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Washington County, R.I., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $10,746,850.50 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Washington

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
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $2,845,473 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Rhode Island (URI), the state's flagship public research university, received $86 million in sponsored program awards in FY 2009. Approximately 80% of this research was federally funded, with approxim National Institutes of Health 3/31/2010
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $1,281,537 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The main purpose of this IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) proposal is to continue to enhance institutional capacity for biomedical and behavioral research in the state of Rhode Island. The University of Rhode Island (URI) is the lead National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE $1,091,700 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] This is a New Access Point (NAP) grant. The purpose of this grant is to enable the organization to establish and operate a community health center in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The goal is to ensure the continuing availability of... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 2/26/2009
WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES, INC. $556,670 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Grant awarded to implement an EMR and for capital improvements. Projects completed with CIP funds include removal and pouring of sidewalk, applying a patch in the driveway, installing and replacing wiring in the medical hall and renova... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES, INC. $556,670 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The ARRA funds will be used to renovate/repair the HVAC system, lighting, carpeting, sidewalk and driveway at WRHS. Also, funds will be used to implement a Electronic Patient Management System, Electronic Health Record, and Electronic... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $511,121 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support To meet the dual threats of emerging infectious diseases and engineered biowarfare/bioterror agents, there is a pressing need for more efficient systems for vaccine development. TRIAD, or the Translational Immunology Research and Accelerated [Vaccine] Dev National Institutes of Health 7/20/2010
SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC $400,388 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant RI's eight (8) Community Action Agencies (CAAs) cover the entire state and provide services and activities consistent with the goals of the Community Service Block Grant. Two of the eight CAAs enhanced health services including a Diabetes collaborative a
This spending item is part of a $5,527,291 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $368,198 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Epilepsy, characterized by recurring seizures, is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders in the U.S. Despite decades of research, new anticonvulsant drugs, and advances in surgical therapy, a large number of patients suffer from intractable epil
This spending item is part of a $397,234 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $366,149 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Our project is based on the use of a water-soluble membrane peptide, pHLIP, by whole-body fluorescence and PET imaging, to selectively target acidic solid tumors in vivo and to translocate polar cargo molecules into the cytoplasms of cultured cancer cell
This spending item is part of a $581,599 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/15/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $332,294 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposed project is designed to develop and test the feasibility of an innovative, individualized intervention to increase blood donation rates among African Americans. Red blood cell transfusions are used to treat and to prevent some of the complicat
This spending item is part of a $434,188 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/18/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $297,136 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The broad objectives of this research project are to develop effective intervention methods for long-term maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors (exercise and diet) in older adults to improve their health status and quality of life. The specific aims National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $236,235 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Hepatic biliary excretion is an essential process that exists to aid the in the elimination of foreign chemicals, and protects the body from accumulating chemicals and toxicants. Understanding the underlying processes by which specific transporters that a National Institutes of Health 9/06/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $235,341 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support It is generally accepted that for an individual species to co-exist indefinitely with the thousands of species that make up the intestinal microbiota it must use one or a few limiting carbon sources better than all other species (nutrient-niche hypothesis
This spending item is part of a $461,818 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
NORTH KINGSTOWN, TOWN OF $225,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands Develop a model for integrating active living into all local planning decisions through statewide initiatives. Health and the state Division of Planning will work together to enhance planning through the addition of active living ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $3,000,000 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/06/2010
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, TOWN OF $225,000 ARRA - Prevention and Wellness--State Territories and Pacific Islands Develop a model for integrating active living into all local planning decisions through statewide initiatives. Health and the state Division of Planning will work together to enhance planning through the addition of active living ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $3,000,000 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2/06/2010
WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES, INC. $185,739 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Our Nurse Practioner and a diabetic educator continues to aid WRHS in expanding our services. The nurse practioner sees patients at a homeless shelter and the additional staffing hours aid us in accepting new patients. The diabetic e... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES, INC. $185,739 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Our Nurse Practioner and a diabetic educator continues to aid WRHS in expanding our services. The nurse practioner sees patients at a homeless shelter and the additional staffing hours aids us in accepting new patients. The diabetic ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
SOUTH SHORE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC $149,333 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
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $149,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Food insecurity and overweight pose significant risks to the optimal development of low income children. While insufficient consumption of high-quality nutritious food and/or excessive consumption of poor quality foods National Institutes of Health 5/07/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $118,711 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award is issued in response to Notice OD-09-060, Recovery Act Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators. Abstract Hepatic biliary excretion is an essential process that exists to aid the in th National Institutes of Health 6/17/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $102,935 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a revision application in response to the announcement NOT-OD-09-058: NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications This revision application proposes a set of studies to extend the specific aims of the National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION INC $77,944 ARRA - Head Start Head Start Quality Improvement and COLA award. Administration for Children and Families 6/30/2009
NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE $40,724 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The purpose of the program is to assist with building the dignity and self-worth of the ever growing numbers of tribal families in need of assistance. By helping the families to maintain an essential standard of living and providing them with the necessa Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE $40,724 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The purpose of the program is to assist with building the dignity and self-worth of the ever growing numbers of tribal families in need of assistance. By helping the families to maintain an essential standard of living and providing them with the necessa Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE $38,000 ARRA - IHS Tribal Agreements Optmetric station with patient chair, stand, slit lamp, phoroptor, and kerotometer. Indian Health Service 8/20/2009
NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE $35,957 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant The Lead Tribal Agency has utilized some of its ARRA funding last quarter, to complete maintenance, weatherization and other basic repairs to the child care center. While this quarter we have used no ARRA funding, we look forward to using the remaining fu Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $35,894 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support To meet the dual threats of emerging infectious diseases and engineered biowarfare/bioterror agents, there is a pressing need for more efficient systems for vaccine development. TRIAD, or the Translational Immunology Research and Accelerated [Vaccine] Dev National Institutes of Health 7/20/2010
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND $24,939 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In this summer supplement, a unique sample of 213 preterm infants, grouped by perinatal morbidity, are seen at age 23. This is the eighth wave of the project, with participants seen at birth, 18 months, 30 months, ages 4, 8, 12, 17, and now, at age 23. U National Institutes of Health 7/14/2009
NARRAGANSETT INDIAN TRIBE $20,800 ARRA - IHS Tribal Agreements The project will provide an investigation inot the possible alternativve for a corrosion control system for the Narragansett Indian Tribe's Four Winds Community Center by installing a corrosion control system. Indian Health Service 9/03/2009
NARRAGANSETT TRIBE OF INDIANS, INC $11,500 Aging Nutrition Services for Native Americans 2009 T6_ARRA Administration on Aging 3/30/2009