03.31.10

Durbin Announces $1 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention in Illinois

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $1,000,000 Chronic Disease Self-Management Program grant to the Illinois Department of Public Health through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Today’s funding will be used to provide self-management programs to older adults with chronic diseases. Self-management programs help those with chronic diseases learn how to manage their conditions and take control of their health. This funding is part of $27 million awarded by HHS to 47 states this week.