Earmark - Improve Access to Primary Care and Preventive Services for Low-Income and Uninsured Persons

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

Improve Access to Primary Care and Preventive Services for Low-Income and Uninsured Persons

1 recipient will receive $595,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

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Description: The mission of the Department of Health and Wellness Promotion (DHWP) is to effectively deliver preventive health services, improve access to primary care, protect and promote the health and social well-being through organized community action. This grant allows the DHWP to expand primary health care centers' ability to maximize access to high quality services for Detroit's vulnerable and underserved communities. Specifically, the objectives of this project are to: develop a sustainable infrastructure for the delivery of primary care services; provide nursing care to homebound seniors; coordinate provision of transportation to increase accessibility of all primary care services; develop an age-appropriate oral health program for Detroit seniors age 55 and older; develop cross cutting community outreach efforts to facilitate consumer information, education, Medicaid enrollment and follow-up.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
City of Detroit, Department of Health and Wellness Promotion (no. 006530661)	$595	Program Management		1151 Taylor Avenue Room 249 B Detroit, MI
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Citation

Source: Appropriations Statute

Reference: Public Law 108-447

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Citation Excerpt: $600,000 is available for the City of Detroit, Michigan, for a project to improve access to primary care and preventive health services for low-income and uninsured persons.

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Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007