Closed · CMS-1J1-17-001 · CFDA 93.634 · Discretionary

Support for Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in the Medicare- Medicaid Financial Alignment Initiative

Federal grant opportunity posted by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$225K-$3M
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
20
Expected awards

The verdict

Support for Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in the Medicare- Medicaid Financial Alignment Initiative is a closed discretionary listing from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that offered $225,000 -- $3,000,000 across 20 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 121 other opportunities from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

$225K-$3M
award range
Closed
application status
20
expected awards
93.634
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Support for Beneficiary Counseling Programs f… is closed. Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services still indexes 121 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

This listing is no longer accepting applications

Posted Sep 30 Closed

Expected Awards

20

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support two types of activities for beneficiaries eligible for Medicare-Medicaid Financial Alignment Initiative demonstrations:1.1 Ombudsman services provides two additional years of funding for Demonstration Ombudsman Programs. Only states that currently receive CMS funding for Demonstration Ombudsman Programs from grant number CMS-1J1-13-001 are eligible to apply for ombudsman services funding (California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Ohio, Rhode Island, and South Carolina).1.2 One-on-one counseling activities enable beneficiaries to receive information and options counseling (hereafter called one-on-one counseling) on options for health coverage. Previously, only the State Health Insurance Information Assistance Program (SHIP) and Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) together could receive funding to provide this services. However, under this announcement, states have the flexibility to determine what entity will provide this service, and how they wish to structure the one-on-one counseling program. The state-selected entity could be a SHIP, an ADRC, a joint project of a SHIP and ADRC, an ombudsman program, or another appropriate entity.

Public-sector applicant lane · Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Support for Beneficiary Counseling Programs f… (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Affordable Care Act (ACA). 39 other Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services listings share this eligibility-code string (32% of 122).

Code 00
State governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Agency Contact

Kevin Hornbeak Grants Management Specialist

What to do next

Support for Beneficiary Counseling Programs f… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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