WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) and Susan M. Collins (R-ME) today announced that the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) has awarded seven grants totaling $1,557,867 to entities throughout the state of Maine.
“This funding from the Department of Health & Human Services will facilitate important research and health care outreach efforts,” said Snowe and Collins in a joint statement. “Continued federal funding for these types of projects is essential to ensure a healthy and vibrant future for Mainers throughout our state.”
The funding will be allocated as follows:
• $61,367 to Bowdoin College in Brunswick for academic research on the interactions between the parahippocampal region and the orbitofrontal cortex
• $400,000 to the Maine Department of Health & Human Services for a project, entitled “Transition Services in Adolescent Health: Healthy and Ready to Work”
• $295,500 to the Maine Department of Health & Human Services for the implementation of integrated community systems for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
• $150,000 to Health Access Network, Inc. in Lincoln for Rural Health Care Services Outreach
• $189,000 to Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor for research, entitled “Chromosome X and Ovarian Development”
• $378,000 to Jackson Laboratory for heart and vascular disease research, entitled “Cloning QTL Genes for Plasma HDL Cholesterol”
• $84,000 to Jackson Laboratory for human genome research, entitled “Sharing Research Tools: The Mouse as a Paradigm”
The Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department includes more than 300 programs, covering a wide spectrum of activities, and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined.