FY14 Partnerships to Increase Coverage in Communities Initiative

Funding Opportunity Number: MP-CPI-14-003 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.137Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-OPHSClosing Date: Jun 16, 2014Award Ceiling: $250,000Expected Number of Awards: 13Creation Date: May 14, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Affordable Care Act establishes a new Health Insurance Marketplace, also known as the Marketplace, which enables millions of individual to purchase affordable health insurance coverage. The Affordable Care Act creates a streamlined system for helping people connect with the health coverage options that best meet their needs and maximizing electronic data exchanges and other technology to reduce the application burden. Some of the features of the Marketplace include: 1) the option for eligible individuals to apply for affordable health insurance programs (Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and premium tax credits for Marketplace coverage); and 2) enabling individuals and families to apply for coverage using a single streamlined application. Outreach efforts continue to be needed to ensure that minority populations understand these health insurance options and receive the assistance they need to purchase covera ge through the Marketplace as smoothly as possible. For more inform...

Source: Grants.gov - May 15, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding