Feds Fund Sickle Cell Care: $65K Boost for 25 Programs
Published Date: 9/8/2025
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Summary
HRSA is giving $65,500 each to 25 programs that help babies with Sickle Cell Disease get the care they need. This extra money in 2025 will boost services like better data tracking, training, and outreach to find kids who lost touch with doctors. These upgrades will make sure more kids and adults with Sickle Cell get the right care and stay healthy.
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Extra Grants to Improve Sickle Cell Follow-Up
If you or your child has sickle cell disease (SCD), HRSA will give $65,500 to each of 25 SCD Newborn Screening Follow-Up Program grantees in FY 2025 (a total of $1,637,500). The money will fund things like better data systems, workforce training, quality improvement projects, outreach to find people lost to follow-up, and increased access to medical and support services—especially during the pediatric-to-adult care transition.
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