National Hispanic Senior Medicare Patrol
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| Federal Grant Title: | NATIONAL HISPANIC SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL |
| Federal Agency Name: | Administration on Aging |
| Program Name: | Special Programs for the Aging_Title IV_and Title II_Discretionary Projects |
| Grant Categories: | Income Security and Social Services |
| CFDA Number: | 93.048 |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HHS-2011-AOA-MP-1116 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 01, 2011 |
| Creation Date: | Jul 01, 2011 |
| Original Application Deadline: | Aug 01, 2011 |
| Current Application Deadline: | Aug 01, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Information not provided |
| Total Program Funding: | $225,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $225,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | Information not provided |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- All domestic entities except individuals, including public or private non-profit entities including state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education are eligible to apply under this program announcement. To be considered for funding under this program announcement, applicants must demonstrate the following: a) A history of work with older Hispanic adults; b) A history of work in health care fraud prevention education and outreach in the Hispanic community; c) Experience with operating a volunteer-based program; and d) Experience with the Senior Medicare Patrol progam. These four elements are considered responsiveness criteria (see Section 3 below).
- Grant Description
- The overall NHSPM goals for the cooperative agreement will be to: (1) enhance the skills, knowledge, and capacity of the SMP network to enable SMP projects to: effectively reach Hispanic older adults with the message of health care fraud prevention, identification and reporting; and respond to complaints from Hispanic older adults, their families and caregivers, of potential Medicare and other health care fraud identified as a results of this increased awareness; (2) provide in-depth research-based, tailored technical assistance to selected regional SMPs with high Hispanic populations, especially Hispanic older adults; (3) develop innovative outreach strategies and approaches designed to enhance awareness of Hispanic older adults, their families and caregivers about Medicare fraud; and (4) conduct direct outreach and education in selected high Hispanic population area(s), utilizing the outreach activities to test and refine the outreach strategies developed.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
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http://www.aoa.gov/aoaroot/grants/funding/index.aspx
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Sean Lewissean.lewis@aoa.hhs.gov
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