State Grants for the Implementation, Enhancement, and Expansion of Medicaid and CHIP School-Based Services

 

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) provided $50,000,000 to States for the purpose of implementing, enhancing, or expanding the provision of assistance through school-based entities under Medicaid or CHIP.

Active 93.771 Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Not applicable. GRANTS.—There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 for the Secretary to award grants to States for the purpose of implementing, enhancing, or expanding the provision of assistance through school-based entities under Medicaid or CHIP. A State shall not use any grant funds to provide medical assistance, child health assistance, or other health services., Title Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Part Division A, Part 1, Section Section 11003(b) State governments, specifically State Medicaid Agencies. Not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E- Cost Principles Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Interested applicants will submit their applications via Grants.gov. CMS will review all applications to make sure they meet basic criteria described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity. All qualified applications are forwarded to a merit review committee. Qualified experts review the applications and advise the CMS approving official. After award decisions are made, a risk review is performed for each applicant. If an applicant is selected for award, CMS will send out an electronic Notice of Award (NoA). The NoA is the legal document authorizing the cooperative agreement. Application deadline will be 60 calendar days after the NOFO is published on Grants.gov Application review period will take approximately 60 days Not applicable. Not applicable. All applicants are required to complete the activities listed within the "General Activities" section of the NOFO. In addition to the general criteria, applicants will also be scored on the activities which best describes their States need for and intended use of grant funding. These additional criteria include activities related to the initial implementation of SBS, the expansion of existing SBS and the enhancement of SBS. All elements of this criteria are used to assess a State's ability to effectively and appropriately utilize the funding. The Cooperative Agreement funding will support activities/strategies aimed at implementing, enhancing, and expanding the provision of assistance through school-based entities under Medicaid or CHIP. Not applicable. Recipients must comply with audit requirements outlined in HHS regulation 45 CFR Part 75 (implementing 2 CFR Part 200). See Subpart F - Audit Requirements. http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?node=pt45.1.75#sp45.1.75.f. N/A Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The estimated period of performance is 3 years. The total award for each cooperative agreement will be 2.5 Million dollars. The method of awarding/releasing assistance: Recipients will drawdown funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web-based payment system for HHS awards. Year 1: $500,000 Year 2: $1,000,000 Year 3: $1,000,000 Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Quarterly. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21244 Lydia Briggs
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21244 USA
Lydia.Briggs@cms.hhs.gov
Phone: 667-290-8765

SBS Planning Grant Team
N/A
Windsor Mill, MD 21244 USA
MedicaidSBSPlanningGrants@cms.hhs.gov
Phone: N/A https://www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-States/medicaid-State-technical-assistance/medicaid-and-school-based-services/index.html 75-0512-0-1-551 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 est $10,000,000.00; - CMS will make a total of $50 million available to states participating in the School-Based Health Care Services Planning Grant. Funds will be disbursed to 20 Awardees over the course of 3 years. Year 1- $500,000, Year 2- $ 1 Million and Year 3- $1 Million. Additional information about Medicaid SBS may be found at https://www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-States/medicaid-State-technical-assistance/medicaid-and-school-based-services/index.html Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Reporting Requirements: https://www.fsrs.gov/). Programmatic Questions: MedicaidSBSPlanningGrants@cms.hhs.gov Not applicable.