Recovery Act: South Carolina Highlights

This includes:

• $1 billion for the increased Federal share (FMAP) of State Medicaid costs.
• $118.1 million for health information technology (IT), including:
  • $100.9 million for South Carolina’s Medicaid Electronic Health Record incentive program for implementation and payments to providers and hospitals.
  • $9.6 million to the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to facilitate health information exchange.
  • $6.6 million to the South Carolina Research Foundation to create a Regional Extension Center to provide health IT support to doctors and other providers.
• $55.5 million for scientific research and facilities, including:
  • $6.6 million to the Medical University of South Carolina for renovations to support research programs that address diseases contributing to major health disparities.
• $36.4 million for the Child Care and Development Fund to increase access to child care and improve quality.
• $34.8 million for Community Health Center services, construction, renovation, equipment, and health IT, including:
  • $9.1 million to Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services and $6.8 million to Little River Medical Center, both for increased demand for services, construction, and equipment.
• $32.1 million for Early Head Start and Head Start programs to expand services and improve quality.
• $19.1 million for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), including $1.9 million for subsidized jobs programs.
• $13.4 million for the Community Services Block Grant for community action agencies to reduce poverty and help low-income residents become self-sufficient.
• $6 million for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control for Florence and Horry counties to fight tobacco use and $1.5 million for State programs targeting obesity and tobacco.
• $2.7 million to support 58 National Health Service Corps clinicians providing primary health care in Health Professional Shortage areas.
• $1.9 million for immunization programs.
• $1.4 million for meals and nutrition services for the elderly.
• $272,000 through the Indian Health Service, including EPA funds, for health care and sanitation facilities construction, maintenance and improvements, equipment, and health IT.