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State Health Insurance Assistance Program

Program Information

Popular name

SHIP

Program Number

93.324

Program objective

To provide information, counseling, and assistance relating to obtaining adequate and appropriate health insurance coverage to individuals eligible to receive benefits under the Medicare program.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

All grantees must comply with statutory requirements and policies outlined in the Health and Human Grants Policy statement.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Health

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Health Professional
  • Individual/Family
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Senior Citizen (60+)
  • U.S. Citizen

Additional resources