Chronic Disease Programs Get $27 Million

December 21, 2009

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will fund $27 million in grants to help communities offer chronic disease self-management programs (CDSMP) to older adults. These programs help individuals learn to manage their chronic condition and avoid costly medical care.

The funds are made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which has committed up to $650 million to HHS for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative. This competitive program promotes evidence-based prevention strategies in communities and states across the country.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, deserves recognition for ensuring that some of this funding is directed to Administration on Aging (AoA) evidence-based prevention programs. It gives every state and U.S. territory the opportunity to implement rigorously tested CDSMPs, such as the one developed at Stanford University.

NCOA’s Center for Healthy Aging has served as the national resource center for AoA’s Evidence-Based Disease Prevention Program since 2003.

The deadline for applications is Feb. 12.

• Apply.
• Visit NCOA’s Center for Healthy Aging.
• Read Sen. Kohl’s press release.

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