HRSA State Planning Grants Program - State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services offers the State Planning Grants Program.  This program provides one-year grants to states to develop plans for providing access to affordable health insurance coverage to all their citizens. States are designing approaches that provide health insurance benefits similar in scope to the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan, Medicaid, coverage offered to State employees or other similar quality benchmarks.

Useful link for state grant information:  State Coverage Initiatives

SHADAC provides general technical assistance to states in implementing their State Planning Grants. For more in-depth services, SHADAC is available to contract with individual grantees to provide direct services tailored to their specific needs. These contracted services include quantitative and qualitative data collection, data analysis, report and issue brief writing, and presentation of findings at state meetings.

Contract Services available from SHADAC

 To discuss your specific needs with a researcher, please contact SHADAC at 612-624-4802.

SHADAC Resources for State Planning Grantees:

• "Guide to Health Insurance Coverage Information for States"
      
• SHADAC State Needs Assessment and Data Collection Strategy Development:  A Guide for HRSA Pre-Application States" (2002)
      
• SHADAC's Survey Method Series for measuring health insurance, income, and race/ethnicity.
    
• Table:  Overiew of Data Collection Activities in HRSA SPG States (2000-2003)
    
• Table:  Summary of SPG Household Surveys (2000-2002)
   
• SHADAC's searchable database of questions used in state surveys.  Note that this database has some incomplete data and is being updated on an ongoing basis (as of January 2006).
    
• Links to state/territory SPG efforts
    
• Questionnaires used by states for health insurance and access surveys
    
• SHADAC's Current Population Survey (CPS) Center
    
• Census Bureau Small Area Health Insurance Estimation (SAHIE)