HRSA State Planning Grant

Grant Information

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State Planning Grants Program

The HRSA State Planning Grants Program provides funding to states to assist in the development of programs that are designed to increase public access to affordable health coverage. In 2002, West Virginia, along with eleven other states, was awarded a HRSA State Planning Ggrant.

West Virginia HRSA State Planning Grant

West Virginia, like other states across the nation, has a significant uninsured population. On any given day nearly 220,000 of West Virginia’s adults ages 19 to 64 are without health insurance coverage. While West Virginia’s efforts at providing health coverage to children has been a resounding success, 6.6 percent (28,371) of the population 18 and under still lack coverage. Recognizing the importance of expanding public access to affordable health coverage, the West Virginia Health Care Authority applied for, and was awarded, a HRSA State Planning Grant. The work of the WV Health Care Authority, together with its managing partner, the WV Institute for Health Policy Research, is guided by the following two goals:

• To assure that the current levels of coverage in West Virginia’s public and private healthcare programs are maintained; and
• To develop an incremental plan that makes affordable quality coverage available to all West Virginians and reduces by half the non-elderly adult uninsured rate from 20 percent to 10 percent within five years.

For a more detailed explanation of project goals and activities, as well as the management and decision-making structures, please consult the
WV HRSA State Planning Grant application(PDF document).