💰NIH Closed Meetings for Grant Applications in Health Research
The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings of the Center for Scientific Review to evaluate grant applications. The purpose of these sessions is to review applications related to significant health topics, ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive information during discussions.
Learn More🏘️FY 2025 Funding Opportunity for Recovery Housing and Services
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is supporting administrative supplements in scope of the parent award for the 58 eligible grant recipients funded in FY 2025 under the State Opioid Response (SOR), Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) TI-24-008. The SOR formula will be used to calculate the award amounts for all 50 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with a minimum award constraint of $500,000. The following six territories: American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Virgin Islands may receive $100,000 each, for a total of $43,196,037 across the program. If any grantee declines the supplement, the remaining balance will be redistributed to the states that accept the supplement, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, using the SOR formula. Recipients have a project end date for use of these supplemental funds of September 29, 2026. The supplements will be used to develop and/or expand recovery housing for young adults (ages 18-24) with opioid and/ or stimulant use disorders. Grant recipients will also be allowed to provide other treatment and recovery support services.
Learn More📜HHS Revises Standards of Conduct for Employees and Ethics
The Department of Health and Human Services (Department or HHS) is revising and reissuing the Standards of Conduct, a set of substantive and procedural rules relating to conduct and employee responsibilities that augment the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Supplemental Financial Disclosure Requirements for Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Employee Responsibilities and Conduct Regulation, and the Executive Branch Financial Disclosure regulations. The Department is removing provisions that have been superseded by these regulations or are otherwise obsolete or unnecessary to efficient administration. This final rule addresses conduct on Federal Government (Government) property and the use of Government funds or official information; restates existing standards for workplace courtesy; specifies rules for acceptance of gifts, travel, and employment from foreign governments and other non- Federal entities; provides notice of disciplinary actions available to address violations and prescribes the continuing employee obligation to report violations of rules or law to appropriate authorities. This revision adds a new section addressing Counter-Trafficking in Persons requirements in response to the Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022 (Pub. L. 117-348). The rule also continues and delineates restrictions on the political activity of commissioned officers of the United States Public Health Service, a category of employees not covered by the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993, as amended.
Learn More💰HRSA Notice of $440,000 Supplemental Award for Early Childhood Health
HRSA is providing additional award funds of $440,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2025 to ZERO TO THREE National Center for Infant, Toddler, and Families, Inc., the current recipient of the Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS) Program cooperative agreement (HRSA-22-091), to support the continuation of existing activities relating to early childhood development health services.
Learn More🏥Evaluation of 988 Crisis Lifeline
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is initiating a data collection and evaluation process for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. This evaluation aims to enhance service quality and connectivity for individuals in crisis, supported by significant federal funding to support mental health initiatives nationwide.
Learn More🦷Notice of Meeting for National Advisory Dental Research Council
The Department of Health and Human Services announces a virtual meeting for the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council. The meeting will address grant evaluations and provide an opportunity for public comments. Participants can view the open session online, and the meeting will discuss crucial agendas impacting the dental and craniofacial research sectors.
Learn More📄HHS Updates Interpretation of Federal Public Benefits Under PRWORA
This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses for the term "Federal public benefit" as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, 8 U.S.C. 1611. In doing so, this notice revises the interpretation of the term set forth in a prior notice, 63 FR 41658 (Aug. 4, 1998) ("the 1998 HHS PRWORA Notice" or "1998 Notice"). This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the HHS programs that provide "Federal public benefits" within the scope of PRWORA, including HHS programs that were not listed in the 1998 HHS PRWORA Notice.
Learn More🏥60-Day Public Comment Request for Federal Assistance Collection
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment.
Learn More⚖️HHS Certifies Laboratories for Federal Drug Testing Compliance
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines) using Urine and the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines using Oral Fluid.
Learn More📊Notice for Tribal TANF Data Collection Public Comments
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data Report, Tribal TANF Annual Report, and Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective Action Documentation Process (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0215, expiration June 30, 2025). There are minor changes requested to the form.
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