FY 2009 Own Your Future Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign Cooperative Agreements

The summary for the FY 2009 Own Your Future Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign Cooperative Agreements Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	FY 2009 Own Your Future Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign Cooperative Agreements
	CFDA Number:	93.779
	CFDA Description:	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations
	Federal Agency Name:	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
	Category of Funding Activity:	Health
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2009-CMS-LTCAC-0003
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Sep 04, 2008
	Creation Date:	Dec 01, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 31, 2008 See link to full announcement for details.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 15, 2009 See link to full announcement for details.
	Archive Date:	Feb 14, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	5
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$0
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants for this cooperative agreement are the immediate office of the Governor of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States.[1] "Territory or possession" is defined as Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [1] States where the Department of Aging is under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the application may come from the Lieutenant Governor.
Grant Description: The "Own Your Future" Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign is a joint Federal-State initiative to increase awareness among the American public about long-term care risks, costs and payment options, and the importance of planning for future long-term care needs. Many people are unaware that Medicare does not cover most long-term care services. Planning ahead allows greater dignity, control, and independence over how future needs are met. Congress, through Section 6021(d) of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005, appropriated $3 million a year for five years to HHS to launch long-term care awareness campaigns across the country. The specific objectives for the Campaign are to: - inform Americans in the baby boomer generation (currently aged 45 to 65) of the services and benefits that Medicare does and does not provide in regard to long-term care; - describe a variety of ways for baby boomers to plan ahead for long-term care without endorsing any one specific planning activity; - expand the available information about a wide range of long-term care planning activities, including State-specific information and planning resources; and, - engage States in a joint Federal/State effort to present consistent messages to consumers about the importance of planning ahead for long-term care. HHS will use a negotiated agreement approach to approving the specific activities to be included in a selected state's final Campaign plan. HHS will work with each selected State at a Readiness Review to come to mutual agreement on the elements in the final Campaign plan for that State. HHS and the State may ultimately agree on elements that differ from what was in the original application, which may result in HHS providing States with different levels of technical support. Please note this Campaign is designed to help people begin the process of planning, not locate specific services or promote any selected product. This will be a cooperative agreement between a State and HHS. No funds will be awarded to States. At a minimum, core campaign activities in States selected for participation will be paid for by HHS and completed by Federal contractors.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.longtermcare.gov/campaign
Grant Announcement Contact: Linda Gmeiner Linda.Gmeiner@cms.hhs.gov
Linda Gmeiner [Linda.Gmeiner@cms.hhs.gov]
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