 million in grant funding for Indian tribes, Tribal health providers, and Indian Health Service providers to conduct outreach and enrollment efforts to increase Medicaid and CHIP coverage among American Indian/Alaska Native children. The funding was awarded to 41 organizations in 19 States and will be made available over a five year period. Read Press Release .
Cycle II Outreach Grants
On February 4, 2011, CMS announced the availability of an additional $40 million in outreach and enrollment grant funding (Cycle II) to be awarded in the Summer of 2011. Applications must be submitted to www.grants.gov no later than April 18, 2011.
Read the list of questions and answers for Set 1 [PDF 66KB], Set 2 [PDF 84KB], Set 3 [PDF 93KB], and Set 4 [PDF 125KB] about solicitation for CHIPRA Outreach Grants - Cycle II.
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