Money Follows the Person (MFP) planning grant
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A grant of just over $4.75 million initiating Home Community Base Services (HCBS) for seniors and those with disabilities has been awarded to the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), a program hosted by the American Samoa Community...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes notification from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) of a grant of just over $4.75 million supporting seniors, those with disabilities, and other key services.
CMS awarded $4,753,...

![Tafa Tua-Tupuola (left), State Director of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilies (UCEDD), based at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) discusses the $4.7 million federal grant UCEDD has received for a five-year project to assist individuals as they transition from institutions to community-based care. On the right is ASCC “Saili le Atamai” talk show host Fatima Langkilde. [photo: D. Helsham] Tafa Tua-Tupuola (left), and Fatima Langkilde](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc-ucedd_interview_.jpg?itok=w9ogK_IT)
