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HHS Selects Phase 1 Winners of Competition to Decrease Rates of Hypertension among Pregnant and Postpartum Women
New initiative to identify programs that provide effective monitoring and follow-up care for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy and postpartum. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health announced the 20 winners of Phase I of the HHS Hypertension Innovator...
HHS Announces $35 Million for Telehealth in the Title X Family Planning Program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $35 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to enhance and expand the telehealth infrastructure and capacity of Title X family planning providers. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to...
Office on Women’s Health Awards $4.1 Million to Reduce Maternal Deaths Due to Violence
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health recently announced the State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Partnership Programs to Reduce Maternal Deaths Due to Violence. The funding opportunity will provide more than $4.1 million in cooperative agreement awards to...
HHS Announces $256 Million to Expand Access to Equitable and Affordable Title X Family Planning Services
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of up to $256 million in grant funding to support equitable, affordable, client-centered, and high-quality family planning services through the Title X family planning program. Title X is the only federal grant program...
OWH Announces Self-Measured Blood Pressure Program
A new program to create a network of organizations committed to helping women maintain healthy blood pressure levels at every age. This week the HHS Office on Women’s Health (OWH) issued a nationwide invitation for public and private sector organizations to become an OWH Self-Measured Blood Pressure...
Breastfeeding Challenge Finalist Spotlight Blog
Office on Women’s Health Honors Breastfeeding Innovation Challenge Finalists The HHS Office on Women’s Health recently unveiled the first round of winners for its Reducing Disparities in Breastfeeding Innovation Challenge. The 15 winners demonstrated how their programs increased breastfeeding...
HHS Announces $14.2 Million from American Rescue Plan to Expand Pediatric Mental Health Care Access
Funding Will Expand Use of Telehealth to Integrate Mental and Behavioral Health into Pediatric Primary Care Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the availability of $14.2 million from the American...
More Than 10 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered by Community Health Centers
More Than 10 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered by Community Health Centers Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program-funded health centers and Health Center Program look-alikes...
HHS Announces $3 Billion in American Rescue Plan Funding for SAMHSA Block Grants to Address Addiction, Mental Health Crisis
HHS Secretary Becerra forms new Behavioral Health Coordinating Council The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is distributing $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding — the largest aggregate amount of funding to date for its mental health and substance use block...
Secretary Becerra Statement on Visit to Emergency Intake Site in Long Beach, California
“Providing unaccompanied children a safe, healthy place is both our legal and moral obligation. That’s why today I visited the Long Beach Convention Center, an Emergency Intake Site that HHS launched three weeks ago, which has a potential capacity of 1,000 beds to help us meet the influx of arrivals...