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Kentucky Receives $581,317 In Public Health Grants

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Sep 25th, 2010

Kentucky Receives $581,317 In Public Health Grants

 

Six months after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlighted another important facet of the law today with the announcement of nearly $100 million in grants made possible primarily by the new law’s Prevention and Public Health Fund. The grants will support a variety of critical public health programs in states and local communities; everything from tobacco quit lines to HIV testing to programs that help address and tackle substance abuse and mental health issues.

 

Kentucky will receive more than a half a million dollars under these new grants:

 

  • CDC HIV Surveillance Grant

$72,899

  • CDC Tobacco Quitlines Grant

$72,033

  • CDC Epidemiology & Laboratory Capacity/Emerging Infections Program Grant

$436,385

 

“This investment in prevention and public health will pay enormous dividends both today and in the future,” said Sebelius. “In order to strengthen our health care system, we need to stop just focusing solely on sick care and start focusing more on proven evidence-based ways to keep people healthy in the first place. These grants made possible by the Affordable Care Act will support programs across the country that will make Americans healthier. From providing tools to help people stop smoking to new HIV testing and prevention programs to a critical investment in mental health, these Affordable Care Act prevention grants will help people get what they need to stay healthy and live longer.” 

 

Grants being announced today represent proven programs run by divisions and centers across the Department of Health and Human Services. Nearly $68 million worth of the grants will go to fund key state and local public health programs supported through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Another $26.2 million worth of grants will go to state and community substance abuse and mental health programs from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). One grant from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) will go toward launching the Healthy Weight Collaborative at the Prevention Center for Healthy Weight.

 

For more information, please visit: www.cdc.gov/hiv.

 

 

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