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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is pleased to welcome notice of a health services EMSC partnership grant for Emergency Medical Services for Children for LBJ Tropical Medical Center designated to American Samoa Medical Center Authority.
This is a discretionary continuation grant of $43,446 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Washington, D.C. –Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for American Samoa Department of Health at LBJ Tropical Medical Center providing HIV Care through $16,800 in national training and technical assistance.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement emphasizing World Cancer Day on February 4th:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a new $171,272 federal grant from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen Maternal and Child Health Services in American Samoa. The grant, awarded through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), supports the American Samoa Department of Public Health from 2025 to 2027, and vital services for mothers, infants, and young children.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a grant notice of $830,662 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).
This is a new, discretionary grant from the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), covering the year ahead with the rest of a five-year planned project to follow, based on a grant application from ASDOH.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting a grant notice of $275,025 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).
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Medicaid preservation for American Samoa in the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which is the name of a budget reconciliation act in Congress, developed by the House Ways and Means Committee, and passed this week by the House. Overall, the bill will renew the 2017 tax cuts, preventing an automatic tax increase for federal taxpayers at the end of this fiscal year when it would expire, if no action was taken.