Earmark - Expansion of Health Education and Program Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Agency:		Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau:		Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Account:		Program management (75-0511)
Certifying Official:		Director, Division of Budget Formulation
Contact Information:		http://WWW.HHS.GOV 202-720-3210

Expansion of Health Education and Program Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

1 recipient will receive $99,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

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Description: This grant continues the work started under prior year Congressional funding for the deaf and hard of hearing. The objectives of this project are to: implement a self-management program on depression for members of the deaf community who are depressed; strengthen and broaden the telepsychiatry network to expand the number of deaf individuals receiving mental health services; develop a videopamphlet on substance abuse; develop web-based interactive screening tools in American sign language to assess depression, anxiety and risk for cardiovascular disease; and implement a consultative service for physicians caring for deaf individuals throughout Advocate Health Care's eight hospitals.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp (36-2169147 (EN))	$99	Program Management	Other (Not for profit health system)	2025 Windsor Drive Oak Brook, IL
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Citation

Source: Appropriations Statute

Reference: Public Law 108-447

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Citation Excerpt: That of the amounts made available for research, demonstration and evaluation, $100,000 is available for Advocate Metro Outreach initiative Oak Brook, Illinois, to implement an initiative to provide comprehensive health education and services to the deaf and hard of hearing community

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Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007