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Brazos County, Texas, funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $27,890,594.00 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Brazos

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
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $7,035,818 ARRA - Health Information Technology Extension Program CentrEast REC proposes to serve central and east Texas comprising of 46 counties with a population of approximately 3.1 million, and 3,362 priority primary care and primary care providers. The REC is made up of the Rural and Community Health Ins... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,198,318 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 4/06/2010
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY $3,529,612 National Center for Research Resources, Recovery Act Construction Support The specific aim of the project is to build out 12,680 sq. ft. of current shell space on the second floor of Texas A&M University's new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building. The ILSB was specifically designed to function a... Show more National Institutes of Health 2/18/2010
BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY $1,537,698 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant The CSBG ARRA award is Recovery Act funding for the Community Services Block Grant. The purpose of the program is to provide supplemental funds for job preservation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed a
This spending item is part of a $48,148,071 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT $1,180,620 ARRA - Early Head Start Award Title: Early Head Start Expansion (ARRA)To create opportunities for success based experiences that will empower pregnant women and economically disadvantaged families for positive results in the future. Our program serves children and families in ci Administration for Children and Families 12/23/2009
BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY $943,350 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] This award will fund the purchase and implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the medical clinics and an Health Information Technology system (Electronic Dental Record) for the dental clinics. The primary goals and obje... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $883,345 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Continuation-A major contributor to morbidity and mortality in trauma patients following emergency resuscitation is intestinal dysfunction caused by interstitial edema formation in the bowel. The mesenteric lymphatic system plays a crucial role in limiti National Institutes of Health 8/28/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $732,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Although biliary excretion of HDL cholesterol is the major route for net cholesterol removal from the body, how hepatocytes so rapidly take up and transfer HDL-derived cholesterol for biliary efflux is unknown. Understanding this process may provide new t National Institutes of Health 8/28/2009
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BRAZOS VALLEY $683,747 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $586,005 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This research seeks to exploit diastereoselective routes to bicyclic-¿-lactones to access antitumor, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory agents of interest for human health and as tools for studying basic biological processes. In this grant period, w National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $556,566 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The medical office visit is the foundation of medical care and one of the most important professional activities of primary care physicians who are often the only source of mental health services for older adults. Evidence continues to show that the gap b
This spending item is part of a $991,694 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/12/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $536,992 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Protein targeting and transport across lipid bilayers is a fundamental energy-requiring process in all organisms. Up to approximately half of the proteins in an organism's proteome are inserted into or transported across membranes by protein translocation National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $536,718 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The high incidence of tuberculosis worldwide is due to a number of factors, including the high frequency of co-infection in AIDS patients, continued emergence of drug resistance, incomplete sterilizing activity of therapeutic regimen and the ability of M.
This spending item is part of a $659,250 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BRAZOS VALLEY $506,972 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $470,000 Special Programs for the Aging-Title IV_Training Research and Discretiona In collaboration with the Recovery Act-funded Communities Putting Prevention to work (CPPW) program, this funding will support the deployment of evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs that empower older people... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,837,500 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/31/2010
BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY $429,297 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The purpose of this award is to increase capacity to provide primary care services to low income uninsured whose numbers are increasing due to the economic downturn. The award will support hiring one Pediatrician, one medical support s... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
LYNNTECH INC. $405,605 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A Novel Nanocomposite Photocatalyst for Water Treatment; The availability of safe drinking water is an important health concern. The introduction of water chlorination as a standard water treatment has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of w National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $402,875 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, continues to be a public health problem in many countries including the United States because of its prevalence in HIV-infected patients and also due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and ex National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $395,443 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Mechanical Forces play important roles in the normal development and maintenance of blood vessel structure. Perturbations in the normal mechanical environment contribute to the pathological remodeling associated with diseases such as atherosclerosis, hype National Institutes of Health 5/15/2009
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION $385,753 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Diabetes is an international health concern with millions of patients worldwide. There is an unmet need to develop a biosensor technology that is a fast and convenient way to monitor blood glucose in diabetics. Thus, the particular goal of this research i National Institutes of Health 7/15/2009
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION $362,504 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem, putting infected individuals (~180 million worldwide) at risk of developing cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver failure. Chronic hepatitis C is the leading cause for liver tran National Institutes of Health 7/30/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $341,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Non-typhoidal Salmonella, including serotype Typhimurium (STm) are food-borne bacterial pathogens that cause ~1.4 million cases of diarrheal disease annually in the United States and hundreds of millions of cases worldwide. In the intestine, STm induces a
This spending item is part of a $436,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $318,655 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support An individual's relevant health information is stored in multiple, independent sources (Institute of Medicine 2001). Therefore not all the clinical information useful to providers is available during a patient encounter, meaning decisions frequently occur
This spending item is part of a $354,529 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $311,823 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal for supplementary funding, submitted under ARRA guidelines NOT-OD-09-058 (NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications) extends the scope of the parent Program Project grant. The overall effort c
This spending item is part of a $1,345,395 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY $306,692 ARRA - Head Start This award provided a 1.84% cost of living adjustment for a 12 month period for 113 Head Start and Early Head Start employees. Head Start promotes the school readiness of low-income children through the provision of comprehensive health, developmental an Administration for Children and Families 7/06/2009
BRAZOS VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY $306,692 Head Start and Early Head Start COLA and Quality Improvement Health and Human Services, Department of 7/06/2009
COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT $249,165 ARRA - Head Start Award Title: Head Start Expansion (ARRA) Purpose: CSISD Head Start expansion classroom has four important elements that comprise its strong foundation. These are separate in nature and in actuality, but they combine to create a whole child, whole family Administration for Children and Families 9/18/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $243,050 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Abnormal energy regulation may contribute to onset and progression of chronic metabolic conditions such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, which cause approximately 60% of the world's mortality [rev. in (1). Our lab is inte National Institutes of Health 1/29/2010
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $227,785 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Telomeres are higher order nucleoprotein structures that physically cap the chromosome terminus and help to preserve genome integrity. In cells with unlimited proliferative capacity, including 95% of human cancers, telomeres are maintained by telomerase. National Institutes of Health 9/16/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $218,106 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support 'The ongoing project (CA197331) as well as the new work proposed in this competitive revision application addresses many important public health concerns including providing drugs to treat several cancers including malignant melanoma. This work also provi
This spending item is part of a $376,297 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $209,293 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this proposal is to delineate the viral genes that lead to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) utilizing a novel rodent model of SARS. SARS infected over 8,000 persons globally with over 700 deaths. We propose to use a MHV-1 infected mous
This spending item is part of a $421,918 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $205,537 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Congenital defects remain the greatest contributor to infant mortality; yet, the causes for the majority of these defects are either unknown or poorly understood. Amine- and amide-containing (nitrosatable) drugs and other compounds react with nitrite in t
This spending item is part of a $281,342 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/06/2009
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $157,837 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Retinoic acid (RA), the active metabolite of vitamin A, is an important regulator of cell proliferation, embryonic/fetal development, and adult homeostasis. Mice that are deficient for Raldh2, an enzyme critically involved in the synthesis of RA from reti National Institutes of Health 2/18/2010
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY $148,653 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support These funds will be used to hasten the conduct and dissemination of studies that are within the scope of the three broad aims of the parent grant entitled The Impact of Grade Retention. To study the impact of grade retention and to identify social proces National Institutes of Health 8/17/2010
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $139,113 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The focus of this proposal is on the mechanism of host lysis by bacteriophage. Building on recent progress, it is proposed to investigate the biochemical and genetic properties of holins, smallphage-encoded membrane proteins that act as the timers of phag National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $131,963 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Exposure to environmental toxicants such as dioxin and benzo-a-pyrene (e .g.: from cigarette smoke) has severe adverse effects on maternal and fetal health. Placental stem cells which give rise to placenta are critical for the developing fetus. The effe National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $130,845 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In the United States, it is estimated that about 1% of all babies will be born using assisted reproductive technologies and these numbers continue to grow at a steady rate. The promise of assisting infertile couples to have a family has been realized, but National Institutes of Health 7/01/2010
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $128,084 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Multidisciplinary research at the Chemistry:Biology interface has expanded so rapidly in the past few decades that such cross-training is now crucial for the development of the next generation of chemists and biologists. The objectives of the proposed tra National Institutes of Health 8/03/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $125,618 ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Manage In collaboration with the Recovery Act - funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program, this funding will support the deployment of evidence-based chronic disease self-management programs that empower older peop... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,000,000 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/31/2010
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $111,180 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Dendrimers are an understudied class of nanometer-scale, globular polymers that offer candidates for the next-generation of polymer therapeutics. Size, shape, and composition impact all aspects of these vehicles including overall efficacy, bioavailability National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $109,563 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term goal of our research is to understand the role that plays glycosylation in regulating cell interactions during animal development. Mammalian sialylation has become the focus of intensive investigation because of its involvement in important National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $106,271 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Thiamin is an essential component of the human diet with an RDA of 1.2 mg. It is also an important commercial chemical and it is widely used as a food additive and flavoring agent. Annual production, by chemical synthesis, is on the order of 3,300 tons. T National Institutes of Health 3/26/2010
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $105,194 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prior research has shown that neurons within the spinal cord can support some simple forms of learning. Learning in the isolated spinal cord can be studied by cutting communication with the brain by means of a thoracic transection. Transected rats given s National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM,THE $99,665 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This research is directed at elucidating how the transcription factor NF-KB responds to diverse extracellular signals to control fundamental processes, such as cell proliferation, apoptosis and malignant transformation. Because NF-KB can promote cell surv National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $99,660 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Brucella melitensis is a human and animal bacterial pathogen of global significance. Although bacterial factors mediating the host-pathogen interaction have been revealed, host factors that are important for B. melitensis entry and replication in mammalia National Institutes of Health 9/11/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $97,541 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Medicinal plants produce a wealth of pharmaceutical compounds such as taxol, vincristine, and morphine. Unfortunately, the specialized secondary metabolic pathways leading to such compounds remain poorly understood and progress in elucidating and manipula
This spending item is part of a $6,000,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION $90,830 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) may provide vessel replacements when conventional prostheses are unavailable or fail. Researchers are taking multiple approaches toward fabricating viable TEVGs, including the development of designer scaffolds. A National Institutes of Health 7/15/2009
COLLEGE STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT $89,071 ARRA - Head Start ARRA COLA and QI funding consistent with the provisions of Section 640(a)(5) of the Head Start Act Administration for Children and Families 7/01/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $88,229 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term objective of this project is to learn more about how chromatin structure regulates transcriptional gene silencing in eukaryotes. The basic mechanisms used to generate inactive or silent chromatin are largely conserved in eukaryotic organisms National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $85,005 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support It is vital to our nation's health that community leaders, healthcare providers and researchers, community service organizations and Seniors work together to find new solutions to address the health needs of Seniors. New solutions will come when we work t
This spending item is part of a $994,705 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 6/04/2010
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $83,543 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support In the United States (US) ticks transmit more vector borne disease agents than any other vector arthropod. Limitations associated with current acaricide based tick control strategies that threaten the future sustainability of tick borne illnesses containm National Institutes of Health 7/14/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $80,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term objective of this project is to design chromatographic methods for the isolation and identification of membrane proteins in order to aid in their proteomic analysis. Presently, membrane proteins are removed from their native biomembrane envi National Institutes of Health 1/29/2010
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $73,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Research Grant entitled 'Salmonella Genes Associated with Colonization of Specific Hosts'. The purpose of this research is to identify salmonella genes responsible for the colonization of specific host species.
This spending item is part of a $927,762 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $73,250 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Fifteen percent of babies born with a weight less than 1500 g die before being discharged from the hospital and 2 to 5% die within two years from complications. Those infants who survive two years are frequently disabled and prone to a lifetime of multipl National Institutes of Health 8/25/2010
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $72,303 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Fundamental information about how DMP1 and DSPP affect the formation of bone and dentin is essential to enhanced understanding concerning the pathogeneses of bony and dental defects associated with systemic diseases such as osteomalacia, osteoporosis and National Institutes of Health 3/08/2010
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BRAZOS VALLEY $70,429 ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to improve the quality of child care.
This spending item is part of a $214,851,599 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
BRAZOS VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS $55,114 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.
This spending item is part of a $4,012,217 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $48,500 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Many epidemiological and clinical studies have demonstrated that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUPA), a bioactive food component, ameliorate immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. A primary effector molecule is thought to be docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, National Institutes of Health 1/19/2010
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION $44,306 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Accumulating molecular data increasingly support an active role for adipose tissue (AT) in the development of obesity and related metabolic diseases. While a number of AT-derived signaling factors have been identified, the mechanisms by which these factor
This spending item is part of a $205,298 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 4/23/2010
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $39,456 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Despite significant efforts to educate women to not drink during pregnancy, the incidence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders has not declined making it important to obtain understanding of the mechanisms by which prenatal alcohol exposure causes neurode National Institutes of Health 7/15/2009
TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION $36,625 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support PROJECT SUMMARY When the vocal fold (VF) lamina propria (LP) composition, geometry, and viscoelasticity are altered due to scarring, VF vibratory function can be severely disrupted, with resultant dysphonias ranging from hoarseness to voice loss. VF scarr National Institutes of Health 7/15/2009
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $35,582 ARRA - Public Health Traineeship Program The School of Rural Public Health at the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center requested continued support for training students in epidemiology and environmental health. Students in this program will receive a unique combination of training Health Resources and Services Administration 9/03/2009
BRAZOS VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS $26,902 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 $1,975,245 allocation. See details
Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCH $26,233 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Alcohol is an important teratogen. Much research has focused on the sensitivity of the third- trimester period of brain development, where ethanol has been shown to be neuro-toxic. However, we know very little about the vulnerability of the second trimest National Institutes of Health 7/15/2009
TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH $22,896 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cryptosporidium parvum is a unicellular pathogen that can cause severe watery diarrhea in humans and animals. This pathogen can cause one of the opportunistic infections in AIDS patients for which no complete effective treatment is yet available. Cryptosp National Institutes of Health 6/03/2009
TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION $18,415 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplement was issued in response to Notice OD-09-060, Recovery Act Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators, supporting NIH/NIDDKD parent grant 3R21DK078571, Biochemical and Molecular Analys National Institutes of Health 7/13/2009