Earmark - Technology Supported Health Promotions for Community Based Seniors: HealthyTown

Agency:		Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau:		Administration on Aging
Account:		Aging services programs (75-0142)
Certifying Official:		Director, Budget and Finance
Contact Information:		http://WWW.HHS.GOV 202-720-3210

Technology Supported Health Promotions for Community Based Seniors: HealthyTown

1 recipient will receive $248,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: N/A

Description: The Visiting Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio, in collaboration with the University of Akron and three Ohio Area Agencies on Aging, will conduct a 17-month community-based program for older adults. The goal of the project is to deliver health promotion/disease prevention interventions to 800 older adults who reside in a 13-county target area in Ohio. Outreach workers will conduct interventions using innovative software on laptop computers. The goals of the program are to improve prevention behaviors by individual participants, to develop a comprehensive prevention health plan for the regional target age group, and to develop a standardized intervention.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Visiting Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio (N/A)	$248	Program Innovations	For-Profit	2500 E. 22nd St. Cleveland, OH
Comment: N/A

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: P.L. 108-447, H. Rept. 108-792

Citation Excerpt: Visiting Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio, Cleveland, OH - Healthy Town.

Citation Comment: N/A

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007