Closed · CMS-1J1-19-001 · CFDA 93.634 · Discretionary
Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in Financial Alignment Model Demonstrations for Dually Eligible Individuals
Federal grant opportunity posted by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $5.6M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 17, 2020
- Close date
- 12
- Expected awards
The verdict
Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in Financial Alignment Model Demonstrations for Dually Eligible Individuals is a closed discretionary listing from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that offered Up to $5,600,000 across 12 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.
- up to $5.6M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12
- expected awards
- 93.634
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counsel… is closed (last close August 17, 2020). 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
Closed August 17, 2020
Est. Total Funding
$22,500,000
Expected Awards
12
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is partnering with states to test models that integrate care and financing for individuals who are dually eligible to receive services through both Medicare and Medicaid (referred to in this funding opportunity as beneficiaries). Demonstrations testing these financial alignment models are currently in operation in ten states, serving hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries. At the time of the initial posting of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), CMS is engaged in discussions with states regarding the future of these demonstrations. Through this NOFO, CMS is making available resources to states and entities designated by states to support and assist beneficiaries eligible for ongoing financial alignment model demonstrations. CMS has previously provided similar support to financial alignment model demonstration states for ombudsman and one-on-one counseling programs, most recently through a NOFO issued in 2016, “Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counseling Programs for States Participating in the Medicare-Medicaid Financial Alignment Initiative.” This NOFO offers two types of activities to support beneficiary decision-making and empowerment: 1) ombudsman services; and 2) one-on-one counseling. It is open only to states that are currently receiving funding to conduct these activities as part of a financial alignment model demonstration, and to entities designated by these states. States will only receive funding for a particular activity (i.e. ombudsman services or one-on-one counseling) if they have received funding for that activity under the prior NOFO (Funding Opportunity Number # CMS-1J1-17-001). In addition, to be eligible for funding under this NOFO, applying states must have a financial alignment model demonstration or a comparable model test using authority under Section 1115A of the Social Security Act that will operate beyond the end of the award under the prior NOFO.
Public-sector applicant lane · Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Support for Ombudsman and Beneficiary Counsel… (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 Health (HL). 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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