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Kent County, Mich., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $17,073,243.15 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Kent

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
Van Andel Institute $2,410,359 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Despite decades of research, a limiting obstacle to personalizing oncology is identifying correlates of response against a diverse genetic background. For individuals with rare subtypes of human cancers where minimal data exists, this problem is compounde
This spending item is part of a $4,269,212 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION $2,383,172 NCI's Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) - The network of community hospitals is a complex pilot program whose mission is, through research, to determine ways to bring state of the art cancer care and clinical trials to patients in their local comm
This spending item is part of a $75,135,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/04/2009
CHERRY STREET SERVICES, INC. $1,827,555 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] ARRA - Capital Improvement Program Cherry Street Health Services (CSHS) is utilizing CIP funds to 1) purchase and implement a practice management and EMR system; and, 2) purchase equipment. The demand to provide services to the growing... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING COUNCIL $1,597,647 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The Community Services Block Grant Program has allocated funds to a network of eligible entities to support employment related services, which create and sustain economic growth. Ninety-nine percent of the funding was distributed to eligible entities to
This spending item is part of a $36,840,330 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
Van Andel Institute $1,100,000 The Cancer Human Biobank (caHUB) - This is a national, standardized , biospecimen resource for the collection of human tissues which are a critical resource for cancer research. Contracts will be established with medical research adn healthcare entities
This spending item is part of a $60,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/04/2009
MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCES $821,584 ARRA - Head Start Head Start Full Year Handicapped Training and Technical Assistance. This award provides for ARRA Cost of Living (COLA) and Quality Improvement Funding consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Readiness Act for Head Start and/ Administration for Children and Families 6/08/2009
MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCES $770,069 ARRA - Head Start Head Start Expansion ARRA. Services for 2 classrooms (double sessions) for 68 children age 3-5 years. Continuation of year 1. All expansion slotted children receive the exact same service level as the regular programming per original grant. Administration for Children and Families 9/18/2009
VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE $764,398 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term objectives of this project are to unravel the structural basis of hormone binding and activation of the family of Class B G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and to explore the obtained structural information with a goal toward rational desi National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE $714,833 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer among men in the U.S. One important strategy to address this public health concern is to prevent the disease. Two large randomized clinical trials, The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) and The Reducti
This spending item is part of a $3,978,770 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCES $622,165 ARRA - Early Head Start This award provides ARRA Early Head Start expansion of services for home visiting program. Early Head Start serves pregnant women and children to age three. Expansion covers an extra 22 infants. Services began on the first day of the award and were ful Administration for Children and Families 11/23/2009
CHERRY STREET SERVICES, INC. $605,613 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] ARRA - Increase Services to Health Centers Cherry Street Health Services (CSHS) is utilizing IDS funds to 1) increase staffing; 2) extend health center hours; and, 3) expand medical, dental, and supportive services. An addition of 12.5... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/23/2009
TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION $506,025 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] These funds will be used for 3 separate projects (64190-01 Renovation of Clinica Santa Maria, 64190-02 Dental and Vision Equipment Purchase and 64190-03 EHR Readiness at Clinica Santa Maria). We expect the proposed projects will have ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE $443,261 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (04) Clinical Research and the specific Challenge Topic, 04-CA-111: Quality of Cancer Surgery and Outcomes. This application also has specific relevance to broad challenge area (05) Comparative Effectiveness
This spending item is part of a $1,093,494 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION $425,292 NCI's Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) - The network of community hospitals is a complex pilot program whose mission is, through research, to determine ways to bring state of the art cancer care and clinical trials to patients in their local comm
This spending item is part of a $75,135,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/04/2009
VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE $381,114 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal is a revised version of an R01 application for a comprehensive five-year case-control study of CP (New Paradigms of CP Etiology 1R01NS055101). We now propose to perform a two year case-control study that focuses centrally on one rich source
This spending item is part of a $1,932,530 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/20/2009
Van Andel Institute $232,198 The Cancer Human Biobank (caHUB) - This is a national, standardized , biospecimen resource for the collection of human tissues which are a critical resource for cancer research. Contracts will be established with medical research adn healthcare entities
This spending item is part of a $60,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/04/2009
MICHIGAN FAMILY RESOURCES $224,741 ARRA - Head Start This award funds Early Learning Mentor Coaches Project. Resources to assist Teaching staff elevate practices and implement developmentally appropriate classroom interventions. Each mentor will be assigned to several sites and oversee the enhancement of Administration for Children and Families 9/15/2010
CALVIN COLLEGE $223,050 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Glucose uptake is mediated by a family of glucose transporters known as GLUT. Insights into how the activity of these transporters is regulated is important for a better understanding of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome where gl National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
TRINITY HEALTH CORPORATION $195,753 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] H8BCS12182 ARRA-Increased Services to Health Centers We intend to implement this IDS project by maintaining (rather than implementing anticipated cuts) the current levels of staffing, saving 2.2 FTE instead of a reduction in force. ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC $175,532 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Congregate Nutrition Services. Established in 1972 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to older Americans in congregate facilities such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith based settings. Addi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,113,224 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
Touchstone Innovare, Inc. $160,118 To design and test a method of intervention that has the capacity to promote engagement and adherence to treatment, foster recovery and reduce or prevent disability in patients experiencing a first episode of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders.
This spending item is part of a $16,872,951 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/13/2009
KENT, COUNTY OF $115,600 ARRA - Immunization The operational funding earmarked is to be used for 2 specific groups: (1) Underinsured children and adolescents (aged 0-18 years) who are not eligible for vaccine provided by the federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, regardless of where they seek
This spending item is part of a $2,352,636 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/15/2009
AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC $89,684 Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Home Delivered Nutrition Services. Established in 1978 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to seniors who are home bound. This funding will provide more shelf stable foods for emergencies and more fro... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,040,356 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
PRIORITY HEALTH MANAGED BENEFITS, INC. $76,199 Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ Quarterly activities for award R01 HS20046-01 include intervention practice key informant interview transcription, coding and discussion. Preliminary results from the key informant interviews were presented to the Michigan and New York advisory ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,212,578 allocation. See details
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/28/2010
AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC $71,376 ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Manage In collaboration with the ARRA-funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, this ARRA funding will support the deployment of evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs (CDSMP) that empower older p... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,106,479 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/29/2010
CALVIN COLLEGE $55,077 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A supplement is requested to our current grant Biophysical Analysis of Enzyme-Inhibitor Interactions (1R15GM073662-01). The supplement will allow us to: 1) identify primarily single molecule rupture events between carbonic anhydrase enzyme and a tethered National Institutes of Health 8/10/2009
Van Andel Institute $44,585 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Advancing new therapeutic targets into innovative drugs is a major translational bottleneck in the southwestern United States. To address this urgent need, we aim to build a critical resource closing major medicinal chemistry resource gaps for our region
This spending item is part of a $7,551,983 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
SPECTRUM HEALTH HOSPITALS $28,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its metabolic derangements substantially affect the well-being of children. In order to define the nature, magnitude, and temporal evolution of the adverse effects of progressive CKD, we propose to extend the follow-up of
This spending item is part of a $329,400 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/11/2010
CALVIN COLLEGE $8,243 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall goal of this project (R01 EY018100) is to show that the relatively high K+ concentration in the tears (20-25 mM) protects the corneal epithelium from adverse effects of ambient UV-B. Exposure of cells to UV-B activates K+ channels allowing los National Institutes of Health 6/03/2009