[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8027-8028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4304]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
``Low Income Levels'' for Health Professions and Nursing Programs
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is updating
income levels used to identify a ``low income family'' for the purpose
of providing training for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
under various health professions and nursing programs included in
titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act (the Act).
The Department periodically publishes in the Federal Register low
income levels used for grants and cooperative agreements to
institutions providing training for individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds. A ``low income level'' is one of the factors taken into
consideration to determine if an individual qualifies as a
disadvantaged student for purposes of health professions and nursing
programs.
The programs under the Act that use ``low income levels'' as one of
the factors in determining disadvantaged backgrounds include the Health
Careers Opportunity Program, section 740, the Program of Financial
Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students, section 740
(a)(2)(F), and Nursing Education Opportunities for Individuals from
Disadvantaged Backgrounds, section 827. Loans to Disadvantaged
Students, section 724, Scholarships for Health Professions Students
from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, section 737, Disadvantaged Health
Professions Faculty Loan Repayment and Fellowships Program, section 738
were added to title VII by the Disadvantaged Minority Health
Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-527) and are also using the low
income levels. Other factors used in determining ``disadvantaged
backgrounds'' are included in individual program regulations and
guidelines.
Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP), Section 740
This program awards grants to accredited schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
optometry, pharmacy, allied health, podiatric medicine, chiropractic
and public or nonprofit private schools which offer graduate programs
in clinical psychology, and other public or private nonprofit health or
educational entities to assist individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds to enter and graduate from health professions schools.
Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students
(FADHPS), Section 740 (a)(2)(F)
This program awards grants to accredited schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, and dentistry to provide financial assistance to
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who are of exceptional
financial need, to help pay for their health professions education. The
provision of these scholarships shall be subject to section 795
relating to residency training and practice in primary health care.
Nursing Education Opportunities for Individuals From Disadvantaged
Backgrounds, Section 827
This program awards grants to public and nonprofit private schools
of nursing and other public or nonprofit private entities to meet costs
of special projects to increase nursing education opportunities for
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Loans to Disadvantaged Students, Section 724
This program makes awards to certain accredited schools of
medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy,
podiatric medicine, and veterinary medicine for financially needy
students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged
Backgrounds, Section 737
This program awards grants to schools of medicine, nursing,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine,
optometry, veterinary medicine, allied health, or public health, or
schools that offer graduate programs in clinical psychology for the
purpose of assisting such schools in providing scholarships to
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who enrolled (or are
accepted for enrollment) as full-time students.
Disadvantaged Health Professions Faculty Loan Repayment and
Fellowship Program, Section 738
This program awards grants to repay the health professions
education loans of disadvantaged health professionals who have agreed
to serve for at least 2 years as a faculty member of a school of
medicine, nursing, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatric
medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, public health, or a
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school that offers a graduate program in clinical psychology. Section
738 (a) allows loan repayment only for an individual who has not been a
member of the faculty of any school at any time during the 18-month
period preceding the date on which the Secretary receives the request
of the individual for repayment contract (ie.,''new'' faculty).
The following income figures were taken from low income levels
published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, using an index adopted by a
Federal Interagency Committee for use in a variety of Federal Programs.
That index includes multiplication by a factor of 1.3 for adaptation to
health professions and nursing programs which support training for
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The income figures have
been updated to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index through
December 31, 1996.
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Income
Size of parents family \1\ Level \2\
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1............................................................ $10,500
2............................................................ 13,700
3............................................................ 16,300
4............................................................ 20,800
5............................................................ 24,600
6 or more.................................................... 27,600
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\1\ Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
\2\ Rounded to the nearest $100. Adjusted gross income for calendar year
1996.
Dated: February 14, 1997.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-4304 Filed 2-20-97; 8:45 am]
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