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Whatcom County, Wash., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $6,978,648.00 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Whatcom

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
LUMMI INDIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL INC $1,718,673 ARRA - Early Head Start American Indian Early Head Start Expansion. Provide home-base and center-base educational services to 72 (combination of) expectant mothers, infants, and toddlers. Purpose of Early Head Start is to prepare expectant mothers and children ages 0-3 for Head Administration for Children and Families 12/16/2009
LUMMI INDIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL INC $1,082,000 ARRA - IHS Tribal Agreements EPA provided IHS $1,052,000 of Drinking Water Infrastructure Grants Tribal Set Aside Funds through Interagency Agreement The project was designed to complete water service to the boundaries of the Lummi Nation Community and meet the demands of water usag Indian Health Service 9/22/2009
OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL $705,712 ARRA - Head Start This award provides ARRA Head Start expansion funding to support 36 children in the PD/PY Center Based option. Children will be served in Whatcom County, WA. Full operations will begin January 2010. In year 1, we received $203,336 for Start-up of two c Administration for Children and Families 9/18/2009
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER $645,395 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The project funded by Capital Improvement funds is now complete. The funds were used to address many safety and deferred maintenance issues at our Bellingham clinic as well as to create new, and improve existing, dental operatories to... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL $490,943 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant Benton/Franklin Community Action Committee Employment Provide classroom training on job seeking skills, resume writing and interview skills. Employment Support Provide GED, transportation, health care and food assistance. Community Engagement Increas
This spending item is part of a $11,916,784 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $391,869 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long term goal of this research is to investigate the role of novel phenomenon called locally-induced propagating synaptic(L-IPS) translocation of calcium kinase II (CaMKII). This heterosynaptic process can be described as a slow, wave-like propagati National Institutes of Health 4/01/2010
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $389,288 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project aims to use structure-based computational protien design and x-ray crystallography to better understand the stability of the factor VIII C2 domain and the nature of its interactions with 'nonclassical' antibody inhibitors. Additionally, we p National Institutes of Health 4/30/2010
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $371,856 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The synthetic versality of the C-B bond has let to its use in the synthesis of countless natural products and pharmaceuticaltargets. New methods to incorporate boron substituents into organic substrates would increase the types of molecules that could be National Institutes of Health 6/25/2010
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER $201,823 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Interfaith Community Health Center (ICHC)utilized Increased Demand for Services funding to hire six new employees, effectively doubling the current clinical capacity at our Ferndale clinic location. New hires included: 1 full time dent... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $159,833 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The experiments described in the proposal will establish the fruit fly Drosophila as a model to study human Lamin A processing. It is possible to incorporate human genes into the fly genome (so-called transgenic flies). When transgenically expressed in National Institutes of Health 8/18/2009
OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL $140,608 ARRA - Head Start This grant awards a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase of 1.84% in the amount of $35,649 for Head Start and $6,517 for Early Head Start. These funds must be oblicated to pay for staff salaries over the 12-month period following the effective date o Administration for Children and Families 6/01/2009
LUMMI INDIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL INC $113,902 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant Title: ARRA - Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Description: To provide child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care. Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
Ti-Chee $108,000 Demonstration Projects for Indian Health EXPANSION OF RAPID HIV TESTING INITIATIVE. Indian Health Service 8/18/2010
NORTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL $84,780 Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States The Congregate Nutrition Services program provides funding to local providers to deliver healthy meals to seniors in settings such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith-based settings, helping seniors maintain their health and avoid hospitaliza... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,286,686 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION $79,907 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The DETS (Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools) project is a collaboration of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) with the following eight Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs): Cankdeska Cikana Community Colleg National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
LUMMI INDIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL INC $58,988 ARRA - Head Start Head Start Quality Improvement and COLA (ARRA). Purpose: To create and reinforce parental and family involvement for projected enrollment of 117 Head Start students and to provide supervision for an at-risk student. Administration for Children and Families 7/09/2009
NORTHWEST INDIAN COLLEGE AT LUMMI $45,000 Demonstration Projects for Indian Health NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR HEALTH (NARCH V) Indian Health Service 9/18/2010
NORTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL $41,765 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 homebound.
This spending item is part of a $633,445 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $39,862 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This award supports summer undergraduate research experiences that will encourage students to ursue research careers in the health sciences. Research experience is critical in the development of a science educated individual about to enter the health sci National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
NOOKSACK INDIAN TRIBE $34,565 ARRA - Head Start Nooksack Indian Tribe Head Start Quality Improvement and COLA (ARRA) This funding opportunity provided a COLA permanent and AARA increase to 20 employees as well as a fringe benefit factor. In addition, to promote quality improvement costs associated wi Administration for Children and Families 7/01/2009
WHATCOM COUNTY $26,100 ARRA - Immunization This project uses stimulus funds to give kids access to vaccine. It supports provider and community-based activities to improve Washington State?s childhood immunization rates and protect the public from vaccine-preventable diseases. The Immunization Pro
This spending item is part of a $1,998,362 allocation. See details
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/15/2009
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY $24,679 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The synthetic versality of the C-B bond has let to its use in the synthesis of countless natural products and pharmaceuticaltargets. New methods to incorporate boron substituents into organic substrates would increase the types of molecules that could be National Institutes of Health 6/25/2010
LUMMI INDIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL $12,960 Aging Nutrition Services for Native Americans 2009 T6_ARRA Administration on Aging 3/30/2009
NOOKSACK TRIBAL COUNCIL $10,140 Aging Nutrition Services for Native Americans 2009 T6_ARRA Administration on Aging 3/30/2009