American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Funding to Beacon Communities

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	Federal Grant Title:	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Funding to Beacon Communities
	CFDA Number:	93.727
	CFDA Description:	ARRA - Health Information Technology - Beacon Communities
	Federal Agency Name:	Office of the National Coordinator
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health Recovery Act
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2010-ONC-BC-006
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 26, 2010
	Creation Date:	May 27, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 28, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 28, 2010
	Archive Date:	Sep 07, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$30,375,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$18,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$10,000,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Special district governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program will provide funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to demonstrate the vision of the future where hospitals, clinicians and patients are meaningful users of health IT, and together the community achieves measurable improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health. Awards will be made in the form of cooperative agreements to approximately 2 qualified non-profit organizations or government entities representing geographic health care communities. Selected communities must already be national leaders in the advancement of health IT, workflow redesign and care coordination, or quality monitoring and feedback. In addition, successful communities must have advanced rates of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange (HIE), and the readiness to incorporate health IT to advance community-level care coordination and quality monitoring and feedback. Cooperative agreement recipients will evolve and advance their existing competencies in these three areas over a 31-month performance period. Individually and in aggregate, the Beacon Communities will generate and disseminate valuable lessons learned that will be applicable to the rest of the nation's communities as they strive to build and leverage their health IT infrastructure for healthcare improvement.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Inquiries should be addressed to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Contact for Beacon Community Program [BeaconCommunityGrants@hhs.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Recovery Act - Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program