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September 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting notice of a new grant of $500,000 in federal funding for local mental health and substance abuse services, specifically opioid efforts.

Issues:Healthcare

September 20, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a grant notice of $228,000 for the American Samoa Department of Health from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Issues:Healthcare

August 30, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a federal funding notice of about $95,000 ($94,705) this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provided notice of this new discretionary health services grant, a preventive health block grant, for the American Samoa Department of Health.

Issues:Healthcare

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Congresswoman Amata pictured in August in the Rayburn House Office Building
August 27, 2024

Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (CNMI), and Congressman James Moylan (Guam), are working together in a bipartisan effort to protect critical Medicare funding for dialysis facilities in the Pacific territories.

Issues:Healthcare

August 12, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a federal funding notice of $295,000 last week from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Preventing Maternal Mortality.

Issues:Healthcare

August 6, 2024

Washington, D.C.  Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice on Monday of a federal grant of $11,553 for mental health services in American Samoa through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is a new grant awarded for two years. 

Issues:Healthcare

July 12, 2024

Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice on Friday of two discretionary federal grants for childhood education/social services and hospital preparedness in American Samoa, both through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for a total of about $5.7 million.

Issues:Healthcare

July 10, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a federal funding notice of $790,056 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control in American Samoa. “Thank you especially to Jacki Tulafono for her dedicated work on this grant to enhance our capacity to prevent and control infectious diseases in American Samoa,” said Aumua Amata. “These funds cover one year of a five-year project to effectively respond to emerging health threats and protect our community. Congratulations to Health Director Motusa Nua and all the hardworking health professionals that serve our community.”
Issues:Healthcare

June 13, 2024

Pago Pago – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a federal funding notification from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the amount of $413,850 for American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH).

Issues:Healthcare

May 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a Bureau of Reclamation announcement of $11 million available among four U.S. territories for projects to provide domestic water supplies to U.S. territories. The combined funding requested across all proposals submitted by a territory under this opportunity cannot exceed $2.75 million.

Issues:Healthcare