Community College Count Census

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"We wanted to take the chance to thank our healthcare workers while our communities continue to fight against COVID-19. Census and American Community Service data help determine hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding for health care programs each year. Examples of the largest programs supported by these data include:
• Medicaid: The formula that calculates Medicaid reimbursement levels includes the average income per person in each state from the census-derived Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• Medicare Part B: Medicare uses the Geographic Practice Cost Indices, which are based on ACS data, to determine reimbursement rates based on how much it costs to practice in a certain area.
• Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): CHIP uses the HHS poverty guidelines and the CPS ASEC to determine eligibility and allocation of funds.
• Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): WIC uses the HHS poverty guidelines for eligibility, the census-derived Consumer Price Index to set monthly food vouchers’ prices, and the ACS to decide how much funding each state receives.
• Health Centers Program: This program depends on the census-derived Index of Medical Underservice from the HHS to determine which groups in which areas are underserved.
• Reproductive Health Programs: Title X Family Planning Grants, Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grants, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and Social Services Block Grants (SSBG) all use census-derived population counts in order to allocate their funds.
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