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Aumua Announces $100,000 HHS Grant Award for Maternal & Child Healthcare

October 26, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. –Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced today that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration (HHS) has awarded a grant in the amount of $95,564 to the LBJ Medical Center in Pago Pago for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Meets With Senior Citizens and Members of the Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA)

October 21, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, met with distinguished members of the Territorial Administration On Aging (TAOA) in Pago Pago, to discuss some of their concerns and objectives. Following kind introductions from TAOA Director High Talking Chief Ale Tifimalae Ale and a short rendition of the Siva from the Congresswoman; Amata addressed and engaged the large gathering of senior citizens.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Announces $400 Thousand USDA Grant Award

October 14, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a grant in the amount of $400 thousand to the Pacific Youth and Community Development program; as part of the Community Food Projects (CFP) program to support the development of solutions to food insecurity and access to local and independent food systems for low-income communities.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Backs Bill to Increase Access to CGM for Medicare Patients

October 5, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, cosponsored H.R. 1427, the Medicare CGM Access Act, introduced by Representatives Reed, DeGette and Whitfield.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Announces $70,000 in Grant Funding for Pasefika Youth Project

September 29, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced the awarding of an Administration for Children and Families / ACYF - Family and Youth Services Bureau grant in the amount of $70,000 for the Pacific Youth and Community Development's Pasefika Youth Project.

"I am happy to announce that these funds will go directly to help our youth and families in American Samoa. I would like to thank Mr. Tupua Roy Fua, the Project Director, for his outstanding work in getting this grant," says Amata.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Announces $7 Million in Grant Funds for Infrastructure Projects Across the Island

September 25, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, announced the release of more than $7 million in grant funding to American Samoa through the Office of Insular Affairs’ (OIA) Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Program. The funds will be used to support priorities and much needed improvements to critical infrastructure in the territory.

Issues:TransportationEducationHealthcareNatural Resources

Aumua Announces $310K plus Grant for LBJ

September 15, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata, on Tuesday announced that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a grant in the amount of $313,599 to the American Samoa Government Department of Health for the LBJ Tropical Medical Center’s, Bureau of Primary Health Care program.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Announces Grant Funding of $67,033 for 2015 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness

August 31, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata, “I am pleased to announce a grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT),” said Amata. “These funds are awarded to help communities stay safe by providing a source of funding for planning and training to respond appropriately to hazardous transportation incidents,” stated Amata.

Issues:Healthcare

Standard Procedures Should Be Established

August 31, 2015

Speeches

First and foremost, I want to offer my sincerest and most heartfelt condolences to the families of Lydia Fataua and Klement Pua'auli. As a mother and grandmother, I cannot imagine the pain and grief that parents must suffer when standing by helplessly while a child slips away to be with the Lord. A parent outliving their child is heartbreaking beyond comprehension. I know I speak for our entire community when I express the depth of my own sadness and know that we all hold these children in our hearts and prayers during this difficult time.

Issues:Healthcare

Aumua Announces $98,082 Funding for LBJ & Local Boys and Girls Club

July 6, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, “I am pleased to announce the awarding of $98,082 in grant funding from the Department of the Interior for our islands,” said Amata. “These funds will serve to bolster youth programs and assist in the training of key medical personnel, which will help alleviate the dire shortage of qualified medical technicians we have on the islands,” continued Amata.

Issues:EducationHealthcare

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