[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45016-45059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21257]
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Part II
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Department of Health and Human Services
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Health Resources and Services Administration
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Availability of the HRSA Preview; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 18, 1999 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANDHUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Availability of the HRSA Preview
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the availability of the HRSA Preview for summer
1999. This edition of the HRSA Preview is a comprehensive review of
HRSA's Fiscal Year 2000 programs. The next edition of the HRSA Preview
is scheduled to be published by early winter 1999.
The purpose of the HRSA Preview is to provide the general public
with a single source of program and application information related to
the Agency's competitive grant reviews. The HRSA Preview is designed to
replace multiple Federal Register notices which traditionally
advertised the availability of HRSA's discretionary funds for its
various programs. In this edition of the HRSA Preview, HRSA's programs
which provide funding for loan repayments and scholarships to
individuals have been included in the section ``Other HRSA Programs.''
It should be noted that other program initiatives responsive to new or
emerging issues in the health care area and unanticipated at the time
of publication of the HRSA Preview may be announced through the Federal
Register from time to time. Deadlines or other requirements appearing
in the Federal Register are not changed by this notice.
The HRSA Preview contains a description of competitive and
additional programs scheduled for review in Fiscal Year 2000 and
includes instructions on how to access the Agency for information and
receive application kits for all programs announced. Specifically, the
following information is included in the HRSA Preview: (1) Program
Title; (2) Legislative Authority; (3) Purpose; (4) Eligibility; (5)
Estimated Amount of Competition; (6) Estimated Number of Awards; (7)
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences; (8) Application Deadline; (9)
Projected Award Date; (10) Application Kit Availability; (11) Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) program identification number;
and (12) Programmatic contact. Certain other information, including how
to obtain and use the HRSA Preview and grant terminology, also may be
found in the HRSA Preview.
This issue of the HRSA Preview includes funding for HRSA
discretionary authorities and programs as follows:
Maternal and Child Health Programs
Genetic Services-National Genetic Consumer Center
Genetic Services-State Planning Grants
Improvement of Perinatal Health: The Collaborative Ambulatory
Research Network
Maternal and Child Health Research Program
Maternal and Child Health Training in Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
Maternal and Child Health Training in Schools of Public Health
Continuing Education and Development
Continuing Education/Dynamic Learning (Distance Education)
SPRANS--Ph.D. Epidemiology--MCH/SPH Fellows Training Program
National Center for Cultural Competence
Partnership for Information and Communication MCH Cooperative
Agreements
Adolescent Health Center for State Maternal and Child Health
Personnel
Training and Technical Assistance Centers for Mental Health in
Schools
National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants
National Health and Safety in Child Care Health Resource Center
Health Care Information and Education for Families of Children with
Special Health Care Needs
SPRANS--State and Local Data Utilization and Enhancement Cooperative
Agreements
Center for School Health Care
Integrated Health Care Programs for Children and Adolescents
Innovative Approaches to Promoting Positive Health Behaviors in
Women
Health and Welfare Technical Advisory Group
Healthy Child Care America State Systems Development Grants
Community Integrated Service Systems Community Organization Grants
Program
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Implementations Grants
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Partnership Grants
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Targeted Issue Grants
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Native American Project
Traumatic Brain Injury, State Implementation Grants
Traumatic Brain Injury, State Planning Grants
Healthy Start: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health
Healthy Start: Infrastructure/Capacity Building Projects
National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Resource Center
Maternal and Child Health Provider Partnerships
Improving Systems of Care for Pregnant Women Experiencing Domestic
Violence
HIV/AIDS Programs
Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS)
Ryan White Title III Funding for Early Intervention Services Grants:
Existing Geographic Areas
Ryan White Title III Funding for Early Intervention Services Grants:
New Geographic Areas
Ryan White Title III Funding for Early Intervention Services
Planning Grants
Ryan White Title III HIV Funding for Early Intervention Services
Planning Grants
Ryan White Title IV: Existing Geographic Areas
Ryan White Title IV: New Geographic Areas
Rural Health Programs
Rural Health Research Centers
Rural Health Outreach Grant
Rural Health Network Development
State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Primary Health Care Programs
Community and Migrant Health Centers
Health Care for the Homeless
Public Housing Primary Care
State Primary Care Offices
State Primary Care Associations
Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs
Migrant Health Centers
Health Professions Programs
Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care (Family Medicine,
General Internal
Medicine and General Pediatrics)
Predoctoral Training in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General
Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics)
Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care
Residency Training in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General
Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics)
Faculty Development in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General
Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics)
Podiatric Residency in Primary Care
Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers
Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers
Health Careers Opportunity Program
Centers of Excellence
Allied Health Projects
Residencies in the Practice of Pediatric Dentistry
Chiropractic Demonstration Project Grants
Dental Public Health Residency Training Grants
Residencies and Advanced Education in the Practice of General
Dentistry
Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training
Public Health Training Centers Grant Program
Geriatric Education Centers
Geriatric Training Regarding Physicians and Dentists
Health Administration Traineeships & Special Projects
Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants
Basic Nurse Education and Practice Grants
Public Health Nursing Experiences in State and Local Health
Departments for Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Advanced Education Nursing Grants
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grants
Advanced Education Nursing--Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Grant
Program
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Advancement of Telehealth
Rural Telemedicine Grant Program
Other HRSA Programs
Faculty Loan Repayment Program
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Individuals may obtain the HRSA Preview
by calling the toll free number, 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12,
1999. After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA
(4772)-123. The HRSA Preview may also be accessed on the World Wide Web
on the HRSA Home Page at: http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/.
Dated: August 11, 1999.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
How To Obtain and Use the HRSA Preview
It is recommended that you read the introductory materials,
terminology section, and individual program category descriptions
before contacting the general number 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12,
1999. After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA
(4772)-123. Likewise, we urge applicants to fully assess their
eligibility for grants before requesting kits. As a general rule, no
more than one kit per category will be mailed to applicants.
To Obtain a Copy of the HRSA Preview
To have your name and address added to or deleted from the HRSA
Preview mailing list, please call the toll free number 1-888-333-HRSA
until September 12, 1999 or e-mail us at hrsa.gac@hrsa.gov. After
September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-123.
If you need special accommodations in accessing this information please
call Jeanellen Kallevang, of the Grants Policy Branch, at 301-443-6507.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Upon review of the program descriptions, please determine which
category or categories of application kit(s) you wish to receive and
contact the 1-888-333-HRSA number, until September 12, 1999, to
register on the specific mailing list. After September 12, the new toll
free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-123. Application kits are
generally available 60 days prior to application deadline. If kits are
already available, they will be mailed immediately.
World Wide Web Access
The HRSA Preview is available, under the grants section, on the
HRSA Homepage via the World Wide Web at: http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/.
Application materials are currently available for downloading in
the current cycle for some HRSA programs. HRSA's goal is to post
application forms and materials for all programs in future cycles. You
can download this issue of the HRSA Preview in Adobe Acrobat format
(.pdf) from HRSA's web site.
Also, you can register on-line to be sent specific grant
application materials by following the instructions on the web page.
Your mailing information will be added to our database and material
will be sent to you as it becomes available.
Grant Terminology
Application Deadlines
Applications will be considered ``on time'' if they are either
received on or before the established deadline date or postmarked on or
before the deadline date given in the program announcement or in the
application kit materials.
Authorizations
The citations of provisions of the laws authorizing the various
programs are provided immediately preceding groupings of program
categories.
CFDA Number
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a Government-
wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities
which provide assistance. Programs listed therein are given a CFDA
Number.
Cooperative Agreement
A financial assistance mechanism (grant) used when substantial
Federal programmatic involvement with the recipient is anticipated by
the funding agency during performance of the project.
Eligibility
Authorizing legislation and programmatic regulations specify
eligibility for individual grant programs. In general, assistance is
provided to nonprofit organizations and institutions, State and local
governments and their agencies, and occasionally to individuals. For-
profit organizations are eligible to receive awards under financial
assistance programs unless specifically excluded by legislation.
Estimated Amount of Competition
The funding level listed is provided for planning purposes and is
subject to the availability of funds.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Special priorities or preferences are those which the individual
programs have identified for the funding cycle. Some programs give
preference to organizations which have specific capabilities such as
telemedicine networking or established relationships with managed care
organizations. Preference also may be given to achieve an equitable
geographic distribution and other reasons to increase the effectiveness
of the programs.
Key Offices
The Grants Management Office serves as the focal point for business
matters. A ``key'' symbol indicates the appropriate office for each
program area and the main telephone number for the office.
Matching Requirements
Several HRSA programs require a matching amount, or percentage of
the total project support, to come from sources other than Federal
funds. Matching requirements are generally mandated in the authorizing
legislation for specific categories. Also, matching requirements may be
administratively required by the awarding office. Such requirements are
set forth in the application kit.
Project Period
The total time for which support of a discretionary project has
been programmatically approved. The project period usually consists of
a series of budget periods of one-year duration. Once approved through
initial review, continuation of each successive budget period is
subject to satisfactory performance, availability of funds and program
priorities.
Review Criteria
The following are generic review criteria applicable to HRSA
programs:
That the estimated costs to the Government of the project
is reasonable considering the level and complexity of activity and the
anticipated results.
That project personnel or prospective fellows are well
qualified by training and/or experience for the support sought, and the
applicant organization or the organization to provide training to a
fellow has adequate facilities and manpower.
That, insofar as practical, the proposed activities
(scientific or other), if well executed, are capable of attaining
project objectives.
That the project objectives are capable of achieving the
specific program objectives defined in the
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program announcement and the proposed results are measurable.
That the method for evaluating proposed results includes
criteria for determining the extent to which the program has achieved
its stated objectives and the extent to which the accomplishment of
objectives can be attributed to the program.
That, in so far as practical, the proposed activities,
when accomplished, are replicable, national in scope and include plans
for broad dissemination.
The specific review criteria used to review and rank applications
are included in the individual guidance material provided with the
application kits. Applicants should pay strict attention to addressing
these criteria as they are the basis upon which their applications will
be judged.
Technical Assistance
A contact person is listed for each program and his/her e-mail
address and telephone number provided. Some programs have scheduled
workshops and conference calls as indicated by the ``magnifying glass''
in the HRSA Preview. If you have questions concerning individual
programs or the availability of technical assistance, please contact
the person listed. Also check your application materials and the HRSA
web site http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/ for the latest technical assistance
information.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Where do I submit grant applications?
The address for submitting your grant application will be shown in
the guidance document included in the application kit.
2. HRSA lists many telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Who do I
phone or e-mail and when?
Phone 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999, to register for
application kits. After September 12, the new toll free number will be
1-877-HRSA (4772)-123. It will be helpful to the information specialist
if you have the CFDA Number and title of the program handy for
reference.
If, before you register, you want to know more about the program,
an e-mail/telephone contact is listed. This contact can provide
information concerning the specific program's purpose, scope and goals,
and eligibility criteria. Usually, you will be encouraged to request
the application kit so that you will have clear, comprehensive and
accurate information available to you. The application kit lists
telephone numbers for a program expert and a grants management
specialist who will provide technical assistance concerning your
specific program, if you are unable to find the information within the
materials provided.
3. The dates listed in the HRSA Preview and the dates in the
application kit do not agree. How do I know which is correct?
First, register at 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999 for each
program that you are interested in as shown in the HRSA Preview. After
September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-123.
HRSA Preview dates for application kit availability and application
receipt deadline are based upon the best known information at the time
of publication, often nine months in advance of the competitive cycle.
Occasionally, the grant cycle does not begin as projected and dates
must be adjusted. The deadline date stated in your application kit is
correct. If the application kit has been made available and
subsequently the date changes, notification of the change will be
mailed to known recipients of the application kit. Therefore, if you
are registered at 1-888-333-HRSA or 1-877-HRSA (4772)-123 after
September 12, you will receive the most current information.
4. Are programs announced in the HRSA Preview ever canceled?
Infrequently, programs announced may be withdrawn from competition.
If this occurs, a cancellation notice will be provided through the HRSA
Preview at the HRSA Homepage http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/.
If you still have unanswered questions, please contact John
Gallicchio of the Grants Policy Branch at 301-443-6507
(jgallicchio@hrsa.gov).
HRSA Programs at a Glance
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Program name CFDA No. Deadline
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Maternal and Child Health Programs
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Genetic Services--National 93.110A 02/29/2000
Genetic Consumer Center.
Genetic Services--State 93.110A 02/29/2000
Planning Grants.
Improvement of Perinatal 93.110RA 04/01/2000
Health: The Collaborative
Ambulatory Research Network.
Maternal and Child Health 93.110RS 10/01/1999 & 03/01/
Research Program. 2000
Maternal and Child Health 93.110TJ 12/15/1999
Training in Pediatric
Pulmonary Centers.
Maternal and Child Health 93.110TK 10/01/1999
Training in Schools of
Public Health.
Continuing Education and 93.110TO 01/15/2000
Development.
Continuing Education/Dynamic 93.110TQ 01/15/2000
Learning (Distance
Education).
SPRANS--Ph.D. Epidemiology-- 93.110TS 02/15/2000
MCH/SPH Fellows Training
Program.
National Center for Cultural 93.110F 12/31/1999
Competence.
Partnership for Information 93.110G 01/15/2000
and Communication MCH
Cooperative Agreements.
Adolescent Health Center for 93.110J 01/15/2000
State Maternal and Child
Health Personnel.
Training and Technical 93.110M 01/15/2000
Assistance Centers for
Mental Health in Schools.
National Training Institute 93.110P 01/15/2000
for Child Care Health
Consultants.
National Health and Safety 93.110P 01/15/2000
in Child Care Health
Resource Center.
Health Care Information and 93.110S 12/01/1999
Education for Families of
Children with Special
Health Care Needs (CSHCN).
SPRANS--State and Local Data 93.110U 03/15/2000
Utilization and Enhancement
(DUE) Cooperative
Agreements.
Center for School Health 93.110AE 01/15/2000
Care.
Integrated Health Care 93.110AF 01/15/2000
Programs for Children and
Adolescents.
Innovative Approaches to 93.110AH 01/17/2000
Promoting Positive Health
Behaviors in Women.
Health and Welfare Technical 93.110AI 01/15/2000
Advisory Group.
Healthy Child Care America 93.110AQ 03/08/2000
State Systems Development
Grants.
Community Integrated Service 93.110AR 03/10/2000
Systems (CISS) Community
Organization Grants Program.
Universal Newborn Hearing 93.110ZZ 01/15/2000
Screening.
Emergency Medical Services 93.127A 11/01/1999
for Children (EMSC),
Implementations Grants.
Emergency Medical Services 93.127C 11/15/1999
for Children (EMSC),
Partnership Grants.
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Emergency Medical Services 93.127D 11/01/1999
for Children (EMSC),
Targeted Issue Grants.
Emergency Medical Services 93.127G 11/01/1999
for Children (EMSC), Native
American Project.
Traumatic Brain Injury 93.234A 12/01/1999
(TBI), State Implementation
Grants.
Traumatic Brain Injury 93.234B 12/01/1999
(TBI), State Planning
Grants.
Healthy Start: Eliminating 93.926E 03/01/2000
Disparities in Perinatal
Health.
Healthy Start: 93.926F 03/15/2000
Infrastructure/Capacity
Building Projects.
National Fetal and Infant 93.926H 04/01/2000
Mortality Review (FIMR)
Resource Center.
Maternal and Child Health 93.926I 03/03/2000
Provider Partnerships.
Improving Systems of Care 93.926J 02/11/2000
for Pregnant Women
Experiencing Domestic
Violence.
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HIV/AIDS Programs
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Special Projects of National 93.928 06/01/2000
Significance (SPNS).
Ryan White Title III Funding 93.918A 10/01/1999
for Early Intervention
Services Grants: Existing
Geographic Areas.
Ryan White Title III Funding 93.918B 07/17/2000
for Early Intervention
Services Grants: New
Geographic Areas.
Ryan White Title III HIV 93.918C 06/02/2000
Funding for Early
Intervention Services
Planning Grants.
Ryan White Title III HIV 93.918D 06/02/2000
Funding for Early
Intervention Services
Planning Grants.
Ryan White Title IV: 93.153A 03/01/2000
Existing Geographic Areas.
Ryan White Title IV: New 93.153B 03/01/2000
Geographic Areas.
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Rural Health Programs
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Rural Health Research 93.155 05/01/2000
Centers.
Rural Health Outreach Grant. 93.912A 11/01/1999
Rural Health Network 93.912B 11/08/1999
Development.
State Rural Hospital 93.241 06/01/2000
Flexibility Program.
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Primary Health Care Programs
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Community and Migrant Health 93.224 and 93.246 Varies
Centers.
Health Care for the Homeless 93.151 Varies
Public Housing Primary Care. 93.927 10/01/1999
State Primary Care Offices.. 93.130 12/01/1999
State Primary Care 93.129 12/01/1999
Associations.
Grants to States for Loan 93.165 05/01/2000
Repayment Programs.
Migrant Health Centers...... 93.246 02/01/2000
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Health Professions Programs
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Academic Administrative 93.984A 01/06/2000
Units in Primary Care
(Family Medicine, General
Internal Medicine and
General Pediatrics).
Predoctoral Training in 93.896A 11/29/1999
Primary Care (Family
Medicine, General Internal
Medicine and General
Pediatrics).
Physician Assistant Training 93.886A 11/15/1999
in Primary Care.
Residency Training in 93.884A 09/27/1999
Primary Care (Family
Medicine, General Internal
Medicine and General
Pediatrics).
Faculty Development in 93.895A 10/22/1999
Primary Care (Family
Medicine, General Internal
Medicine and General
Pediatrics).
Podiatric Residency in 93.181 09/30/1999
Primary Care.
Model State-Supported Area 93.107 01/14/2000
Health Education Centers.
Basic/Core Area Health 93.824 01/14/2000
Education Centers.
Health Careers Opportunity 93.822 01/10/2000
Program (HCOP).
Centers of Excellence....... 93.157 01/15/2000
Allied Health Projects...... 93.191 02/22/2000
Residencies in the Practice 93.897A 11/01/1999
of Pediatric Dentistry.
Chiropractic Demonstration 93.212 02/22/2000
Project Grants.
Dental Public Health 93.236 11/01/1999
Residency Training Grants.
Residencies and Advanced 93.897 11/01/1999
Education in the Practice
of General Dentistry.
Quentin N. Burdick Program 93.192 10/22/1999
for Rural Interdisciplinary
Training.
Public Health Training 93.188A 12/06/1999
Centers Grant Program.
Geriatric Education Centers. 93.969 12/09/1999
Geriatric Training Regarding 93.156 12/09/1999
Physicians and Dentists.
Health Administration 93.962 10/15/1999
Traineeships & Special
Projects.
Nursing Workforce Diversity 93.178A 12/17/1999
Grants.
Basic Nurse Education and 93.359A 02/22/2000
Practice Grants.
Public Health Nursing 93.359B 11/17/1999
experiences in State and
Local Health Departments
for Baccalaureate Nursing
Students.
Advanced Education Nursing 93.299A 01/28/2000
Grants.
Advanced Education Nursing 93.299B 12/03/1999
Traineeship Grants.
Advanced Education Nursing-- 93.299C 12/03/1999
Nurse Anesthetist
Traineeship Grant Program.
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Advancement of Telehealth
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Rural Telemedicine Grant 93.211 03/01/2000
Program.
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Other HRSA Programs
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Faculty Loan Repayment 93.923 03/31/2000
Program (FLRP).
Scholarships for 93.925 03/15/2000
Disadvantaged Students
(SDS).
Nursing Education Loan 93.908 05/01/2000
Repayment Program.
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Maternal and Child Health Programs
Grants Management Office: 1-301-443-1440.
Genetic Services--National Genetic Consumer Center.
CFDA Number: 93.110A.
Application Availability: 12/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Application Deadline: 02/29/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support a national
consumer center for the establishment of a national network to provide
genetic information and education for consumers of genetic services and
to outline national policy to improve the quality, accessibility and
utilization of genetic services. The center's activities would include:
(1) The involvement of national membership of consumer, family,
professional, and support group organizations, with the acknowledgment
of the need for membership representation to include geographic and
ethnic diversity; (2) the development of support groups and consumer
organizations by providing technical assistance, resources and training
for consumer leaders; (3) a forum for interaction between consumers,
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) and other relevant Federal,
State and community organizations on issues related to genetic
medicine, services and technology; (4) facilitate public, provider and
consumer access to centralized resources, support and referral services
that enhance the general public's ability to make informed decisions
about genetic services; and (5) provide an effective and proactive
consumer voice, facilitating representation of consumer perspectives
and issues in public policy discussions and throughout the public
policy decision-making processes.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
(a) With the exception of training and research, as described in
paragraph (b) of this section, any public or private entity, including
Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at 25
U.S.C. 450b) is eligible to apply for Federal funding under this Part;
(b) Only public or nonprofit private institutions of higher learning
may apply for training grants. Only public or nonprofit institutions of
higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies engaged in
research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or
services for children with special health care needs may apply for
grants, contracts or cooperative agreements for research in maternal
and child health services or in services for children with special
health care needs.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to nationally recognized consumer
organizations with clearly demonstrated national expertise and capacity
for addressing genetic medicine, services and technology issues related
to consumers of genetic services and their families and to applicants
building upon current family and professional partnerships, family
training and empowerment activities in collaboration with the Title V
discretionary grant efforts.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$400,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Michele Puryear, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1080.
E-mail: mpuryear@hrsa.gov.
Genetic Services-State Planning Grants
CFDA Number: 93.110A.
Application Availability: 12/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 1/15/2000.
Application Deadline: 2/29/2000.
Projected Award Date: 6/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
Projects that develop and demonstrate the use of information
systems for the integration of State newborn screening programs with
population based, community based and family centered early
intervention programs that are tied to outcome driven systems of
service to children with special health needs and families.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A funding preference will be given to community/State agency
partnerships in coalition with public and private community based
providers.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$750,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Michele Puryear, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1080.
E-mail: mpuryear@hrsa.gov.
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Improvement of Perinatal Health: The Collaborative Ambulatory Research
Network
CFDA Number: 93.110RA.
Application Availability: 01/01/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 02/01/2000.
Application Deadline: 04/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 07/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to establish a nationwide structure
(network) for conducting research on ambulatory health care practices
to improve perinatal health care. The goals of this program include
examining and describing existing obstetrician-gynecologist knowledge
base and practices. Information from this network should be used to
develop better informed educational strategies and to disseminate
information to physicians in areas where there is a knowledge deficit.
The project will cooperate and work collaboratively with other MCHB
funded projects in perinatal and women's health.
Eligibility
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is
eligible to apply.
Sole Source
ACOG is the primary organization representing Ambulatory Obstetrics
and Gynecology in the Nation and is the only organization which
represents the majority of practitioners necessary to establish an
adequate structural network.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
Up to 5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Gontran Lamberty, Dr. P.H. or Maurice Bryant.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0765.
E-mail: glamberty@hrsa.gov or mbryant@hrsa.gov.
Maternal and Child Health Research Program
CFDA Number: 93.110RS.
Application Availability: 06/14/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 10/01/1999 & 03/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 01/01/2000 & 07/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to support applied research relating
to maternal and child health services, which show promise of
substantial contribution in knowledge, that when used in States and
communities will result in health status and health services
improvements.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Fifteen issues/questions selected from 11 priority areas, and keyed
to goals and objectives of the Bureau and HRSA strategic plans, will be
given special consideration for funding. The special consideration
consists of a 0.5 points favorable adjustment to the funding score
assigned to an application, on a range of 1.0 to 5.0, when recommended
for approval by the MCH Research Review Committee. The 15 issues/
questions selected from the 11 priority areas are detailed in the
guidance material contained in the application kit.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,900,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
1 to 4 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Gontran Lamberty, Dr. P.H.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2190.
E-mail: glamberty@hrsa.gov.
Maternal and Child Health Training in Pediatric Pulmonary Centers
CFDA Number: 93.110TJ.
Application Availability: 10/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 11/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Projected Award Date: 07/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, Section 502, 42 U.S.C. 702.
Purpose
To provide interdisciplinary leadership training for several health
professional disciplines, at the graduate and post graduate levels, to
prepare them for leadership roles, including teaching, in the care of,
research on, or development of organized systems of health care
delivery for children with chronic respiratory conditions and their
families.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A preference will be given to Departments of Pediatrics in
accredited medical schools that meet the special requirements for
training programs in pediatric pulmonology.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,150,175.
Estimated Number of Awards
Approximately 7.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Shelley Benjamin, M.S.W.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2190.
E-mail: sbenjamin@hrsa.gov.
Maternal and Child Health Training in Schools of Public Health
CFDA Number: 93.110TK.
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Application Availability: 07/29/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 09/01/1999.
Application Deadline: 10/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, Section 502, 42 U.S.C. 702.
Purpose
To support and strengthen MCH Programs through long term training
of a wide range of health professionals who serve children. Training is
at the graduate and post graduate levels, with a special focus on
family centered, community-based care. The programs are designed to
develop leadership personnel to provide for comprehensive health care
including health promotion and disease prevention and related services
to mothers and children.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A preference will be given to Schools of Public Health, accredited
by the Council on Education for Public Health, with an established
Maternal and Child Health Program.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$4,425,965.
Estimated Number of Awards
12-13.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Nanette Pepper, BSRN, M.Ed.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2190.
E-mail: npepper@hrsa.gov.
Continuing Education and Development
CFDA Number: 93.110TO.
Application Availability: 11/08/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/08/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, Section 502, 42 U.S.C. 702.
Purpose
Continuing Education and Development (CED) focuses on increasing
leadership skills of MCH professionals; facilitating timely transfer
and application of new information, research findings and technology
related to MCH; and updating and improving the knowledge and skills of
health and related professionals in programs serving mothers and
children. CED programs will support conduct of short-term, non-degree
related courses, workshops, conferences, symposia, institutes, and
distance learning strategies and/or development of curricula,
guidelines, standards of practice, and educational tools/strategies
intended to assure quality health care for the MCH population.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
1-3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Diana Rule, M.P.H.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2190.
E-mail: drule@hrsa.gov.
Continuing Education/Dynamic Learning (Distance Education)
CFDA Number: 93.110TQ.
Application Availability: 11/08/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
Alternative education methodologies provide an effective and
economical means for professional staff to enhance and advance their
skills while continuing to meet their daily on-site responsibilities.
MCH managers need timely and available information to complete the
functions for assessing need, developing policies and programs,
addressing and resolving problems, monitoring progress and evaluating
performance. Analytical skills are needed to convert data to
information to better serve mothers and children living in high risk
circumstances. This grant program encourages the development,
implementation, creative utilization and application of distance
education opportunities for the State and local MCH communities to
improve the delivery of health care services to mothers and children.
Courses will be developed and given annually using distance learning
modalities and delivered to State and local MCH staffers. Technical
support for specific analytical tasks will be provided via the
Internet, compact discs and via satellite broadcasts to State and local
agencies. Projects will work collaboratively with each other and the
MCH Bureau to develop common formats, tools and approaches.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$715,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
Estimated Project Period
2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Aaron Favors, Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0392.
E-mail: afavors@hrsa.gov.
SPRANS--Ph.D. Epidemiologic-MCH/SPH Fellows Training Program
CFDA Number: 93.110TS.
Application Availability: 12/01/1999.
To obtain this application kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/01/2000.
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Application Deadline: 02/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The Ph.D. Fellows grant was established to develop and promote
epidemiologic analysis as a part of MCH health training program
operations. It is intended to attract MCH doctoral students to the
field of epidemiologic analysis and produce publications that further
policy and program development. Currently, literature on the
application of epidemiology to children's health is scarce. Little data
and analysis is available on the effectiveness and benefits of child
health services and information needed to improve resource allocation
decisions. The purpose of this program is to increase the number of
doctoral candidates and postdoctoral fellows who elect a relevant MCH
epidemiologic analysis issue, applied to MCH service delivery, as the
basis for their research and dissertation. Candidates and fellows are
to produce creative, well thought out, dissertation subjects of
interest that reflect the current trend of MCH and how the field of
economic and epidemiologic analysis impacts upon it. This funding will
support:
1. Recruitment and enrollment of 6 doctoral students who will
develop dissertations with an emphasis on epidemiologic analysis.
2. Enhancement of student analytic capability as well as improved
understanding of the epidemiologic of MCH services.
3. Development of publishable materials for distribution to the
broader MCH community.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A preference will be given to Schools of Public Health with MCH
programs.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
6.
Estimated Project Period
1 Year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Russ Scarato.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0701.
E-mail: rscarato@hrsa.gov.
National Center for Cultural Competence
CFDA Number: 93.110F.
Application Availability: 09/30/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 10/30/1999.
Application Deadline: 12/31/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The purpose of this cooperative agreement competition is to assist
State and local Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
programs to plan, implement and evaluate culturally competent policies,
procedures and practices in partnership with the Federal Central and
Field Office MCHB/DSCSHCN staff, other Federal/State and local programs
and consumers by assisting State programs: (1) Conduct agency cultural
competency assessments; (2) incorporate cultural competence in their
strategic and Title V Block Grant annual plans; (3) assist in the
development of an evaluation of cultural competence activities, e.g.,
develop performance measures and outcome indicators related to access,
health outcomes and consumer/provider satisfaction for CSHCN programs;
and (4) promote the principles, values, skills and knowledge of
culturally competent, family-centered care in related CSHCN programs,
such as other SPRANS discretionary grants and State Child Health
Insurance Programs.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Funding preference will be given to an organization with
demonstrated capability and experience in the area of cultural
competence and with Title V CSHCN programs
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated amount of this competition
$255,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
5 Year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Diana Denboba.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9332.
E-mail: ddenboba@hrsa.gov.
Partnership for Information and Communication (PIC) MCH Cooperative
Agreements
CFDA Number: 93.110G.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 1/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 4/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
To provide cooperative agreements with governmental, professional
and private organizations represented by leaders concerned with issues
related to maternal and child health and involved in sustaining systems
of care and/or providing family support to persons affected by severe
illness or injury. Specifically, this program is designed to facilitate
the dissemination of new information in a format that will be most
useful to them when developing MCH policies and programs in the private
and public sectors at local, State and national levels, and
understanding by the MCHB of the maternal and child health concerns
held by these policy makers.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A preference will be given to organizations currently receiving
support as part of this cooperative agreement representing State
governors and their staffs; county health policymakers, municipal
health policymakers, nonprofit and/or for-profit managed care
organizations and coalitions of organizations promoting the health of
mothers and infants, national membership organizations representing
survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI), providing emergency medical
care for children, and
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representing State TBI and Emergency Medical Services programs, as well
as national membership organizations representing groups or
constituencies listed below.
To ensure continuity, membership for the organizations
participating in PIC is rotated so that not all project periods
coincide. For this year, only national membership organizations
representing the following groups will be considered for funding: State
legislators; private businesses, particularly self-insured businesses;
philanthropic organizations; parent organizations; State Title V
Directors; and State Head Injury Program Directors.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,351,840.
Estimated Number of Awards
7.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Adolescent Health Center for State Maternal and Child Health Personnel
CFDA Number: 93.110J.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
To assist States in promoting State core capacity in adolescent
health by developing and implementing adolescent health action plans
based on needs assessments, implementation of adolescent State
interagency task forces, convening of expert advisory councils, and
convening of youth advisory groups. Such a Center, to strengthen
States' abilities to address adolescent health issues, was first
established in 1995. States will set targets for Healthy People 2010
adolescent health objectives, develop and implement action plans to
meet them, and will improve the measurable health status of
adolescents.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
4 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Trina Anglin, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4026.
E-mail: tanglin@hrsa.gov.
Training and Technical Assistance Centers for Mental Health in Schools
CFDA Number: 93.110M.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The intent of this category is to provide a mechanism for
assistance for programs whose goal is to provide and enhance mental
health resources and services for the school-age population. Centers
funded under this category will provide assistance to targeted needs
identified by those organizations and institutions requesting the
training or technical assistance. Assistance should utilize, as much as
possible, existing materials and training models that have demonstrated
success and impact in the past. Methods utilized will also be adapted
to suit the particular circumstances.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$590,000.
Estimated Numbers of Award
2.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Trina Anglin, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4291.
E-mail: tanglin@hrsa.gov.
National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants
CFDA Number: 93.110P.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
Quality Child Care, which pays attention to health and safety and
protecting children from harm, is often a function of quality State
licensure regulations and guidelines as well as local support. This
support is best carried out by child care health consultants at the
local level who train and support child care providers and families and
assure that the child care guidelines are carried out. Child care
health consultants are a new type of health professional. They view
child care as a focal point for identifying children in need of health
coverage including Medicaid and CHIP, and as a place to help families
identify a medical home for their child. The MCHB funded the National
Training Institute (NTI) for Child Care Healthy Consultants in 1996 to
provide standardized training using Caring for Our Children and
Stepping Stones as a basis of the curriculum. The model is ``train the
trainer,'' and there
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is a distance learning component as well as on-site. The expected
outcome is statewide networks of child care health consultants to the
local level in every State.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
The current grantee is the University of North Carolina School of
Public Health in collaboration with the Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Center. They will apply, as well as organizations and
universities which have expertise and an interest in health and safety
in child care and the ability to create systems for training child care
health consultants and technology transfer related to distance
learning.
Special Consideration
Ability to conduct a training program for child care health
consultants which is national in focus, and ability to conduct distance
learning using state-of-the-art technology transfer.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$225,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Phyllis Stubbs, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6600.
E-mail: pstubbs@hrsa.gov.
National Health and Safety in Child Care Health Resource Center
CFDA Number: 93.110P.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The National Resource Center (NRC) for Health and Safety in Child
Care supports States in the development of quality child care health
and safety programs through the performance of the following
activities: maintain and update on the World Wide Web the computerized
National Child Care standards database which contains the National
Health and Safety Performance Standards; annually update health and
safety standards for all States and territories and Stepping Stones to
Caring for our Children; provide consultation, training and technical
assistance to States on child care health and safety; maintain child
care health and safety references collections; develop and maintain
child care databases; arrange conferences and workshops; convene annual
meetings of the NRC Advisory Committee; disseminate information to the
public and to professional organizations; analysis of special issues;
and develop programmatic approaches and participation/presentation at
key child care conferences.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$350,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Phyllis Stubbs, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6600.
E-mail: pstubbs@hrsa.gov.
Health Care Information and Education for Families of Children With
Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
CFDA Number: 93.110S.
Application Availability: 08/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 10/01/1999.
Application Deadline: 12/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 03/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241
Purpose
The purpose of this competition is to support a cooperative
agreement for implementation of a piloted national strategy to
establish a national network of centers that will provide health care
information and education to families of children with special health
care needs. These centers will be planned and administered by families
and will be built upon existing collaborative relationships with State
Title V-CSHCN programs, providers and family advocates.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Funding preference will be given to nationally recognized family
organizations with clearly demonstrated national expertise and capacity
in addressing health issues related to CSHCN and their families.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$500,000 pending availability of funds.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
5 years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Diana Denboba.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9332.
E-mail: ddenboba@hrsa.gov.
SPRANS--State and Local Data Utilization and Enhancement (DUE)
Cooperative Agreements
CFDA Number: 93.11OU.
Application Availability: 01/03/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 02/15/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 05/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
Cooperative Agreements to State and local agencies, each of whom
will contribute equal matching funds to:
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support, develop and implement MCH State and local data activities,
which may include developing standardized integrated data and
communication systems within and between States; develop standardized
mechanisms to better monitor managed care; and/or develop common data
elements/model approaches to key emerging MCH data issues, including
support for innovation in health systems and community assessment
indicators; conduct a cost-effective analysis of MCH services,
performance measures and outcome reporting; develop methods to measure
unmet needs, gaps in services, and needs of special populations;
propose new measures of morbidities and health; examine the quality of
care and implementation of community health initiatives. Projects will
work collaboratively with each other and the MCH Bureau to develop
common definitions and data elements, model tools and approaches and
performance standards.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$428,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
6.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Alicia Scott-Wright or Russ Scarato.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0700 or 1-301-443-0701.
E-mail: ascottwright@hrsa.gov or rscarato@hrsa.gov.
Note: These six cooperative agreements represent a pilot effort
to actively work with and support State and local development of
integrated data systems and analytical models. Additional funds are
needed to expand this effort beyond the restriction mandated by the
current budget.
Center for School Health Care
CFDA Number: 93.110AE.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
To provide a means of providing up-to-date information on
approaches to improving school-based health care. To enhance State and
community level capacity for school health planning, policy
development, and quality assurance; to promote growth in school health
infrastructure; to identify and promote models of interdisciplinary
training and team development for health and education personnel; to
identify and disseminate state-of-the-art practices in school health
and school based health care; and to identify and disseminate
information on sustainability of school based health services,
particularly concerning third party reimbursements.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Funding preference will be given to any public or private
organization that can function on a national level, demonstrate
knowledge and experience with the issues to be addressed, and can
demonstrate credibility in the health and education communities is
eligible to apply.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project period
4 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Trina Anglin, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4026.
E-mail: tanglin@hrsa.gov.
Integrated Health Care Programs for Children and Adolescents
CFDA Number: 93.110AF.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
These two year planning grants are designed to initiate and
formalize a working relationship among community resources, in order to
detail arrangements for establishing an integrated program of health
service delivery for children and adolescents, in a targeted area with
a total population of 100,000 to 250,000. The combined services are to
include physical and psychosocial primary health care, comprehensive
mental health services, and substance abuse prevention and treatment
services. The plan that is produced is to include attention to
organizational structure, staffing, facilities, information systems
including protection of confidentiality, and fiscal arrangements.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$210,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
4.
Estimated Project Period.
2 years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Trina Anglin, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4291.
E-mail: tanglin@hrsa.gov.
Innovative Approaches to Promoting Positive Health Behaviors in Women
CFDA Number: 93.110AH.
Application Availability: 11/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999 .
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/17/1999.
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Application Deadline: 01/17/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/03/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
This three year demonstration program will develop and demonstrate
innovative approaches that are effective in promoting positive health
behaviors in women, particularly behaviors influencing preconceptional
health (nutrition, smoking cessation, STD prevention, etc.) through
partnerships with other organizations (business, child care, religious,
etc.) in a variety of community settings. These approaches should
target women who currently have limited access to health promotion
services and should link women with Title V and other relevant health
resources and services.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Special Considerations
There may be only one application per State.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
3.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Ellen Hutchins, Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9534.
E-mail: ehutchins@hrsa.gov.
Health and Welfare Technical Advisory Group
CFDA Number: 93.110AI.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To obtain this application kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701
Purpose
The Health and Welfare Technical Advisory Group is intended to:
promote communication among State-level program directors in the areas
of maternal and child health, Medicaid, Child Care, Child Welfare,
Mental Health, and Head Start and their Federal counterparts; to
collaborate on approaches to address family health and welfare issues;
identify Federal and/or State actions which inhibit a coherent approach
to meeting family health and welfare needs; and promote mechanisms to
improve functioning across programs. These purposes are to be
accomplished through development of an ongoing forum of representatives
of these programs and a mechanism to provide information to and receive
information from all State program directors. Specific topics of
concern will be jointly selected. Items of particular concern to HRSA
include child care, oral health, and school health issues.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A funding preference will be given to any organization which can
demonstrate a linkage with at least one and preferably more than one of
the organizations representing the State-level programs listed in the
Purpose section.
REview Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
2 years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Stuart Swayze.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2917.
E-mail: sswayze@hrsa.gov.
Healthy Child Care America State Systems Development Grants
CFDA Number: 93.110AQ.
Application Availability: 11/01/1999.
To Obtain this Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/10/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/08/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
MCHB is currently funding 51 State Health Systems Development in
Child Care-Healthy Child Care America (HSDCC) Grants. These grants were
awarded in FY 1996 and are serving as State focal points for health and
safety in child care, and are developing integrated health, child care
and social service systems in their respective States. They are
instituting measures to both improve the quality of child care and
assure that children in child care settings receive the health services
which they need. Building upon MCHB's investment, and based upon State
Title V and Child Care program suggestions, a Phase II is planned.
Healthy Child Care America-the Year 2000 Quality Initiative will focus
on the development and implementation of State programs which address
quality assurance (improved State regulations); infrastructure building
(networks of child care health consultants); and outreach (related to
Medicaid and CHIP).
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A preference will be given to State and/or private nonprofit health
or child care entities which can carry out programmatic expectations in
relation to quality assurance, infrastructure development and outreach
on a statewide basis. The current grants will apply vis-a-vis a limited
competition. In addition, an entity from the States of New Jersey and
Mississippi will be asked to apply.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$3,842,500.
Estimated number of Awards
1 per 53 States/Territories.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Phyllis Stubbs, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6600.
E-mail: pstubbs@hrsa.gov.
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Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) Community Organization
Grants Program
CFDA Number: 93.110AR.
Application Availability: 01/10/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 02/08/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/10/2000.
Projected Award Date: 05/01/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
The CISS program is designed to enhance the development of service
systems at the community level to address the physical, psychological,
social well-being, and related needs of pregnant women, infants, and
children, including children with special health care needs and their
families. CISS programs should be designed to assist communities to
better meet consumer identified needs, fill gaps in services, reduce
duplication of effort, coordinate activities, increase availability of
services, improve efficiency, and enhance quality of care. Programs
must be developed in collaboration and coordination with the State MCH
Services Block Grant programs and State efforts in community systems
development.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
In keeping with the goals of advancing the development of human
potential, strengthening the Nation's capacity to provide high quality
education by broadening participation in MCHB programs of institutions
that may have perspectives uniquely reflecting the Nation's cultural
and linguistic diversity, and increasing opportunities for all
Americans to participate in and benefit from Federal public health
programs, HRSA will place a funding priority on projects from
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) or Hispanic Serving
Institutions (HSI) in all categories and subcategories in this notice
for which applications from academic institutions are encouraged. This
is in conformity with the Federal Government's policies in support of
White House Initiatives on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(Executive Order 12876) and Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans (Executive Order 12900).
An approved proposal from an HBCU or HSI will receive a 0.5 point
favorable adjustment of the priority score in a 4 point range before
funding decisions are made.
Special Considerations
In the interest of equitable geographic distribution, special
consideration for funding will be given to projects from communities
without a currently funded CISS project.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$1,250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
25.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Joseph A. Zogby, M.S.W.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4393.
E-mail: jzogby@hrsa.gov.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
CFDA Number: 93.110ZZ.
Application Availability: 11/15/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 12/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
This program will fund: (1) Grants to States for the implementation
of universal newborn hearing screening prior to hospital discharge with
linkage to a medical home, and diagnostic evaluation and enrollment in
a program of early intervention by 6 months of age for those infants
identified with hearing loss. Applicants should describe relationships
with both the Title V programs and the Early Intervention Program (Part
C of IDEA) as well as systems for data collection and tracking of
infants identified with hearing loss. Applicants should also describe
mechanisms to assure sustainability of the program by engaging public
and private payors and implementation of a fee for service plan. (2)
One grant to an organization to provide technical assistance to States
on a nationwide basis in the implementation of statewide universal
newborn hearing screening, diagnosis and entry into early intervention.
States where newborn hearing screening is not being carried out at
the present time may submit a plan for phase-in of statewide universal
newborn screening to be completed by the end of year three of a four
year project period.
Funding is contingent upon the availability of funds.
Eligibility
42 CFR Part 51a.3*
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A funding preference, for the national technical assistance award,
will be given to an organization with demonstrated capability and
experience in this area.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$4,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
30.
Estimated Project Period
4 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Irene Forsman, M.S., R.N.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9023.
E-mail: iforsman@hrsa.gov.
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), Implementation Grants
CFDA Number: 93.127A.
Application Availability: 09/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 09/30/1999.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 03/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, Section 1910, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
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Purpose
Implementation grants will improve the capacity of a State's EMS
program to address the particular needs of children. Implementation
grants are used to assist States in integrating research-based
knowledge and state-of-the-art systems development approaches into the
existing State EMS, MCH, and CSHCN systems, using the experience and
products of previous EMSC grantees. Applicants are encouraged to
consider activities that: (1) Address identified needs within their
State EMS system and that lay the groundwork for permanent changes in
that system; (2) develop or monitor pediatric EMS capacity; and (3)
will be institutionalized within the State EMS system.
Eligibility
States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
2.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David E. Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), Partnership Grants
CFDA Number: 93.127C.
Application Availability: 09/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 09/30/1999.
Application Deadline: 11/15/1999.
Projected Award Date: 03/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, Section 1910, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
State partnership grants will fund activities that represent the
next logical step or steps to take to institutionalize EMSC within EMS
and to continue to improve and refine EMSC. Proposed activities should
be consistent with documented needs in the State and should reflect a
logical progression in enhancing pediatric capabilities. For example,
funding might be used to address problems identified in the course of a
previous implementation grant; to increase the involvement of families
in EMSC; to improve linkages between local, regional, or State
agencies; to promulgate standards developed for one region of the State
under previous funding to include the entire State; to devise a plan
for coordinating and funding poison control centers; or to assure
effective field triage of the child in physical or emotional crisis to
appropriate facilities and/or other resources.
Eligibility
States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,900,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
19.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David E. Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), Targeted Issue Grants
CFDA Number: 93.127D.
Application Availability: 09/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 09/30/1999.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 03/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, Section 1910, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
Targeted issue grants are intended to address specific, focused
issues related to the development of EMSC knowledge and capacity with
the intent of advancing the state-of-the-art, and creating tools or
knowledge that will be helpful nationally. Proposals must have well-
conceived methodology for analysis and evaluation. Targeted issue
priorities have been identified based on the EMSC Five Year Plan. The
targeted issue priorities are: cost-benefit analysis related to EMSC,
implications of managed care for EMSC, evaluations of EMSC components,
models for improving the care of culturally distinct populations,
evaluation of systems for provision of emergency health care within day
care and/or school settings, and evaluation of family-centered care
models. Proposals may be submitted on emerging issues that are not
included in the identified priorities. However, any such proposal must
demonstrate relevance to the Plan and must make a persuasive argument
that the issue is particularly critical.
Eligibility
States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
3.
Estimated Project Period
2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David E. Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), Native American Project
CFDA Number: 93.127G.
Application Availability: 10/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 12/01/1999.
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Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, Section 1910, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
Project will stimulate the development and enhancement of EMSC for
Native Hawaiians.
Applicants are encouraged to consider activities that: (a) Identify
needs of Native Hawaiian populations; (b) develop or monitor pediatric
EMS capability, especially as it relates to provisions of services to
isolated populations; and (c) develop and evaluate special projects
designed to address problems related to emergency medical care for
Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native populations, including prevention,
prehospital care, hospital services, rehabilitation, and linkages with
primary care.
Eligibility
States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Competition is limited to the State of Hawaii.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David E. Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), State Implementation Grants.
CFDA Number: 93.234A.
Application Availability: 09/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Application Deadline: 12/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XII, Section 1242, 42 U.S.C. 300d-
42.
Purpose
The purpose of this grant program is to improve health and other
services for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Implementation grants provide funding to assist States in moving toward
statewide systems that assure access to comprehensive and coordinated
TBI services.
Eligibility
State governments are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Matching Requirement
The State is required to contribute, in cash, not less than $1 for
each $2 of Federal funds provided under the grant.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
6.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David E. Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), State Planning Grants
CFDA Number: 93.234B.
Application Availability: 09/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Application Deadline: 12/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XII, Section 1242, 42 U.S.C. 300d-
42.
Purpose
The purpose of this grant program is to improve health and other
services for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Implementation grants provide funding to assist States in moving toward
statewide systems that assure access to comprehensive and coordinated
TBI services.
Eligibility
State governments are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None
Matching Requirement
The State is required to contribute, in cash, not less than $1 for
each $2 of Federal funds provided under the grant.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
4.
Estimated Project Period
2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: David E. Heppel, M.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2250.
E-mail: dheppel@hrsa.gov.
Healthy Start: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health
CFDA Number: 93.926E.
Application Availability: 12/21/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/28/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
To enhance a community's service system to address significant
disparities in perinatal health indicators. Funding would be made
available for up to 15 community projects which have: (1) Significant
infant mortality and morbidity rates among one or more subpopulations;
(2) existing active consortia of stakeholders with over one year's
experience in infant mortality reduction initiatives; and (3) a
feasible plan to reduce barriers, improve the local perinatal system of
care, and work towards eliminating existing disparities in perinatal
health. These sites must have or plan to implement/adapt Healthy Start
models of consortium, case management, outreach and
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enhanced clinical services. In addition, they must demonstrate
established linkages with key State and local services and resource
systems such as Title V, Title XIX, Title XXI, WIC, Enterprise
Communities/Empowerment Zones, federally-funded Community and Migrant
Health Centers, and Indian/Tribal Health Services. For this
competition, ``community'' is broadly defined so that a statewide or
multi-county project serving racial/ethnic groups (e.g., Hmongs,
Mexican Hispanics, African American, etc.) would be eligible.
Eligibility
Public or nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$14,800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
Up to 15.
Estimated Project Period
4 Years.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to: (1) Past (FY 1999) projects of HSI-
Infrastructure/Capacity Building grants, and (2) communities in States
and territories which do not have a currently federally-funded Healthy
Start project. Priority will be given to: (1) Communities with
significant racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal indicators for three
years (1995-1997); (2) border communities (within 62 miles of the
Mexican border); and (3) proposals with emphasis/specific activities
addressing qualitative issues (e.g., social/economic, violence,
psychological services) for its perinatal populations.
Special Considerations
Current Healthy Start implementation grantees are not eligible to
apply.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Maribeth Badura.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0543.
E-mail: mbadura@hrsa.gov.
Healthy Start: Infrastructure/Capacity Building Projects
CFDA Number: 93.926F.
Application Availability: 01/04/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 02/28/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to build infrastructure/capacity in
targeted communities/areas of the State where racial disparities in
perinatal indicators exist, including among Hispanics, American
Indians, African Americans, Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders,
immigrant populations, particularly those living in border counties.
Funding would be made available to up to 15 communities to support the
development of local plans to fill gaps in/or expand data systems to
identify and monitor perinatal outcomes, train personnel and strengthen
local reporting systems, establish networks and links to other systems,
assist in needs assessment, and consortium/coalition development.
Eligibility
Public or nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to communities in States and territories
which do not have a current federally-funded Healthy Start project.
Priority will be given to: (1) Communities with significant racial/
ethnic disparities in perinatal indicators for three years (1995-1997);
(2) States with (national) border communities; and (3) communities
applying as or on behalf of an existing community-based consortium
which have infant mortality reduction initiatives already underway.
Special Considerations
Current Healthy Start implementation grantees are not eligible to
apply.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
Up to 15.
Estimated Project Period
2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Maribeth Badura.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0543.
E-mail: mbadura@hrsa.gov.
National Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Resource Center
CFDA Number: 93.926H.
Application Availability: 01/24/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 02/28/2000.
Application Deadline: 04/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 07/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
The purpose of the resource center is to provide technical support
to States and communities, particularly Healthy Start communities, as
they develop and implement the community-based fetal and infant
mortality review process. The resource center will be responsible for
working with the MCHB to promote the FIMR process, provide assistance
to communities setting up the process, share pertinent information
among communities and States, develop refinements and new approaches to
the FIMR process to make it more responsive and efficient, and expand
the use of FIMR as a needs assessment and quality improvement tool to
build capacity in the State Title V program.
Eligibility
Any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal
organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 405b), is eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to national organizations with expertise
in the provision of FIMR training and technical assistance and with an
existing infrastructure to respond to requests for technical
assistance, technology transfer and information sharing from States and
communities that are developing, coordinating and/or sustaining FIMRs.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
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Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Ellen Hutchins, Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9534.
E-mail: ehutchins@hrsa.gov.
Maternal and Child Health Provider Partnerships
CFDA Number: 93.926I.
Application Availability: 01/03/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 02/07/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/03/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
This program will support Cooperative Agreements with MCH
providers' membership organizations to advance the field of perinatal
and women's health and ultimately improve the health status of women
through improved health care services and systems. The Partners will be
expected to identify relevant needs in perinatal and women's health
from their perspective, develop and/or implement organizational and
collective strategies, and facilitate information sharing and
communication within the field. Particular attention of the Partnership
will be to address health promotion/risk reduction behaviors among
women through coordinated and culturally competent services and systems
of care. Projects will cooperate and work collaboratively with each
other and with other MCHB funded projects in perinatal and women's
health.
Eligibility
Any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal
organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 405b), is eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to national membership organizations
representing providers of obstetrical, gynecological, and general
women's health services.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$400,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
2.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Brenda Lisi.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9991.
E-mail: blisi@hrsa.gov.
Improving Systems of Care for Pregnant Women Experiencing Domestic
Violence
CFDA Number: 93.926J.
Application Availability: 12/03/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/14/2000.
Application Deadline: 02/11/2000.
Projected Award Date: 05/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 42 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
This three year demonstration program will develop/enhance systems
of care that identify pregnant women who are experiencing domestic
violence/abuse and provide appropriate information, referrals, and
linkages to interventions.
Eligibility
Any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal
organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 405b), is eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to State/Territorial MCH Title V Agencies,
tribal health agencies or their designees.
Special Consideration
There may be only one application per State.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
4.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Brenda Lisi.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9991.
E-mail: blisi@hrsa.gov.
HIV/AIDS Programs
Grants Management Office: 1-301-443-2280.
Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS)
CFDA Number: 93.928.
Application Availability: 04/01/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 06/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/15/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XXVI, Section 2691, as amended by
the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-146, 42
U.S.C. 300ff-10
Purpose
Development, demonstration and assessment of innovative and
potentially replicable HIV service delivery models that address a
continually changing epidemic, the quality of emerging HIV therapies,
changes in the economies of health care affecting HIV care networks,
and interventions that can document outcomes.
Eligibility
Public and nonprofit entities are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to certain populations
referenced in the statute: Native Americans, the homeless, adolescents,
hemophiliacs, and the incarcerated.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
5-6.
Estimated Project Period
2-5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Steven Young.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-7136.
E-mail: syoung@hrsa.gov.
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Ryan White Title III Funding for Early Intervention Services Grants:
Existing Geographic Areas
CFDA Number: 93.918A.
Application Availability: 06/18/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 10/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 01/01/2000 and 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XXVI, Part C, Section 2641, as
amended by the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-
146, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-41.
Purpose
The purpose of Title III funding is to provide, on an outpatient
basis, high quality early intervention services/primary care to
individuals with HIV infection. This is accomplished by increasing the
present capacity and capability of eligible ambulatory health service
entities. These expanded services become a part of a continuum of HIV
prevention and care for individuals who are at risk for HIV infection
or are HIV infected. All Title III programs must provide: HIV
counseling and testing; counseling and education on living with HIV;
appropriate medical evaluation and clinical care; and other essential
services such as oral health care, outpatient mental health services
and nutritional services, and appropriate referrals for specialty
services.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entities that
are Section 330 Health Centers, grantees funded under Section 1001
regarding Family Planning, Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and
Treatment Centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, or nonprofit
private entities that provide comprehensive primary care services to
populations at risk of HIV disease.
Limited Competition
Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entities that
are currently funded Title III programs whose project periods expire in
FY 2000 and new organizations proposing to serve the same populations
currently being served by these existing projects. These areas are:
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State Areas
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AL Jefferson County, Mobile County.
AZ Pima County.
CA Los Angeles County, San Diego County,
Mendocino County, Sonoma County,
Santa Barbara County.
CO Denver County.
CT New Haven County.
DC Washington.
DE Counties statewide.
FL Dade County.
GA Counties of Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty,
Lee, Mitchell, Worthy, Terrell,
Colquitt, Thomas, Grady, Seminole,
Miller, Early, Decatur, Counties of
Glynn, Camden, McIntosh, Long,
Liberty, Bryan.
IA Woodbury County.
IL Counties of Peoria, Taylwell, McLean,
Fulton, Know, Bureau, Henry,
Marshall, Putnam, Woodford, Schuyler,
McDonough, LaSalle, Livingston,
Mason, Warren, Stark, Cook County.
LA Parishes of Calcasieu, Cameron,
Beauregard, Jeff Davis, Allen,
Parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, East
Baton Rouge, St. Tammany, Washington,
Iberville, St. Bernard.
MA Middlesex County, Suffolk County,
Essex County.
MD Counties of Harford, Carroll,
Dorchester, Caroline, Talbot, Cecil,
Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Frederick,
Howard, Montgomery, Baltimore City.
MI Counties of Washtenau, Livingston,
Jackson, Wayne, Lenawee, Oakland,.
MaComb, St. Claire, Monroe, Counties
of Ionia, Kent, Manistee, Mason,.
Mecosta, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana,
Ottawa.
MO Counties of North, South, West and St.
Louis City.
MS Counties of Coahoma, Tate,
Tallahatchie, Leflore, Lowdens,
Bolivar, Tunica, Quitman, Panola,
Desoto, Marshall.
NJ Counties of Essex, Union, Hudson,
Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Middlesex
County, Mercer County, Hudson County.
NY Counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange,
Sullivan, New York City,. Weschester
County, Suffolk County.
OH Ross County.
OR Counties of Multnomah, Clackamas,
Washington, Yamhill, Columbia.
OK Oklahoma County.
PA Philadelphia County.
PR Territory of Puerto Rico.
SC Counties of Richland, Sumter,
Fairfield.
TX El Paso County, Counties of Willaey,
Cameron, Hidalgo.
VA Counties of Fairfax, Prince William,
Loudoun.
WA King County, Yakima County.
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Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$29,866,051.
Estimated Number of Awards
69.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0735.
E-mail: akruzich@hrsa.gov.
Ryan White Title III Funding for Early Intervention Services Grants:
New Geographic Areas
CFDA Number: 93.918B.
Application Availability: 04/17/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 07/17/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XXVI, Part C, Section 2641, as
amended by the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-
146, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-41.
Purpose
The purpose of Title III funding is to provide, on an outpatient
basis, high quality early intervention services/primary care to
individuals with HIV infection. This is accomplished by increasing the
present capacity and capability of eligible ambulatory health service
entities. These expanded services become a part of a continuum of HIV
prevention and care for individuals who are at risk for HIV infection
or are HIV infected. All Title III programs must provide: HIV
counseling and testing; counseling and education on living with HIV;
appropriate medical evaluation and clinical care; and other essential
services such as oral health care, outpatient mental health services
and nutritional services, and appropriate referrals for specialty
services.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entities that
are Section 330 Health Centers, grantees funded under Section 1001
regarding Family Planning, Comprehensive
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Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Centers, federally Qualified Health
Centers, or nonprofit private entities that provide comprehensive
primary care services to populations at risk of HIV disease.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
In awarding these grants, preference will be given to approved/
unfunded applicants who submitted an application for funding in FY 1999
and to applicants who previously received Title III planning grants.
Preference for funding may also be given to applicants which help to
achieve an equitable geographic distribution of programs across all
States and Territories, especially programs that provide services in
rural or underserved communities where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is
increasing.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$23,400,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
78.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0735.
E-mail: akruzich@hrsa.gov.
Ryan White Title III HIV Funding for Early Intervention Services
Planning Grants
CFDA Number: 93.918C.
Application Availability: 02/04/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 06/02/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XXVI, Part C, Section 2641, as
amended by the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-
146, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-41.
Purpose
The purpose of this grant program is to support communities and
health care service entities in their planning efforts to develop a
high quality and broad scope of primary health care services for people
in their service areas who are living with HIV or at risk of infection.
Applications must propose planning activities which will lead to the
establishment of comprehensive outpatient HIV primary care services.
This grant program supports activities of the planning process and does
not fund any service delivery or patient care.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be public or nonprofit private entities
that are, or intend to become, eligible to apply for the Title III
Early Intervention Services grant.
Limited Competition
Applicants for these funds cannot be current Ryan White Title III
Early Intervention Services Program grant recipients and must be
located in rural or underserved communities where HIV primary health
care resources remain insufficient to meet the need for services or
plan for such services.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
In awarding these grants, preference will be given to applicants
located in rural or underserved areas where emerging or ongoing HIV
primary health care needs have not been adequately met.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,234,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
24.
Estimated Project Period
1 Year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0735.
E-mail: akruzich@hrsa.gov.
Ryan White Title III HIV Funding for Early Intervention Services
Planning Grants
CFDA Number: 93.918D.
Application Availability: 02/04/2000.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 06/02/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XXVI, Section 2641, as amended by
the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-146, 42
U.S.C. 300ff-41.
Purpose
The purpose of this grant program is to support communities and
health care service entities in their planning efforts to develop a
high quality and broad scope of primary health care services for people
in their service areas who are living with HIV or at risk of infection.
Applications must propose planning activities which will lead to the
establishment of comprehensive outpatient HIV primary care services.
This grant program supports activities of the planning process and does
not fund any service delivery or patient care.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants must be public or nonprofit private entities
that are, or intend to become, eligible to apply for the Title III
Early Intervention Services grant.
Limited Competition
Applicants for these funds cannot be current Ryan White Title III
Early Intervention Service Program grant recipients unless they propose
to open a new site in their current service area or in a new service
area to serve African American communities highly impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Applicants must also be organizations indigenous to the African
American community which is defined as a community-based or public
organization local to and supported by the African American population
proposed to be served.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
In awarding these grants, preference will be given to applicants
located in rural or underserved areas where there are many HIV+ African
Americans and ongoing HIV primary health care needs have not been
adequately met. Preference will also be given to applicants that are
not currently Ryan White Title III Early Intervention Service Program
grant recipients.
Special Considerations
Building HIV primary care capacity of indigenous organizations
serving African American communities.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$3,000,000.
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Estimated Number of Awards
Up to 60.
Estimated Project Period
Up to 2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0735.
E-mail: akruzich@hrsa.gov.
Ryan White Title IV: Existing Geographic Areas
CFDA Number: 93.153A.
Application Availability: 12/13/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 1/31/2000.
Application Deadline: 3/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 8/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XXVI, Section 2671, 42 U.S.C.
300ff-71.
Purpose
The purpose of the Title IV funding is to improve access to primary
medical care, research, and support services for children, youth, women
and families infected with HIV. Funded projects will link clinical
research and other research with comprehensive care systems and improve
and expand the coordination of a system of comprehensive care for
women, infants, children and youth who are infected/affected by HIV.
Funds will be used to support programs that: (1) Cross established
systems of care to coordinate service delivery, HIV prevention efforts,
and clinical research and other research activities; and (2) address
the intensity of service needs, high costs, and other complex barriers
to comprehensive care and research experienced by underserved at-risk
and limited populations. Activities under these grants should address
the goals of enrolling and maintaining clients in HIV primary care;
increase client access to research by linking development and support
of comprehensive, community-based and family centered care
infrastructures, and emphasize prevention within the care system,
particularly the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission.
Eligibility
Eligible organizations are public or private nonprofit entities
that provide or arrange for primary care.
Limited Competition
Applicants are limited to currently funded Title IV programs whose
project periods expire in FY 2000 and new organizations proposing to
serve the same populations currently being served by these existing
projects. These areas are:
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State Areas
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CA Oakland.
FL Miami, Fort Lauderdale.
IL Chicago.
LA New Orleans.
MA Boston, Holyoke, Brockton, Lowell,
Lawrence, New Bedford.
NJ Statewide.
NY Northern Manhattan.
OH Columbus.
PR Statewide.
RI Statewide.
TX Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio.
WA Seattle.
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Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference for funding will be given to projects that support a
comprehensive, coordinated system of HIV care serving children, youth,
women and families and are linked with or have initiated activities to
link with clinical trials or other research.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$15,663,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
16.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Lydia Soto-Torres, MD.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9051.
E-mail: lsoto-torres@hrsa.gov.
Ryan White Title IV: New Geographic Areas
CFDA Number: 93.153B.
Application Availability: 12/13/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/31/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Act, Title XXVI, Section 2671, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-71.
Purpose
Organizations should be able to demonstrate expertise in the
coordination or provision of comprehensive medical and social services
to children, youth, women and families. The purpose of the Title IV
funding is to improve access to primary medical care, research and
support services for children, youth, women and families infected with
HIV. Funded projects will link clinical research and other research
with comprehensive care systems and improve and expand the coordination
of a system of comprehensive care for women, infants, children and
youth who are infected/affected by HIV. Funds will be used to support
programs that: (1) Cross established systems of care to coordinate
service delivery, HIV prevention efforts, and clinical research and
other research activities; and (2) address the intensity of service
needs, high costs, and other complex barriers to comprehensive care and
research experienced by underserved, at-risk and limited populations.
Activities under these grants should address the goals of: enrolling
and maintaining clients in HIV primary care; increasing client access
to research by linking HIV/AIDS clinical research trials and activities
with comprehensive care; fostering the development and support of
comprehensive, community-based and family centered care
infrastructures; and emphasizing prevention within the care system,
particularly the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission
Eligibility
Eligible organizations are public or private nonprofit entities
that provide or arrange for primary care.
Limited Competition
Applicants are limited to geographic areas where the HIV/AIDS
epidemic is increasing among women, children and adolescents and where
other resources targeted to these populations are limited or non-
existent. These grants are for geographic areas not listed below.
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State Areas
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AL Statewide.
AZ Phoenix.
CA San Francisco; La Jolla, Los Angeles.
CO Denver.
CT Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford,
Hartford.
DC Statewide.
FL Orlando; Jacksonville, Tampa.
MD Statewide.
MI Lansing.
MO St. Louis.
NH Statewide.
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NV Las Vegas.
NY Elmhurst; New York City (except
Northern Manhattan), Bronx, Brooklyn,
Albany, Stonybrook.
NC Charlotte; Washington.
PA Philadelphia.
SC Statewide.
TN Memphis.
TX Dallas.
WI Milwaukee.
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Note: Additional sites may be added to this list in FY 2000
after the HRSA Preview publication date. Be sure to use the list
provided in your application kit for eligibility purposes.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference for funding may be given to applicants who help to
achieve an equitable geographical distribution of programs across all
States and Territories, especially programs that provide services in
rural or underserved communities where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is
increasing.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
3.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Lydia Soto-Torres, MD.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-9051.
E-mail: lsoto-torres@hrsa.gov.
Rural Health Programs
Grants Management Office: 1-301-594-4235.
Rural Health Research Centers
CFDA Number: 93.155.
Application Availability: 02/01/2000.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 04/01/2000.
Application Deadline: 05/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301, 43 U.S.C. 241.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to fund Rural Health Research
Centers to conduct and disseminate policy relevant research on issues
of multi-state and national significance in the area of rural health
services. The centers study critical issues facing rural communities in
their quest to secure adequate, affordable, high quality health
services. Research findings are published in appropriate referred
journals and disseminated to a national audience.
Eligibility
All public and private research oriented entities, both nonprofit
and for-profit, are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
5.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Joan F. Van Nostrand.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0613.
E-mail: jvan__nostrand@hrsa.gov.
Rural Health Outreach Grant
CFDA Number: 93.912A.
Application Availability: 08/01/1999.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 05/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330A, 42 U.S.C. 254c.
Purpose
The purpose of this grant program is to expand access to,
coordinate, restrain the cost of, and improve the quality of essential
health care services, including preventive and emergency services
through the development of integrated health care delivery systems or
networks in rural areas and regions. Funds are available for projects
to support the direct delivery of health care and related services, to
expand existing services, or to enhance health service delivery through
education, promotion, and prevention programs. The emphasis is on the
actual delivery of specific services rather than the development of
organizational capabilities. Projects may be carried out by networks of
the same providers (e.g. all hospitals) or more diversified networks.
Eligibility
A rural public or nonprofit private organization, that is part of a
network of at least three entities that support the delivery of health
care services and will work together to complete the proposed project,
is eligible to apply. The administrative headquarters of the
organization must be located in a rural county or in a rural census
tract of an urban county, or the applicant organization must be
constituted exclusively to provide services to migrant and seasonal
farmworkers in rural areas and supported under Section 330(g) of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act. Organizations that provide services to
migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural areas and are supported under
Section 330(g) of the PHS Act are eligible regardless of the urban or
rural location of the administrative headquarters.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Funding preference may be given to applicant networks that include:
(1) A majority of the health care providers serving in the area or
region to be served by the network; (2) any Federally Qualified Health
Center, Rural Health Clinic, and local public health department serving
in the area or region; (3) outpatient mental health providers serving
in the area or region; or (4) appropriate social service providers,
such as agencies on aging, school systems, and providers under the
women, infants, and children (WIC) program, to improve access to and
coordination of health care services.
Special Considerations
An applicant organization's central headquarters must be located in
a rural area. (A list of eligible rural areas is included in the
application kit.)
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$10,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
50.
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Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Eileen Holloran.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0835.
E-mail: eholloran@hrsa.gov.
Rural Health Network Development
CFDA Number: 93.912B.
Application Availability: 08/01/1999.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999 .
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/08/1999.
Projected Award Date: 05/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330A, 42 U.S.C. 254c.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to support the planning and
development of vertically integrated health care networks in rural
areas. Vertically integrated networks must be composed of three
different types of providers. The emphasis of the program is on
projects to develop the organizational capabilities of these networks.
The network is a tool for overcoming the fragmentation of health care
delivery services in rural areas. As such, the network provides a range
of possibilities for structuring local delivery systems to meet health
care needs of rural communities.
Eligibility
A rural public or nonprofit private organization that is or
represents a network which includes three or more health care providers
or other entities that provide or support the delivery of health care
services is eligible to apply. The administrative headquarters of the
organization must be located in a rural county or in a rural census
tract of an urban county, or an organization constituted exclusively to
provide services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural areas and
supported under Section 330(g) of the Public Health Service Act. These
organizations are eligible regardless of the urban or rural location of
the administrative headquarters.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A funding preference may be given to applicant networks that
include: (1) A majority of the health care providers serving in the
area or region to be served by the network; (2) any Federally Qualified
Health Center, Rural Health Clinic, and local public health department
serving in the area or region; (3) outpatient mental health providers
serving in the area or region; or (4) appropriate social service
providers, such as agencies on aging, school systems, and providers
under the women, infants, and children (WIC) program to improve access
to and coordination of health care services.
Special Considerations
An applicant organization's central headquarters must be located in
a rural area. (A list of eligible rural areas is included in the
application kit.)
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$4,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
23.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Sahira Rafiullah.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0835.
E-mail: srafiullah@hrsa.gov.
State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
CFDA Number: 93.241.
Application Availability: 03/01/2000.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 06/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/31/2000.
Authorization
Social Security Act, Title XVIII, Section 1820, as amended by
Public Law 105-33 Section 4201, 42 U.S.C. 1395I-4.
Purpose
The purpose of this grant program is to help States work with rural
communities and hospitals to develop and implement a rural health plan,
develop integrated networks of care, improve emergency medical services
and designate critical access hospitals (CAHs).
Eligibility
Five States are eligible to apply: Connecticut, Delaware, Oregon,
Pennsylvania and Utah. These are grants to States and only one
application will be accepted from each eligible State.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
5.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Sahira Rafiullah or Jerry Coopey.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0835.
E-mail: srafiullah@hrsa.gov or jcoopey@hrsa.gov.
Primary Health Care Programs
Grants Management Office: 1-301-594-4235.
Community and Migrant Health Centers
CFDA Number: 93.224 and 93.246.
Application Availability: Continuous.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: Varies.
Projected Award Date: Varies.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330, 42 U.S.C. 254b
and 254b(g).
Purpose
The Community Health Center and Migrant Health Center (C/MHC)
programs are designed to promote the development and operation of
community-based primary health care service systems in medically
underserved areas for medically underserved populations. It is the
intent of HRSA to continue to support health services in these areas,
given the unmet need inherent in their provision of services to
medically underserved populations. HRSA is committed to 100 percent
access to primary care services with zero percent health disparities
for the underserved. HRSA will open competition for awards under
Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (U.S.C. 254b for CHCs and
U.S.C. 254b(g) for MHCs) to support health services in the areas
currently served by
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these grants. Two hundred-twenty C/MCH grantees will reach the end of
their project periods during FY 2000. Applications are due 120 days
before the expiration date.
Eligibility
Applicants are limited to currently funded programs whose project
periods expire during FY 2000 and new organizations proposing to serve
the same populations currently being served by these existing programs.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Special Considerations
Communication with Field Office staff is essential for interested
parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal funding as a C/MHC.
Technical assistance and detailed information about each service area,
such as census grants, can be obtained by contacting the HRSA Field
Office.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$220,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
220.
Estimated Project Period
1-5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Richard Bohrer.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4300.
E-mail: rbohrer@hrsa.gov.
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City State Deadline
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HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-1482
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Boston............................... MA 12/31/1999
Hartford............................. CT 12/31/1999
Bridgeport........................... CT (2) 01/31/2000
New Haven............................ CT 03/31/2000
Worcester............................ MA 03/31/2000
Salem................................ MA 03/31/2000
Lowell............................... MA 03/31/2000
Mattapan............................. MA 03/31/2000
New Haven............................ CT 05/31/2000
Boston............................... MA 05/31/2000
Worthington.......................... MA 05/31/2000
Worcester............................ MA 05/31/2000
North Quincy......................... MA 05/31/2000
New Bedford.......................... MA 05/31/2000
Lawrence............................. MA 05/31/2000
Burlington........................... VT 06/30/2000
Middletown........................... CT 06/30/2000
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HRSA New York Field Office--(212) 264-2664
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New York............................. NY 11/30/1999
Newark............................... NJ 11/30/1999
White Plains......................... NY 11/30/1999
Brockport............................ NY 12/31/1999
Rushville............................ NY 12/31/1999
Brooklyn............................. NY 12/31/1999
Warrensburg.......................... NY 12/31/1999
Rochester............................ NY 12/31/1999
Jersey City.......................... NJ 01/31/2000
Bronx................................ NY 01/31/2000
Brooklyn............................. NY 01/31/2000
Naranjito............................ PR 05/31/2000
Schenectady.......................... NY 05/31/2000
St. Thomas........................... VI (2) 05/31/2000
Arroyo............................... PR 06/30/2000
New York............................. NY 06/30/2000
Bronx................................ NY 06/30/2000
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HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215) 861-4422
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Baltimore............................ MD 11/30/1999
Hancock.............................. MD 11/30/1999
McKees Rocks......................... PA 11/30/1999
Scranton............................. PA 11/30/1999
Scarbro.............................. WV 11/30/1999
Clay................................. WV 11/30/1999
Rock Cave............................ WV 11/30/1999
Arrington............................ VA 12/31/1999
Richmond............................. VA 12/31/1999
Fairmont............................. WV 01/31/2000
Saltville............................ VA 01/31/2000
Aylett............................... VA 01/31/2000
Bastian.............................. VA 01/31/2000
Spencer.............................. WV 01/31/2000
Chester.............................. PA 01/31/2000
Harrisburg........................... PA 03/31/2000
New Canton........................... VA 03/31/2000
Beckley.............................. WV 03/31/2000
Coalport............................. PA 03/31/2000
Onancock............................. VA 05/31/2000
Dungannon............................ VA 05/31/2000
Philadelphia......................... PA 05/31/2000
Baltimore............................ MD 05/31/2000
Laurel Fork.......................... VA 05/31/2000
Man.................................. WV 06/30/2000
Baltimore............................ MD 06/30/2000
Wilmington........................... DE 06/30/2000
Brandywine........................... MD 06/30/2000
Portsmouth........................... VA 06/30/2000
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HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-2996
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Palatka.............................. FL 11/30/1999
Savannah............................. GA 11/30/1999
Louisville........................... KY 11/30/1999
Manson............................... NC 11/30/1999
Orangeburg........................... SC 11/30/1999
Parrish.............................. FL 11/30/1999
Mound Bayou.......................... MS 11/30/1999
Kinston.............................. NC 11/30/1999
Fellsmere............................ FL 12/31/1999
Lexington............................ KY 12/31/1999
Fort Myers........................... FL 12/31/1999
Savannah............................. TN 12/31/1999
Eutaw................................ AL 01/31/2000
Montgomery........................... AL 01/31/2000
Miami................................ FL (3) 01/31/2000
Jellico.............................. TN 01/31/2000
Pearl................................ MS 01/31/2000
Rock Hill............................ SC 01/31/2000
Eastover............................. SC 01/31/2000
Covington............................ KY 01/31/2000
Trenton.............................. GA 01/31/2000
Liberty.............................. MS 01/31/2000
Olanta............................... SC 01/31/2000
Laurel............................... MS 03/31/2000
Hendersonville....................... NC 03/31/2000
Columbia............................. SC 03/31/2000
Charleston........................... SC 03/31/2000
Tampa................................ FL 03/31/2000
Meridian............................. MS 03/31/2000
Conway............................... SC 03/31/2000
Washburn............................. TN 03/31/2000
Troy................................. AL 03/31/2000
Tallahassee.......................... FL 03/31/2000
Atlanta.............................. GA 05/31/2000
Durham............................... NC 05/31/2000
Memphis Hlth Ctr..................... TN 05/31/2000
Huntsville........................... TN 05/31/2000
Greenwood............................ SC 05/31/2000
Selma................................ AL 05/31/2000
Palmetto............................. GA 05/31/2000
Hollister............................ NC 05/31/2000
Roxboro.............................. NC 05/31/2000
Mobile............................... AL 05/31/2000
Fayette.............................. MS 05/31/2000
Shubuta.............................. MS 05/31/2000
Jefferson............................ SC 05/31/2000
Bolivar.............................. TN 06/30/2000
Greenville........................... KY 06/30/2000
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HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-1715
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Toledo............................... OH 11/31/1999
St. Paul............................. MN 11/31/1999
Indianapolis......................... IN 11/31/1999
Columbus............................. OH 11/31/1999
Cleveland............................ OH 12/31/1999
Chicago.............................. IL 12/31/1999
East St. Louis....................... IL 12/31/1999
Lisbon............................... OH 12/31/1999
Moorhead............................. MN 01/31/2000
Anna................................. IL 01/31/2000
Kalamazoo............................ MI 01/31/2000
Traverse City........................ MI 03/31/2000
Wautoma.............................. WI 03/31/2000
Fremont.............................. OH 03/31/2000
Sterling............................. MI 03/31/2000
Temperence........................... MI 03/31/2000
Milwaukee............................ WI 03/31/2000
Lincoln.............................. MI 05/31/2000
Grand Marais......................... MN 05/31/2000
Cook................................. MN 05/31/2000
Indianapolis......................... IN 06/30/2000
Cashton.............................. WI 06/30/2000
Minneapolis.......................... MN 06/30/2000
Waukegan............................. IL 06/30/2000
Beloit Area.......................... WI 06/30/2000
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HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-3872
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De Leon.............................. TX 11/30/1999
Augusta.............................. AR 12/31/1999
Pecos................................ NM 12/31/1999
Pharr................................ TX 12/31/1999
Houston.............................. TX 12/31/1999
Greenville........................... TX 01/31/2000
San Antonio.......................... TX (2) 01/31/2000
Lake Charles......................... LA 01/31/2000
La Marque............................ TX 03/31/2000
Port Arthur.......................... TX 03/31/2000
Laredo............................... TX 03/31/2000
Cotulla.............................. TX 03/31/2000
San Antonio.......................... TX 03/31/2000
Tulsa................................ OK 03/31/2000
Levelland............................ TX 05/31/2000
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New Iberia........................... LA 05/31/2000
Konawa............................... OK 05/31/2000
Baton Rouge.......................... LA 05/31/2000
Newton............................... TX 05/31/2000
Benavides............................ TX 05/31/2000
El Rito.............................. NM 06/30/2000
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HRSA Kansas Field Office--(816) 426-5296
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Richland............................. MO 11/30/1999
Junction City........................ KS 12/31/1999
Cape Girardeau....................... MO 12/31/1999
St. Louis............................ MO 01/31/2000
Omaha................................ NE 01/31/2000
New Madrid........................... MO 03/31/2000
Des Moines........................... IA 05/31/2000
Ellington............................ MO 05/31/2000
Topeka............................... KS 06/30/2000
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HRSA Denver Field Office--(303) 844-3203
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Lamar................................ CO 12/31/1999
Salt Lake City....................... UT 12/31/1999
Norwood.............................. CO 01/31/2000
Butte................................ MT 01/31/2000
Isabel............................... SD 03/31/2000
Enterprise........................... UT 03/31/2000
Fort Lupton.......................... CO 05/31/2000
Bicknell............................. UT 05/31/2000
Boulder.............................. CO 06/30/2000
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HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415) 437-8090
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San Fernando......................... CA 11/30/1999
Phoenix.............................. AZ 11/30/1999
Madera............................... CA 11/30/1999
San Francisco........................ CA 12/31/1999
Union City........................... CA 12/31/1999
Salinas.............................. CA 12/31/1999
Los Angeles.......................... CA 12/31/1999
Arcata............................... CA 12/31/1999
Marana............................... AZ 12/31/1999
Las Vegas............................ NV 12/31/1999
Palikir.............................. FM 12/31/1999
San Francisco........................ CA 01/31/2000
Porterville.......................... CA 01/31/2000
Los Angeles.......................... CA 01/31/2000
Alviso............................... CA 03/31/2000
San Francisco........................ CA 03/31/2000
Oakland.............................. CA 03/31/2000
Ventura.............................. CA 03/31/2000
Brawley.............................. CA 05/31/2000
Olivehurst........................... CA 05/31/2000
Page................................. AZ 05/31/2000
Susanville........................... CA 05/31/2000
Nipomo............................... CA 05/31/2000
Santa Ana............................ CA 05/31/2000
San Joaquin.......................... CA 06/30/2000
Ukiah................................ CA 06/30/2000
Reno................................. NV 06/30/2000
Redding.............................. CA 06/30/2000
Elfrida.............................. AZ 06/30/2000
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HRSA Seattle Field Office--(206) 615-2491
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Wenatchee............................ WA 03/31/2000
Seattle.............................. WA 03/31/2000
Cornelius............................ OR 03/31/2000
Kent................................. WA 03/31/2000
Okanogan............................. WA 03/31/2000
Medford.............................. OR 05/31/2000
Glenns Ferry......................... ID 05/31/2000
Cave Junction........................ OR 06/30/2000
Plummer.............................. ID 06/30/2000
Fairbanks............................ AK 06/30/2000
Tillamook............................ OR 06/30/2000
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Health Care for the Homeless
CFDA Number: 93.151.
Application Availability: Continuous.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: Varies.
Projected Award Date: Varies.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330(h), 42 U.S.C.
254b(h).
Purpose
The Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program is designed to
increase the access of homeless populations to cost-effective, case
managed, and integrated primary care and substance abuse services
provided by existing community-based programs/providers. It is the
intent of HRSA to continue to support health services to the homeless
people in these areas/locations given the continued need for cost-
effective, community-based primary care services. Thirty-four HCH
grantees will reach the end of their project periods during FY 2000.
Applications are due 120 days before the expiration date.
Eligibility
Applicants are limited to currently funded programs whose project
periods expire during FY 2000 and new organizations proposing to serve
the same populations currently being served by these existing programs.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Special Considerations
Communication with Field Office staff is essential for interested
parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal funding an HCH. Technical
assistance and detailed information about each service area, such as
census grants, can be obtained by contacting the HRSA Field Office.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$15,207,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
34.
Estimated Project Period
1-5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Monica Toomer.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4430.
E-mail: mtoomerz@hrsa.gov.
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City State Deadline
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HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-1482
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Hartford............................. CT 12/31/1999
New Haven............................ CT 05/31/2000
Burlington........................... VT 06/30/2000
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HRSA New York Field Office--(212) 264-2664
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New York............................. NY 10/31/1999
Rochester............................ NY 10/31/1999
Camden............................... NJ 10/31/1999
White Plains......................... NY 11/30/1999
Jersey City.......................... NJ 03/31/2000
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HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215) 861-4422
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Richmond............................. VA 10/31/1999
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HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-2996
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Miami................................ FL 10/31/1999
Tampa................................ FL 03/31/2000
Durham............................... NC 05/31/2000
Memphis.............................. TN 05/31/2000
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HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-1715
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Grand Rapids......................... MI 10/31/1999
Evansville........................... IN 10/31/1999
Toledo............................... OH 11/30/1999
Indianapolis......................... IN 11/30/1999
Columbus............................. OH 11/30/1999
Kalamazoo............................ MI 01/31/2000
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HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-3872
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Tulsa................................ OK 03/31/2000
San Antonio.......................... TX 03/31/2000
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HRSA Kansas Field Office--(816) 426-5296
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Omaha................................ NE 01/31/2000
Des Moines........................... IA 05/31/2000
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HRSA Denver Field Office--(303) 844-3203
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Salt Lake City....................... UT 10/31/1999
Cheyenne............................. WY 10/31/1999
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HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415) 437-8090
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San Mateo............................ CA (2) 10/31/1999
San Fernando......................... CA 11/30/1999
Las Vegas............................ NV 12/31/1999
Alviso............................... CA 03/31/2000
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Nipomo............................... CA 05/31/2000
Reno................................. NV 06/30/2000
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HRSA Seattle Field Office--(206) 615-2491
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Seattle.............................. WA 10/31/1999
Seattle.............................. WA 03/31/2000
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Public Housing Primary Care
CFDA Number: 93.927.
Application Availability: 06/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 10/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 02/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330(I), 42 U.S.C.
254D.
Purpose
The mission of the Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) program is to
increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and
to improve the physical, mental and economic well-being of public
housing residents. The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) is opening
competition for Federal funds to provide services to residents of
public housing. The goal of this open competition is to provide the
best possible health care services to residents of public housing, to
ensure that Federal funds are utilized most effectively and
efficiently, and to ensure that PHPC grantees are prepared and equipped
to handle the challenges of the future. The three priorities for
promoting access to primary care and improving the well being of
residents of public housing are: resident involvement and participation
in program development and implementation, innovative service delivery
systems that address the special health needs of public housing
residents, and collaborations with other health, education and
community-based organizations. Central to the programs' past and future
success is the commitment to the provision of health care that
emphasizes improving the availability, accessibility,
comprehensiveness, continuity and quality of health services to
residents of public housing.
Eligibility
Public and private nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Final administrative funding preferences are included in the
application materials.
Special Considerations
Communication with Field Office staff is essential for interested
parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal funding as a PHPC.
Technical assistance and detailed information about each service area,
such as census grants, can be obtained by contacting the HRSA Field
Office.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$11,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
20-25.
Estimated Project Period
1-5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Sherilyn Pruitt.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4473.
E-mail: spruitt@hrsa.gov.
State Primary Care Offices
CFDA Number: 93.130.
Application Availability: 10/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330, 42 U.S.C. 254b.
Purpose
The BPHC promotes partnerships with State Primary Care Offices
(PCOs) to achieve the vision of 100 percent access to preventive and
primary care services and zero percent health disparities in every
community across this country. PCOs were established to improve primary
care access of underserved and vulnerable populations in the State and
enhance collaboration between the State, Federal, local, and private
sector. PCOs are federally-supported entities within State government,
located within the State health department, developed to implement a
written primary care cooperative agreement within the State and Federal
Government. PCOs have a statewide perspective on the public and private
infrastructure needed to support primary care for the underserved. The
PCO is expected to collaborate with the PCA to assist BPHC-supported
and other community-based primary care delivery sites to the maximum
degree possible, directly and through their influence on State
programs. The PCO is responsible for identifying and working with
underserved communities/populations and for working with all types of
primary care providers, regardless of whether they receive BPHC
resources. The purpose of this grant program is to improve primary care
access of underserved and vulnerable populations in the State, and
reduce health disparities and enhance collaboration between the State,
Federal, local, and private sector. They promote, build and support
community-based systems of comprehensive preventive primary care.
Eligibility
The 50 States are eligible to apply, as well as U.S. territories.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$10,500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
52.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: James Macrae.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4488.
E-mail: jmacrae@hrsa.gov.
State Primary Care Associations
CFDA Number: 93.129.
Application Availability: 10/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330, 42 U.S.C. 254b.
Purpose
The BPHC promotes partnerships with State/Regional Primary Care
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Associations (PCAs) to achieve the vision of 100 percent access to
preventive and primary care services and zero percent health
disparities in every community across this country. PCAs are private,
nonprofit membership associations that represent BPHC-supported
programs and other community-based providers of preventive and primary
care to the underserved. PCAs are supported by grants from the Bureau
to provide direct technical assistance to Bureau-supported programs, as
well as to other community-based providers with similar missions. The
Bureau's partnership strategy between its HRSA Field Office, the
Primary Care Association and Primary Care Organization is to mobilize
resources and assure that people receive access to needed primary and
preventive care. PCAs are membership organizations, including both
BPHC-supported and other community-based providers, and they have
distinct responsibilities to their members. PCAs are expected to
represent BPHC-supported programs and practices, as well as Federally
Qualified Health Center ``Look-Alikes'' in the State. PCAs are expected
to have a membership policy open to all BPHC-supported entities, public
as well as private nonprofit. PCAs are also strongly encouraged to have
a membership policy that includes other entities with similar missions
and governance. The purpose of this grant program is to increase access
to preventive and primary care services and reduce health disparities
in the State. Through support to PCAs, the Bureau provides direct
assistance to Bureau-supported and other community-based providers to
build and maintain primary care capacity in underserved communities
with an inadequate supply of primary care providers. PCAs also help to
facilitate, coordinate and develop BPHC relationships with States and
organizations that represent State, community and national interests.
Eligibility
The 50 States are eligible to apply, as well as U.S. territories.
Funding Prioities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$13,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
47.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions.
Contact Person: James Macrae.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4488.
E-mail: jmacrae@hrsa.gov.
Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs
CFDA Number: 93.165.
Application Availability: 01/03/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 05/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 338I, 42 U.S.C. 254Q-
1.
Purpose
The purpose of these grant funds is to assist States in operating
programs for the repayment of educational loans of health professionals
in return for their practice in federally-designated Health
Professional Shortage Areas to increase the availability of primary
health services in health professional shortage areas.
Eligibility
Any State is eligible to apply for funding.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Special Considerations
States seeking support must provide adequate assurance that, with
respect to the costs of making loan repayments under contracts with
health professionals, the State will make available (directly or
through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal
contributions in cash in an amount equal to not less than $1 for $1 of
Federal funds provided in the grant. In determining the amount of non-
Federal contributions in cash that a State has to provide, no Federal
funds may be used in the State's match.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$3,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
8.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Susan Salter.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4400.
E-mail: ssalter@hrsa.gov.
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City State Deadline
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HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-1482
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Boston............................... MA 08/31/2000
Concord.............................. NH 08/31/2000
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HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-2996
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Tallahassee.......................... FL 08/31/2000
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HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-1715
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St. Paul............................. MN 08/31/2000
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HRSA Kansas Field Office--(816) 426-5296
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Des Moines........................... IA 08/31/2000
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HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415) 437-8090
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Sacramento........................... CA 08/31/2000
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Migrant Health Centers
CFDA Number: 93.246.
Application Availability: 11/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 02/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 05/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330, 42 U.S.C.
254b(k).
Purpose.
The Migrant Health Center program is designed to meet the total
health and well-being of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including
the environmental/occupational health of this population. To this end,
HRSA supports technical and non-financial assistance to federally-
funded Migrant Health Centers to assist in this effort. It is the
intent of HRSA to continue to support this technical assistance in the
area of environmental/occupational health for migrant and seasonal
farmworkers. HRSA will open competition for an award under Section 330
of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b(k) to support a
cooperative
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agreement which will address environmental/occupational health issues
for this population.
Eligibility
Public and private nonprofit entities are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$45,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1.
Estimated Project Period
1-5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: George Ersek.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4303.
E-mail: gersek@hrsa.gov.
Health Professions Programs
Grants Management Office: 1-301-443-6960.
Academic Administrative Units in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General
Internal Medicine/General Pediatrics)
CFDA Number: 93.984A.
Application Availability: 09/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent: 11/06/1999.
Application Deadline: 01/06/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747, 42 U.S.C. 293k.
Purpose
Title VII authorizes funds to establish or expand teaching capacity
in family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics.
Grant support is awarded to meet the costs of projects to establish,
maintain or improve academic administrative units (which may be
departments, divisions, or other units) to provide clinical instruction
in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics.
An academic unit in family medicine means a department or division of a
school. Applications are being solicited for projects to address one or
more of the following program purposes: (1) Establishment of an
academic unit, (2) expansion of an academic unit, and (3) research
infrastructure development within the academic unit.
Eligibility
Public or private nonprofit accredited schools of allopathic
medicine or osteopathic medicine are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
A second preference is offered to qualified applicants for the
establishment or the substantive expansion of an academic unit.
A priority will be available to those applicants that present
collaborative projects between departments of primary care. The
collaboration should involve the academic units of any two disciplines
of family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics.
There is a second priority (administrative) for establishment or
expansion of research infrastructure proposals.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to projects which prepare
practitioners to care for underserved populations and other high risk
groups such as the elderly, individuals with HIV/AIDS, substance
abusers, homeless, and victims of domestic violence.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Family Medicine
Estimated Amount of This Competitiion
$5,435,300.
Estimated Number of Awards
35.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
General Internal Medicine/General Pediatrics
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,500,000.
Estimated Amount of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Lafayette Gilchrist.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: lgilchrist@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Group Conference Calls: November 16, 1999 and
November 18, 1999.
To participate call Mr. Lafayette Gilchrist at 1-301-443-1467. You
may also fax the following information: name, title, institutional
affiliation, telephone and fax numbers to 1-301-443-1945, or E-mail the
program specialist at lgilchrist@hrsa.gov.
Predoctoral Training in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General Internal
Medicine/General Pediatrics)
CFDA Number: 93.896A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 10/15/1999.
Application Deadline: 11/29/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747, 42 U.S.C. 293k.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to assist schools of medicine or osteopathic
medicine to promote predoctoral training. The program assists schools
in meeting the costs of projects to plan, develop and operate or
participate in an approved predoctoral training program in the field of
family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics.
Proposed projects should seek to expand and enhance the quality of
predoctoral initiatives: (1) Innovation, (2) Comprehensive Models, and
(3) Establishment and Expansion of Required Clerkships.
Eligibility
Any accredited public or nonprofit private school of allopathic
medicine or osteopathic medicine is eligible to apply.
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Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to projects which prepare
practitioners to care for underserved populations and other high risk
groups such as the elderly, individuals with HIV/AIDS, substance
abusers, homeless, and victims of domestic violence.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Family Medicine
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$5,435,300.
Estimated Number of Awards
35.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
General Internal Medicine/General Pediatrics
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$750,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
5.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Betty M. Ball.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: bball@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Group Conference Call: October 15, 1999 and
October 20, 1999.
To participate call Ms. Betty Ball at 1-301-443-1467. You may also
fax the following information: name, title, institutional affiliation,
telephone and fax numbers to 1-301-443-1945, or E-mail the program
specialist at bball@hrsa.gov.
Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care
CFDA Number: 93.886A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/15/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747, 42 U.S.C. 293k.
Purpose
Grants are awarded for projects for the training of physician
assistants, and for the training of individuals who will teach in
programs to provide such training. The program assists schools to meet
the costs of projects to plan, develop and operate or maintain such
programs.
Eligibility
Accredited schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine or other
public or private nonprofit entities are eligible to apply. Eligible
physician assistant programs are those which are either accredited by
the American Medical Association's Committee on Allied Health Education
and Accreditation (AMA-CAHEA) or its successor organization, the
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
(CAAHEP).
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
A priority will be offered to applicants that can demonstrate a
record of training individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
(including racial/ethnic minorities under-represented in primary care
practice).
Special Considerations
A special consideration will be given in awarding grants to
projects which prepare practitioners to care for underserved
populations and other high risk groups such as the elderly, individuals
with HIV/AIDS, substance abusers, homeless, and victims of domestic
violence.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,872,340.
Estimated Number of Awards
19.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: CAPT Ed Spirer, MSW, MPH.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: espirer@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Group Conference Call: October 07, 1999. To
participate call CAPT Ed Spirer, MSW, MPH at 1-301-443-1467. You may
also fax the following information: name, title, institutional
affiliation, telephone and fax numbers to 1-301-443-1945, or E-mail the
program specialist at espirer@hrsa.gov.
Residency Training in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General Internal
Medicine, General Pediatrics)
CFDA Number: 93.884A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 09/27/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747, 42 U.S.C. 293k
Purpose
Grants are awarded to assist graduate training programs in family
medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics to expand
and improve the quality of residency training programs that prepare
graduates to enter primary care practice. Residency training programs
should emphasize national innovations aimed at primary care residency
education across disciplines.
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Eligibility
Applicant must be an accredited public or private nonprofit school
of allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine or a public or private
nonprofit hospital or other public or private nonprofit entity. Each
allopathic program must be fully or provisionally accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Each osteopathic
program must be approved by the American Osteopathic Association.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
A funding priority will be made available for applicants that can
demonstrate training the greatest percentage of providers or
demonstrating significant improvements in the percentage of providers
which enter and remain in primary care practice. A second priority will
be offered to applicants who can demonstrate a record of training
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial/ethnic
minorities, under-represented in primary care practice).
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to projects that prepare
practitioners to care for underserved populations and other high risk
groups (i.e., elderly, HIV, AIDS, substance abusers, homeless and
victims of domestic violence).
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Family Medicine
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$5,435,300.
Estimated Number of Awards
34.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
General Internal Medicine/General Pediatrics
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$3,350,756.
Estimated Number of Awards
35.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Family Medicine
Contact Person: Ellie Grant.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: egrant@hrsa.gov.
General Internal Medicine/General Pediatrics
Contact Person: Brenda Williamson.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: bwilliamson@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Group Conference Call: August 24, 1999 and
August 26, 1999. To participate call or e-mail Ms. Brenda Williamson or
Ms. Ellie Grant by August 18 at phone and e-mail listed above. You may
also fax the following information: name, title, institutional
affiliation, telephone and fax numbers to 1-301-443-1945.
Faculty Development in Primary Care (Family Medicine, General Internal
Medicine, General Pediatrics)
CFDA Number: 93.895A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 10/22/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747, 42 U.S.C. 293k.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to plan, develop and operate a program for the
training of physicians who plan to teach in family medicine (including
geriatrics), general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and to
provide financial assistance (in the form of traineeships and
fellowships) to physicians who are participating in any such program.
Eligibility
Accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine, public or
private nonprofit hospitals, or other public or private nonprofit
entities are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to projects which prepare
practitioners to care for underserved populations and other high risk
groups such as the elderly, individuals with HIV/AIDS, substance
abusers, homeless, and victims of domestic violence.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Family Medicine
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$5,435,366.
Estimated Number of Awards
38.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
General Internal Medicine/General Pediatrics
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$3,350,757.
Estimated Number of Awards
20.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Elsie Quinones.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: equinones@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Group Conference Call: September 10, 1999 and
September 17, 1999. To participate call Ms. Elsie Quinones at 1-301-
443-1467. You may also fax the following information: name, title,
institutional affiliation, telephone and fax numbers to 1-301-443-1945,
or E-mail the program specialist at equinones@hrsa.gov.
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Podiatric Residency in Primary Care
CFDA Number: 93.181.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 09/30/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 755(b)(2), 42 U.S.C.
294e.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to plan and implement projects in preventive and
primary care training for podiatric physicians in approved or
provisionally approved residency programs that shall provide financial
assistance in the form of traineeships to residents who participate in
such projects and who plan to specialize in primary care.
Eligibility
Schools of podiatric medicine or public or private nonprofit
hospitals or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities are
eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$119,969.
Estimated Number of Awards
2.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: CAPT Ed Spirer, MSW, MPH.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1467.
E-mail: espirer@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Group Conference Call: August 25, 1999. For
additional information contact CAPT Ed Spirer at 1-301-443-1467; by fax
at 1-301-443-1945 or E-mail at espirer@hrsa.gov.
Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers
CFDA Number: 93.107.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 01/14/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 751, 42 U.S.C. 294A.
Purpose
The program assists schools to improve the distribution, supply,
and quality of health personnel in the health services delivery system
by encouraging the regionalization of health professions schools.
Emphasis is placed on community-based training of primary care oriented
students, residents, and providers. The Area Health Education Centers
(AHEC) program assists schools in the development, and operation of
AHECs to implement educational system incentives to attract and retain
health care personnel in scarcity areas. By linking the academic
resources of the university health science center with local planning,
educational and clinical resources, the AHEC program establishes a
network of health-related institutions to provide educational services
to students, faculty and practitioners and ultimately to improve the
delivery of health care in the service area. These programs are
collaborative partnerships which address current health workforce needs
within a region of a State or in an entire State.
Eligibility
The types of entities eligible to apply for this program include
public or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine and
osteopathic medicine and incorporated consortia made up of such
schools, or the parent institutions of such schools. Applicants must
also have previously received funds, but are no longer receiving funds
under Section 751(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, and are
operating an AHEC program.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
Funds shall be awarded to approved applicants in the following
order: (1) Competing continuations, (2) new starts in States with no
AHEC program, (3) other new starts, and (4) competing supplementals.
Matching Requirements
Awardees shall make available (directly or through contributions
from State, county or municipal governments, or the private sector)
recurring non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount not less than
50 percent of the operating costs of the Model State-Supported AHEC
Program.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
4.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Louis D. Coccodrilli, MPH.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6950.
E-Mail: lcoccodrilli@hrsa.gov.
Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers
CFDA Number: 93.824.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 01/14/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/30/2000.
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Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 751, 42 U.S.C. 294A.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to assist schools to improve the distribution,
supply and quality of health personnel in the health services delivery
system by encouraging the regionalization of health professions
schools. Emphasis is placed on community-based training of primary care
oriented students, residents, and providers. The Area Health Education
Centers (AHEC) program assists schools in the planning, development and
operation of AHECs to initiate education system incentives to attract
and retain health care personnel in scarcity areas. By linking the
academic resources of the university health sciences center with local
planning, educational and clinical resources, the AHEC program
establishes a network of community-based training sites to provide
educational services to students, faculty and practitioners in
underserved areas and ultimately, to improve the delivery of health
care in the service area. The program embraces the goal of increasing
the number of health professions graduates who ultimately will practice
in underserved areas.
Eligibility
The types of entities eligible to apply for this program include
public or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine and
osteopathic medicine and incorporated consortia made up of such
schools, or the parent institutions of such schools. Also, in States in
which no AHEC program is in operation, an accredited school of nursing
is an eligible applicant.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
The statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
Funds shall be awarded to approved applicants in the following
order: (1) Competing continuations, (2) new starts in States with no
AHEC program, (3) other new starts, and (4) competing supplementals.
Matching Requirements
Awardees shall make available (directly or through contributions
from State, county or municipal governments, or the private sector)
non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount that is not less than 50
percent of the operating costs of the AHEC program except that the
Secretary may grant a waiver for up to 75 percent of the amount
required in the first 3 years in which an awardee receives funds under
Section 751(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$9,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
9.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Louis D. Coccodrilli, MPH.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6950.
E-Mail: lcoccodrilli@hrsa.gov.
Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)
CFDA Number: 93.822.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain An Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 01/10/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/02/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 739, 42 U.S.C. 293c.
Purpose
The goal of the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) is to
assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake
education to enter a health profession. The HCOP program works to build
diversity in the health fields by providing students from disadvantaged
backgrounds an opportunity to develop the skills needed to successfully
compete, enter, and graduate from health professions schools. The
legislative purposes from which HCOP funds may be awarded are: (1)
Identifying, recruiting, and selecting individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds for education and training in a health profession; (2)
facilitating the entry of such individuals into such a school; (3)
providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist
such individuals to complete successfully their education at such a
school; (4) providing, for a period prior to the entry of such
individuals into the regular course of education of such a school,
preliminary education and health research training designed to assist
them to complete successfully such regular course of education at such
a school, or referring such individuals to institutions providing such
preliminary education; (5) publicizing existing sources of financial
aid available to students in the education program of such a school or
who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in
such a program; (6) paying scholarships, as the Secretary may
determine, for such individuals for any period of health professions
education at a health professions school; (7) paying such stipends for
such individuals for any period of education in student-enhancement
programs (other than regular courses), except that such a stipend may
not be provided to an individual for more than 12 months and in an
amount determined appropriate by the Secretary; (8) carrying out
programs under which such individuals gain experience regarding a
career in a field of primary health care through working at facilities
of public or private nonprofit community-based providers of primary
health services; or (9) conducting activities to develop a larger and
more competitive applicant pool through partnerships with institutions
of higher education, school districts, and other community-based
entities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include accredited schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine,
optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, podiatric medicine,
public and nonprofit private schools that offer graduate programs in
behavioral and mental health, programs for the training of physician
assistants, and other public or private nonprofit health or educational
entities.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A funding preference will be given to approved applications for
programs that involve a comprehensive approach by several public or
nonprofit private health or educational entities to
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establish, enhance and expand educational programs that will result in
the development of a competitive applicant pool of individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds who desire to pursue health professions
careers. A comprehensive approach means a network of entities which are
formally linked programmatically. The network must include a minimum of
four entities: a health professions school, an undergraduate
institution, a school district, and a community-based entity.
Up to one third of available competitive funds will be reserved for
applicants with approved proposals who have not been funded during the
previous three competitive cycles.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$16,600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
47.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: CAPT Richard C. Vause, Jr.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2100.
E-mail: rvause@hrsa.gov.
Centers of Excellence
CFDA Number: 93.157.
Application Availability: 08/31/1999.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 736, 42 U.S.C. 293.
Purpose
The goal of this program is to assist eligible schools in
supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for
under-represented minority individuals. The grantee is required to use
the funds awarded: (1) To develop a large competitive applicant pool
through linkages with institutions of higher education, local school
districts, and other community-based entities and establish an
education pipeline for health professions careers; (2) to establish,
strengthen, or expand programs to enhance the academic performance of
under-represented minority students attending the school; (3) to
improve the capacity of such school to train, recruit, and retain
under-represented minority faculty including the payment of stipends
and fellowships; (4) to carry out activities to improve the information
resources, clinical education, curricula and cultural competence of the
graduates of the schools as it relates to minority health issues; (5)
to facilitate faculty and student research on health issues
particularly affecting under-represented minority groups, including
research on issues relating to the delivery of health care; (6) to
carry out a program to train students of the school in providing health
services to a significant number of under-represented minority
individuals through training provided to such students at community-
based health facilities that provide such health services and are
located at a site remote from the main site of the teaching facilities
of the school; and (7) to provide stipends as appropriate.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are: accredited schools of allopathic medicine,
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, graduate programs in
behavioral or mental health, or other public and nonprofit health or
educational entities. Historically Black Colleges and Universities as
described in Section 736(c)(2)(A) of the Public Health Service Act and
which received a contract under Section 788B of the Public Health
Service Act (Advanced Financial Distress Assistance) for fiscal year
1987 may apply for Centers of Excellence (COE) grants under Section 736
of the Public Health Service Act.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$20,100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
16.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: A. Roland Garcia, Ph.D.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-2100.
E-mail: rgarcia@hrsa.gov.
Allied Health Projects
CFDA Number: 93.191
Application Availability: 10/01/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 02/22/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 755, 42 U.S.C. 294e.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to assist eligible entities in meeting the costs
associated with expanding or establishing programs that will: (1)
Expand enrollments in allied health disciplines that are in short
supply or whose services are most needed by the elderly; (2) provide
rapid transition training programs in allied health fields to
individuals who have baccalaureate degrees in health-related sciences;
(3) establish community-based training programs that link academic
centers to rural clinical settings; (4) provide career advancement
training for practicing allied health professionals; (5) expand or
establish clinical training sites for allied health professionals in
medically underserved or rural communities in order to increase the
number of individuals trained; (6) develop curriculum that will
emphasize knowledge and practice in the areas of prevention and health
promotion, geriatrics, long-term care, home health and hospice care,
and ethics; (7) expand or establish interdisciplinary training programs
that promote the effectiveness of allied health practitioners in
geriatric assessment and the rehabilitation of the elderly; (8) expand
or establish demonstration centers to emphasize innovative models to
link allied health, clinical practice, education, and research; and (9)
meet the costs of projects to plan, develop, and operate or maintain
graduate programs in behavioral and mental health practice.
Eligibility
Eligible entities are health professions schools, academic health
centers, State or local governments or other appropriate public or
private nonprofit entities.
Eligible academic institutions shall also be required to use funds
in collaboration with two or more disciplines.
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Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the focus of serving residents of medically underserved
communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding the fiscal
year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant
increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This
statutory general preference will only be applied to applications that
rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval
by the peer review group.
So that new applicants may compete equitably, a preference will be
given to those new programs that meet at least four of the criteria
described in Section 791(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act
concerning medically underserved communities and populations.
A funding priority will be given to qualified applicants who
provide community-based training experiences designed to improve access
to health care services in underserved areas. This will include being
responsive to population groups addressed in the President's Executive
Orders 12876, 12900 and 13021. These will include such applicants as
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities serving Native
Americans.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,104,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10-12.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Dr. Norman L. Clark or Young Song.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1346 or 1-301-443-3353.
E-mail: nclark@hrsa.gov or ysong@hrsa.gov.
Residencies in the Practice of Pediatric Dentistry
CFDA Number: 93.897A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747(a)(6), 42 U.S.C.
293k.
Purpose
This program shall provide grants to assist schools in planning,
developing, or operating programs, and to provide financial assistance
to residents in such programs, of pediatric dentistry. This program
places particular emphasis on support of applications which encourage:
(1) Practice in underserved areas; (2) provision of a broad range of
pediatric dental services; (3) coordination and integration of care;
(4) meeting the needs of special populations; and (5) recruitment and
retention of under-represented minorities.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a grant for residency training in the practice
of pediatric dentistry, the applicant shall include entities that have
programs in dental schools, approved residency programs in the
pediatric practice of dentistry, approved advanced education programs
in the pediatric practice of dentistry, or approved residency programs
in pediatric dentistry.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings and has the principal focus of serving residents of medically/
dentally underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period
preceding the fiscal year for which an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
Priority shall be given to qualified applicants that have a record
of training the greatest percentage of providers or that have
demonstrated significant improvements in the percentage of providers
which enter and remain in pediatric dentistry.
Priority shall be given to qualified applicants that have a record
of training individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds
(including racial and ethnic minorities under-represented in pediatric
dentistry).
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to projects that prepare
practitioners to care for underserved populations and other high risk
groups such as the elderly, individuals with HIV-AIDS, substance
abusers, homeless, and victims of domestic violence.
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Critiera
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
6.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: CDR Kathy Hayes or CDR Chris Halliday.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4832 or 1-301-443-4142.
E-mail: khayes@hrsa.gov or challiday@hrsa.gov.
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Chiropractic Demonstration Project Grants
CFDA Number: 93.212.
Application Availability: 12/22/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 02/22/2000.
Projected Award Date: 07/22/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 755(b)(3), 42 U.S.C.
294e.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to carry out demonstration projects in which
chiropractors and physicians collaborate to identify and provide
effective treatment for spinal and lower-back conditions.
The project requirements include: (1) The project must address the
identification and treatment of spinal and/or lower-back conditions;
(2) the project must be founded on collaborative efforts between the
school(s) of allopathic or osteopathic medicine; (3) each project must
include a strong research protocol which will result in a significant
expansion of documented research in the area addressed and which is
suitable for publication in refereed health professions journals,
including research oriented publications; (4) the project must include
an explicit strategy for case-finding and a strategy for making direct
comparisons to other forms of treatment. The results must be
generalizable to patients cared for in clinical practices addressing
spinal and/or lower-back conditions; and (5) whenever feasible,
minorities and women should be included in study populations so that
research findings can be of benefit to all persons at risk of the
disease, disorder, or condition under study.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Chiropractic Demonstration Project, the
applicant shall be: a health professions school, an academic health
center, a State or local government, other appropriate public or
private nonprofit entity, a private nonprofit school, or a college or
University of Chiropractic.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$786,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
3.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Dr. Norman Clark.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1346.
E-mail: nclark@hrsa.gov.
Dental Public Health Residency Training Grants
CFDA NUMBER: 93.236.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 768, 42 U.S.C. 295c.
Purpose
The purpose of this program is: (1) to plan and develop new
residency training programs and to maintain or improve existing
residency training programs in dental public health; and (2) to provide
financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled in such programs.
Eligibility
A School of Public Health or Dentistry that offers a Dental Public
Health Program accredited by the American Dental Association Commission
on Dental Accreditation is eligible to apply. Each applicant must
demonstrate that the institution has or will have available full-time
faculty members with training and experience in the field of dental
public health and support from other faculty members trained in public
health and other relevant specialties and disciplines.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Priority shall be given to qualified applicants that have a record
of serving individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds
(including under-represented racial and ethnic minorities) and
graduating large proportions of individuals who serve in underserved
communities.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
6.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: CDR Kathy Hayes.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4832.
E-mail: khayes@hrsa.gov.
Residencies and Advanced Education in the Practice of General Dentistry
CFDA Number: 93.897.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747, 42 U.S.C. 293k.
Purpose
This program strives to increase the number of training
opportunities in postdoctoral general dentistry and to improve program
quality. For the upcoming grant cycle, applicants are encouraged to
detail manners in which graduates of the general dentistry residency
will be well trained in meeting the treatment needs of pediatric
patient populations. This program places particular emphasis on support
of applications which encourage practice in underserved areas,
provision of a broad range of clinical services,
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coordination and integration of care, meeting the needs of special
populations, and recruitment and retention of under-represented
minorities.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a grant for residency training in the practice
of general dentistry, the applicant shall include entities that have
programs in dental schools, approved residency programs in the general
practice of dentistry, and approved advanced education programs in the
general practice of dentistry.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings and have the principal focus of serving residents of
medically/dentally underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year
period preceding the fiscal year for which an award is sought, has
achieved a significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in
such settings. This statutory general preference will only be applied
to applications that rank above the 20th percentile of applications
recommended for approval by the peer review group.
Priority shall be given to qualified applicants that have a record
of training the greatest percentage of providers, or that have
demonstrated significant improvements in the percentage of providers
which enter and remain in general dentistry.
Priority shall be given to qualified applicants that have a record
of training individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds
(including racial and ethnic minorities under-represented in general
dentistry).
Special Considerations
Special consideration shall be given to projects that prepare
practitioners to care for under-served populations and other high risk
groups such as the elderly, individuals with HIV-AIDS, substance
abusers, homeless, and victims of domestic violence.
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,900,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: CDR Kathy Hayes.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4832.
E-mail: khayes@hrsa.gov.
Quentin N. Burdick Program for Rural Interdisciplinary Training
CFDA Number: 93.192.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 10/22/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 754, 42 U.S.C. 294d.
Purpose
The goal of this program is to provide or improve access to health
care in rural areas. Specifically, projects funded under this authority
shall be designed to: (a) Use new and innovative methods to train
health care practitioners to provide services in rural areas; (b)
demonstrate and evaluate innovative interdisciplinary methods and
models designed to provide access to cost-effective comprehensive
health care; (c) deliver health care services to individuals residing
in rural areas; (d) enhance the amount of relevant research conducted
concerning health care issues in rural areas; and (e) increase the
recruitment and retention of health care practitioners from rural areas
and make rural practice a more attractive career choice for health care
practitioners.
Eligibility
Applications will be accepted from health professions schools,
academic health centers, State or local governments or other
appropriate public or private nonprofit entities for funding and
participation in health professions and nursing training activities.
Applications shall be jointly submitted by at least two eligible
applicants with the express purpose of assisting individuals in
academic institutions in establishing long-term collaborative
relationships with health care providers in rural areas.
Applicants must designate a rural health care agency or agencies
for clinical treatment or training including hospitals, community
health centers, migrant health centers, rural health clinics, community
behavioral and mental health centers, long-term care facilities, Native
Hawaiian health centers or facilities operated by the Indian Health
Service or an Indian tribe or tribal organization or Indian
organization under a contract with the Indian Health Service under the
Indian Self-Determination Act.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding
the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings.
This statutory general preference will only be applied to applications
that rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for
approval by the peer review group.
So that new applicants may compete equitably, a preference will be
given to those new programs that meet at least four of the criteria
described in Section 791(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act
concerning medically underserved communities and populations.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
provide community-based training experiences designed to improve access
to health care services in underserved areas. This will include being
responsive to population groups addressed in the President's Executive
Orders 12876, 12900 and 13021. These will include such applicants as
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities serving Native
Americans.
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more
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elementary, middle or high schools with a high percentage of minority
and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform students and parents about
health careers and financial aid to encourage interest in health
careers; (2) promote rigorous academic course work to prepare for
health professions training; or (3) provide support services such as
mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school programs, summer
enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$2,150,459.
Estimated Number of Awards
11.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Judith E. Arndt.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6867.
E-mail: jarndt@hrsa.gov.
Public Health Training Centers Grant Program
CFDA Number: 93.188A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA
(4772)-123.
Application Deadline: 12/06/1999.
Projected Award Date: 09/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 766, 42 U.S.C. 295a.
Purpose
The goal of the Public Health Training Centers Grant Program is to
improve the Nation's public health system by strengthening the
technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competencies and
capabilities of the current and future public health workforce.
Emphasis is placed on developing the existing public health workforce
as a foundation for improving the infrastructure of the public health
system and helping achieve the Healthy People 2010 Objectives. With
respect to a public health training center, applicants must agree to:
(1) Specifically designate a geographic area, including medically
underserved populations, e.g., elderly, immigrants/refugees,
disadvantaged, to be served by the Center that shall be in a location
removed from the main location of the teaching facility of the school
participating in the program with such Center; (2) assess the public
health personnel needs of the area to be served by the Center and
assist in the planning and development of training programs to meet
such needs; (3) establish or strengthen field placements for students
in public or nonprofit private public health agencies or organizations;
and (4) involve faculty members and students in collaborative projects
to enhance public health services to medically underserved communities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include accredited schools of public health or
other public or nonprofit private institutions accredited for the
provision of graduate or specialized training in public health.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
In awarding grants or contracts under this authority, the Secretary
shall give preference to accredited schools of public health.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$3,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Ronald Merrill.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-3460.
E-mail: rmerrill@hrsa.gov.
Geriatric Education Centers
CFDA Number: 93.969.
Application Availability: 10/09/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/09/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 753(a), 42 U.S.C.
294c.
Purpose
Grants are given to support the development of collaborative
arrangements involving several health professions schools and health
care facilities. Geriatric Education Centers facilitate training of
health professional faculty, students, and practitioners in the
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, disability, and other
health problems of the aged. Health professionals include allopathic
physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentist, optometrists, podiatrists,
pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, chiropractors,
clinical psychologists, health administrators, and other allied health
professionals. Projects supported under these grants must offer
training involving four or more health professions, one of which must
be allopathic or osteopathic medicine, and must address one or more of
the following statutory purposes: (a) Improve the training of health
professionals in geriatrics, including geriatric residencies,
traineeships, or fellowships; (b) develop and disseminate curricula
relating to the treatment of the health problems of elderly
individuals; (c) support training and retraining of faculty to provide
instruction in geriatrics; (d) support continuing education of health
professionals who provide geriatric care; and (e) provide students with
clinical training in geriatrics in nursing homes, chronic and acute
disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and senior centers.
Eligibility
Grants may be made to accredited health professions schools as
defined by Section 799B(1) of the Public Health Service Act, or
programs for the training of physicians assistants as defined by
Section 799B(3), or schools of allied health as defined in Section
799B(4), or schools of nursing as defined by Section 801(2).
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public
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Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified applicant
that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings
having the focus of serving residents of medically underserved
communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding the fiscal
year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant
increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This
statutory general preference will only be applied to applications that
rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval
by the peer review group.
So that new applicants may compete equitably, a preference will be
given to those new programs that meet at least four of the criteria
described in Section 791(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act
concerning medically underserved communities and populations.
A funding priority will be given to qualified applicants who
provide community-based training experiences designed to improve access
to health care services in underserved areas. This will include being
responsive to population groups addressed in the President's Executive
Orders 12876, 12900 and 13021. These will include such applicants as
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities serving Native
Americans.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
$1,885,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
9-12.
Estimated Project Period
Up to 5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Diane Hanner.
Phone Number: 1-301-598-6887.
E-mail: dhanner@hrsa.gov.
Geriatric Training Regarding Physicians and Dentists
CFDA Number: 93.156.
Application Availability: 10/09/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/09/1999.
Projected Award Date: 06/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 753(b), 42 U.S.C.
294c.
Purpose
Grants are given for faculty training projects in geriatric
medicine and dentistry. The purpose of this grant program is to provide
support, including fellowships, for geriatric training projects to
train physicians, dentists and behavioral and mental health
professionals who plan to teach geriatric medicine, geriatric
behavioral or mental health, or geriatric dentistry. Projects supported
under these grants must offer a one-year retraining program in
geriatrics for: (a) Physicians who are faculty members in departments
of internal medicine, family medicine, gynecology, geriatrics, and
behavioral or mental health at schools of medicine and osteopathic
medicine; dentists who are faculty members at schools of dentistry or
at hospital departments of dentistry; and behavioral or mental health
professionals who are faculty members in departments of behavioral or
mental health; and (b) a two-year internal medicine or family medicine
fellowship program which provides emphasis in geriatrics, which shall
be designed to provide training in clinical geriatrics and geriatrics
research for: physicians who have completed graduate medical education
programs in internal medicine, family medicine, behavioral or mental
health, neurology, gynecology, or rehabilitation medicine; dentists who
have demonstrated a commitment to an academic career and who have
completed postdoctoral dental training, including postdoctoral dental
education programs or who have relevant advanced training or
experience; and behavioral or mental health professionals who have
completed graduate medical education programs in behavioral or mental
health.
Eligibility
Grants may be made to accredited public or private nonprofit
schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, teaching
hospitals, or graduate medical education programs. Two-year fellowship
programs must be under the programmatic control of a graduate medical
education program in internal medicine or family medicine (including
osteopathic general practice). The 1-year retraining program shall be
based in a graduate medical education program in internal medicine or
family medicine or in a department of geriatrics or psychiatry.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified
applicant that: (A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice
settings having the focus of serving residents of medically underserved
communities; or (B) during the two-year period preceding the fiscal
year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant
increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This
statutory general preference will only be applied to applications that
rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval
by the peer review group.
So that new applicants may compete equitably, a preference will be
given to those new programs that meet at least four of the criteria
described in Section 791(c)(3) of the Public Health Service Act
concerning medically underserved communities and populations.
A funding priority will be given to qualified applicants who
provide community-based training experiences designed to improve access
to health care services in underserved areas. This will include being
responsive to population groups addressed in the President's Executive
Orders 12876, 12900 and 13021. These will include such applicants as
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities serving Native
Americans.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote
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rigorous academic course work to prepare for health professions
training; or (3) provide support services such as mentoring, tutoring,
counseling, after school programs, summer enrichment, and college
visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
4.
Estimated Project Period
5 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Barbara Broome.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6887.
E-mail: bbroome@hrsa.gov.
Health Administration Traineeships and Special Projects
CFDA Number: 93.962.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 10/15/1999.
Projected Award Date: 07/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 769, 42 U.S.C. 295d.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to support eligible students enrolled in
accredited graduate programs in health administration, hospital
administration, or health policy analysis and planning, and to assist
in the development or improvement of programs to prepare students for
employment with public or nonprofit private entities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are State or local governments (that have in
effect preventive medical and dental public health residency programs)
or public or nonprofit private educational entities (including graduate
schools of social work and business schools that have health management
programs) that offer a graduate program in health administration,
hospital administration or health policy analysis and planning
accredited by the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health
Services Administration. Applicants must assure that, in providing
traineeships, priority will be given to students who demonstrate a
commitment to employment with public or nonprofit private entities in
health administration and management.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Preference will be given to qualified applicants meeting the
following conditions:
1. Not less than 25 percent of the graduates of the applicant are
engaged in full-time practice settings in medically underserved
communities;
2. The applicant recruits and admits students from medically
underserved communities;
3. For the purpose of training students, the applicant has
established relationships with public and nonprofit providers of health
care in the community involved; and
4. In training students, the applicant emphasizes employment with
public or nonprofit private entities.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who
support the ``Kids Into Health Careers'' initiative by establishing
linkages with one or more elementary, middle or high schools with a
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,044,600.
Estimated Number of Awards
55.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Thomas H. Perez.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-3231.
E-mail: tperez@hrsa.gov.
Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants
CFDA Number: 93.178A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/17/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 821, 42 U.S.C. 296m.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to increase nursing education opportunities for
individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial
and ethnic minorities under-represented among registered nurses) by
providing student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and
retention activities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, nursing centers,
academic health centers, State or local governments and other public or
private nonprofit entities.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 805 of the
Public Health Service Act, preference shall be given to applicants with
projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved
populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in State or local
health departments.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
8.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Ernell Spratley.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-5763.
E-mail: espratley@hrsa.gov.
Basic Nurse Education and Practice Grants
CFDA Number: 93.359A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772-
123.
Application Deadline: 02/22/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
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Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 831, 42 U.S.C. 296p.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to enhance the educational mix and utilization
of the basic nursing workforce by strengthening programs that provide
basic nurse education, such as through: (1) Establishing or expanding
nursing practice arrangements in noninstitutional settings to
demonstrate methods to improve access to primary health care in
medically underserved communities; (2) providing care for underserved
populations and other high-risk groups such as the elderly, individuals
with HIV-AIDS, substance abusers, the homeless, and victims of domestic
violence; (3) providing managed care, quality improvement, and other
skills needed to practice in existing and emerging organized health
care systems; (4) developing cultural competencies among nurses; (5)
expanding the enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs; (6)
promoting career mobility for nursing personnel in a variety of
training settings and cross training or specialty training among
diverse population groups; or (7) providing education for informatics,
including distance learning methodologies.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants for purposes one and five are schools of
nursing. Eligible applicants for purposes two, three, four, six, and
seven are schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers,
State or local governments and other public or private nonprofit
entities.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 805 of the
Public Health Service Act, preference shall be given to applicants with
projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved
populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in State or local
health departments.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$3,800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
19.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Angela Martinelli.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6333.
E-mail: amartinelli@hrsa.gov.
Public Health Nursing Experiences in State and Local Health Departments
for Baccalaureate Nursing Students
CFDA Number: 93.359B.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 11/01/1999.
Application Deadline: 11/17/1999.
Projected Award Date: 03/31/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 831, 42 U.S.C. 296p.
Purpose
The purpose of this request for applications is to provide seed
money to assist eligible entities to strengthen the public health
nursing practice clinical experience (practicum) component of the
baccalaureate nursing program. Funds may be used to assist the
applicant to plan, implement, and evaluate a public health nursing
practice experience that will expose students to: (1) Selected core
functions of public health (assessment, policy development, and
assurance) and essential services; (2) the mission of the State and/or
local health departments; and (3) how a variety of public health
practitioners function as a team in promoting, protecting, and
maintaining the public's health. This plan may be implemented with a
small number of baccalaureate nursing students.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are schools of nursing and State or local
governments.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 805 of the
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to applicants with
projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved
populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in State or local
health departments.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
10.
Estimated Project Period
1 year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Joan Weiss, PhD, RN, CRNP.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-5486.
E-mail: jweiss@hrsa.gov.
Technical Assistance Conference Call: October 4, 1999.
To participate in the conference call or for additional information
contact Joan Weiss at 301-443-5486; by fax at 1-301-443-8586 or E-mail
at jweiss@hrsa.gov. Please indicate intent to submit an application by
E-mail, phone or fax to Joan Weiss, PhD, RN, CRNP.
Advanced Education Nursing Grants
CFDA Number: 93.299A.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 01/28/2000.
Projected Award Date: 06/30/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 811, 42 U.S.C. 296j.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects that
support the enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice. For
the purpose of this section, advanced education nurses means
individuals trained in advanced degree programs including individuals
in combined RN to Master's degree programs, post-nursing Master's
certificate programs, or in the case of nurse midwives, in certificate
programs in existence on November 12, 1998, to serve as nurse
practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse
anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators or public health
nurses.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, academic health
centers, and other public or private nonprofit entities.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 805 of the
Public Health Service Act, preference shall be given to applicants with
projects that will substantially benefit rural or
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underserved populations or help meet public health nursing needs in
State or local health departments.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$16,500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
75.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Joan Weiss.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6333.
E-mail: jweiss@hrsa.gov.
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grants
CFDA Number: 93.299B.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/03/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/28/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 811, 42 U.S.C. 296j.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions to meet the cost of
traineeships for individuals in advanced nursing education programs.
Traineeships are awarded to individuals by participating educational
institutions offering Master's and doctoral degree programs, combined
RN to Master's degree programs, post-nursing Master's certificate
programs, or in the case of nurse midwives, certificate programs in
existence on November 12, 1998 to serve as nurse practitioners,
clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse
educators, nurse administrators or public health nurses. The
traineeship program is a formula program and all eligible schools will
receive awards.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 805 of the
Public Health Service Act, preference shall be given to applicants with
projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved
populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in State or local
health departments.
Special Considerations
Traineeships for individuals in advanced education programs are
provided under Section 811(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act. A
statutory special consideration, as provided for in Section 811(f)(3)
of the PHS Act, will be given to an eligible entity that agrees to
expend the award to train advanced education nurses who will practice
in health professional shortage areas designated under Section 332 of
the PHS Act.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Eligible Organizations
Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, academic health
centers, and other public or private nonprofit entities.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$15,698,000 for traineeship awards.
Number of Expected Awards
280.
Expected Project Period
1 Year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Marcia Starbecker.
Phone Number: 301-443-6333.
E-mail: mstarbecker@hrsa.gov.
Advanced Education Nursing--Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Grant Program
CFDA Number: 93.299C.
Application Availability: 08/06/1999.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 12/03/1999.
Projected Award Date: 04/28/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 811, 42 U.S.C. 296j.
Purpose
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects that
support traineeships for licensed registered nurses enrolled as full-
time students beyond the twelfth month of study in a Master's nurse
anesthesia program. The traineeship program is a formula program and
all eligible entities will receive awards.
Eligible Organization
Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, academic health
centers, and other public and private nonprofit institutions which
provide registered nurses with full-time nurse anesthetist education
and have evidence of earned pre-accreditation or accreditation status
from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Council on
Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 805 of the
Public Health Service Act, preference shall be given to applicants with
projects that will substantially benefit rural or underserved
populations or help meet public health nursing needs in State or local
health departments.
Special Considerations
Traineeships for individuals in advanced education programs are
provided under Section 811(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act. A
statutory special consideration, as provided for in Section 811(f)(3)
of the PHS Act, will be given to an eligible entity that agrees to
expend the award to train advanced education nurses who will practice
in health professional shortage areas designated under Section 332 of
the PHS Act.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$1,200,000.
Number of Expected Awards
70.
Estimated Project Period
1 Year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Marcia Starbecker.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-6333.
E-mail: mstarbecker@hrsa.gov.
Advancement of Telehealth
Rural Telemedicine Grant Program
CFDA Number: 93.211.
Application Availability: 12/01/1999.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 01/31/2000.
Application Deadline: 03/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 08/31/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 330A, 42 U.S.C. 254c.
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Purpose
To demonstrate how telemedicine/telehealth can be used as a tool in
developing integrated systems of health care, improving access to
health services for rural citizens and reducing the isolation of rural
health care practitioners, and to collect information for the
systematic evaluation of the feasibility, costs, appropriateness and
acceptability of rural telemedicine/telehealth. Grantees may not use in
excess of 40 percent of their Federal grant funds each year for the
purchase or lease and installation of equipment (i.e., equipment used
inside the health care facility or home for providing telehealth
services such as codecs, cameras, monitors, computers, multiplexers,
etc.). Grantees may not use Federal funds to purchase or install
transmission equipment (i.e., microwave towers, large satellite dishes,
amplifiers, or laying of telephone or cable lines). Grantees may not
use Federal funds to build or acquire real property or for construction
except to the extent that such funds are used for minor renovations
related to the installation of telemedicine/telehealth equipment. No
more than 20 percent of the amounts provided under the grants can be
used to pay for the indirect costs associated with carrying out the
activities of the grant.
Eligibility
In general, any public (non-Federal) or private nonprofit entity
that is: (1) a health care provider and a member of an existing or
proposed telemedicine/telehealth network, or (2) a consortium of
providers that are members of an existing or proposed telemedicine/
telehealth network. The applicant must be a legal entity capable of
receiving Federal grant funds. The applicant may be located in either a
rural or urban area. Other telemedicine network members may be public
or private, nonprofit or for-profit. Health facilities operated by a
Federal agency may be members of the network but not the applicant. A
telemedicine/telehealth network shall, at a minimum, be composed of a
multi-speciality entity that is located in an urban or rural area which
can provide 24-hour-a-day access, as appropriate, to a range of
diagnostic, therapeutic, ongoing management, preventive, and monitoring
services. It must also have at least two rural health care facilities,
which may include rural hospitals (fewer than 100 staffed beds), rural
health professional office practices, rural health clinics, rural
community or migrant health centers, rural publicly-funded mental
health facilities, rural home care agencies, rural nursing homes, and
rural school health programs/clinics. Any additional requirements based
on legislative changes will be noted in the application kit.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
Funding preferences are included in the application kit.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$8,000,000.
Estimated number of awards
25.
Estimated Project Period
3 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Cathy Wasem or Amy Barkin.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-0447.
E-mail: cwasem@hrsa.gov or abarkin@hrsa.gov.
Note to Potential Applicants
The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth anticipates announcing
a similar telemedicine/telehealth program for urban underserved and
hard-to-reach populations in December 1999, subject to the availability
of funds.
Other HRSA Programs
Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP)
CFDA Number: 93.923.
Application Availability: 01/03/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 03/31/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 738(a), 42 U.S.C.
293b.
Purpose
The FLRP encourages expansion of disadvantaged representation in
health professions faculty positions. The program provides loan
repayment, in amounts not to exceed $20,000 for each year of service,
for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who agree to serve as
members of the faculties of eligible health professions and nursing
schools. Each recipient of loan repayment must agree to serve as a
faculty member for at least 2 years.
Eligibility
Schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health,
allied health, nursing and graduate programs in behavioral and mental
health are eligible to apply.
An individual is eligible to compete for participation in the FLRP
if the individual is from a disadvantaged background and: (1) Has a
degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, or
another health profession; (2) is enrolled in an approved graduate
training program in one of the health professions listed above; or (3)
is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited (as determined by
the Secretary) school listed above and is in the final year of training
leading to a degree from an eligible school.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
None.
Special Considerations
Special consideration will be given to the extent to which the
individual meets the intent of the program to expand disadvantaged
representation in health professions faculty positions.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
25.
Estimated Project Period
Not less than 2 Years.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Jeff Potts.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-1700.
E-mail: bflrp__info@hrsa.gov.
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)
CFDA Number: 93.925.
Application Availability: 02/01/2000.
To Obtain an Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 03/15/2000.
Projected Award Date: 05/31/2000.
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Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 737, 42 U.S.C. 293a.
Purpose
The SDS program contributes to the diversity of the health
professions student and practitioner populations. The program provides
funding to eligible health professions and nursing schools to be used
for scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have
financial need for scholarships and are enrolled, or accepted for
enrollment, as full-time students at the eligible schools.
Eligibility
(1) Schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine,
dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, veterinary
medicine, public health, nursing, chiropractic, graduate programs in
behavioral and mental health, physician assistants, or allied health
are eligible to apply; and (2) schools with a program for recruiting
and retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including
students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
An applicant must provide assurances that preference in providing
scholarships will be given to students for whom the costs of attending
the schools would constitute a severe financial hardship and to former
recipients of Exceptional Financial Need and Financial Assistance for
Disadvantaged Health Professions Students Scholarships.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
A priority will be given to eligible entities that are health
professions and nursing schools based on the proportion of graduating
students going into primary care, the proportion of under-represented
minority students, and the proportion of graduates working in medically
underserved communities.
Review Criteria
Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$38,966,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
1,000.
Estimated Project Period
1 Year.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Angie Lacy or Andrea Castle.
Phone Number: 1-301-443-4776.
E-mail: dpolicy@hrsa.gov.
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
CFDA Number: 93.908.
Application Availability: 03/01/2000.
To Obtain This Application Kit
Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA until September 12, 1999.
After September 12, the new toll free number will be 1-877-HRSA (4772)-
123.
Application Deadline: 05/01/2000.
Projected Award Date: 09/01/2000.
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 846, 42 U.S.C. 297m.
Purpose
Under the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP),
registered nurses are offered the opportunity to enter into a
contractual agreement with the Secretary, under which the Public Health
Service agrees to repay up to 85 percent of the nurse's indebtedness
for nursing education loans. In exchange, the nurse agrees to serve for
a specified period of time in certain types of health facilities
identified in statue.
Eligibility
Applicants must have completed all of their training requirements
for registered nursing and be licensed prior to beginning service.
Individuals eligible to participate must: (a) Have received, prior to
the start of service, a baccalaureate or associate degree in nursing;
(b) Have unpaid education loans obtained for nurse training; (c) Be a
citizen or Nation of the U.S.; (d) Have a current unrestricted license
in the State in which they intend to practice; and (e) Agree to be
employed for not less than two years in a full-time clinical capacity
in: (1) An Indian Health Service Health Center; (2) a Native Hawaiian
Health Center; (3) a public hospital (operated by a State, county, or
local government); (4) a health center funded under Section 330 of the
Public Health Service Act (including migrant, homeless, and public
housing health centers); (5) a rural health clinic (Section 1861
(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act); or (6) a public or nonprofit
private health facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical
shortage of nurses.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
$2,240,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
200.
Estimated Project Period
None.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
In making awards under this Section, preferences will be given to
qualified applicants who have the greatest financial need and who agree
to serve in the types of health facilities described above that are
located in geographic areas determined by the Secretary to have a
shortage of and need for nurses.
Review Criteria
Awards are determined by formula.
For Programmatic Questions
Contact Person: Winifred Lapp.
Phone Number: 1-301-594-4400.
E-mail: flapp@hrsa.gov.
HRSA's Approach to Performance Measurement
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is the lead
Federal agency in promoting access to health care services that create
and improve the Nation's health. With a statutory emphasis on special
needs, underserved, and vulnerable populations, HRSA mobilizes its
bureaus, programs, staff and partners to assure access to quality
health care.
HRSA is an agency with multiple programs but with a single
strategic goal: Assure 100% access to health care and 0% disparities
for all Americans. We do not rely solely on the HRSA budget or even
other Federal funding in our quest to meet our goal. Instead, we work
to establish alliances and partnerships with a broad array of
organizations ranging from State and local governments to foundations
and corporations.
In order to support our goal, HRSA has established four strategies:
Eliminate Barriers to Care;
Eliminate Health Disparities;
Assure Quality of Care; and
Improve Public Health and Health Care Systems.
Within each of these strategies there are three substrategies to
fully implement them (see Model). We have aligned our strategic plan,
our Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) measures, and our
budget under these activities.
The GPRA requires Federal agencies to prepare 5-year Strategic
Plans setting out long-term goals and objectives, Annual Performance
Plans committing to short-term performance goals, and Annual
Performance Reports explaining and documenting how effective the
Agency's actions have been at achieving the stated goals.
HRSA accomplishes its mission by:
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Working with States and communities which form the
foundation for developing integrated service systems and the
appropriate health workforce to help assure access to essential high-
quality health care.
Assuring that these systems take into account cultural and
linguistic factors, geographic location, and economic circumstances.
Assisting States and communities to identify and address
unmet service needs and workforce gaps in the health care system.
Promoting continuous quality improvement in health
services delivery and health professions education.
Supporting innovative partnerships to promote effective,
integrated systems of care for all population groups.
Promoting the recruitment, training, and retention of a
culturally and linguistically competent and diverse health care
workforce.
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Strategy 1: Eliminate Barriers to Care
Increase utilization for underserved
Increase Access Points
Focus on target population
Strategy 2: Eliminate Health Disparities
Reduce incidence/prevalence of disease and morbidity/
mortality
Increase utilization for underserved populations
Focus on target populations
Strategy 3: Assure Quality of Care
Promote appropriateness of care
Assure effectiveness of care
Improve customer/patient satisfaction
Strategy 4: Improve Public Health and Health Care Systems
Improve Information development and dissemination
Promote education and training of the Public Health and
Health Care Workforce
Promote systems and infrastructure development
The overall approach that HRSA follows is focused on:
Primary Health Care for the Poor, Uninsured and Isolated
HRSA supports a network of primary care health centers
that deliver primary care--preventing disease and treating illness--in
underserved areas. Each year, more than 9 million Americans receive
care through HRSA health centers. More than half of those receiving
care are members of working families with no health insurance.
Health Care for Americans With Special Health Care Needs
A major HRSA focus is on the health of mothers, children
and youth, particularly minority, low-income and uninsured individuals
and families who face barriers to needed health services, such as
prenatal care and immunization. Through the Maternal and Child Health
Block Grant, each State assesses the health care needs of its pregnant
women, children and adolescents, then develops and implements a plan to
meet them.
Ryan White CARE Act programs are designed to help people
with HIV/AIDS live better and longer. Funding provides health and
support services for under-or uninsured people with HIV/AIDS. The AIDS
Drug Assistance Programs are designed to make available the latest
therapeutic approaches to care for those who would not otherwise have
access to such care.
Training Health Professionals to Serve the Underserved
HRSA supports a variety of community-based training
programs to train the next generation of physicians, nurses and other
health professionals to work effectively in managed care, to become
productive members of health care teams, and to increase the provision
of services in underserved areas.
Approach to Performance Measurement
HRSA has made a strong effort to build a performance management
approach into the way it conducts its business. The agency structured
the development of its internal strategic planning process to be
consistent with the requirements of the Government Performance and
Results Act. The goals
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developed in the process have guided the development of our Annual
Performance Plans.
As part of that process, the agency outlined the central assessment
question of organizational performance:
Can this organization, with a given set of resources, through a
series of actions and decisions, produce outputs that have the desired
effects and outcomes to benefit those it serves?
Technical assistance has been provided to each of the operating
components to enhance ability to define performance goals and measures.
Look for HRSA at the Following Meetings/Conferences
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Annual
Meeting
September 28-October 1, 1999.
Savannah, Georgia.
(www.astho.org).
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) 106th
Annual Meeting
November 7-12, 1999.
Anaheim, California.
(www.amsus.org).
127th Annual American Public Health Association Meeting
November 15-18, 1999.
Chicago, Illinois.
(www.apha.org).
12th National HIV/AIDS Update Conference
March 14-17, 2000.
San Francisco, California.
HRSA Contact: Steven Merrill, 1-301-443-2865 or E-mail
smerrill@hrsa.gov.
Prevention 2000
March 23-26, 2000.
Atlanta, Georgia.
HRSA Contact: Seven Merrill 1-301-443-2865 or E-mail
smerrill@hrsa.gov.
17th Annual Meeting of the Association for Health Services Research
June 25-27, 2000.
Los Angeles, California.
(www.ahsr.org).
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Annual Meeting
July 14-17, 2000.
Los Angeles, California.
(www.naccho.org).
2000 National Council of La Raza Conference
Specific dates and location to be announced.
(www.nclr.org).
National Conference of State Legislatures 26th Annual Meeting
July 16-20, 2000.
Chicago, Illinois.
(www.ncsl.org).
8th Annual National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
Conference
July, 2000.
Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina.
(www.nalboh.org).
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Annual
Meeting
July 16-23, 2000.
Los Angeles, California.
(www.astho.org).
HRSA's Field Offices
Northeast Cluster
Philadelphia Field Office--Field Director, Joseph Healey, 215-861-
4422.
Boston Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Kenneth Brown, 617-
565-1482.
New York Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Ron Moss, 212-264-
2664.
Southeast Cluster
Atlanta Field Office--Field Director, Ketty M. Gonzalez, 404-562-
2996.
Midwest Cluster
Chicago Field Office--Field Director, Deborah Willis-Fillinger,
312-353-1715.
Kansas City Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Hollis Hensley,
816-426-5296.
West Central Cluster
Dallas Field Office--Field Director, Frank Cantu, 214-767-3872.
Denver Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Jerry Wheeler, 303-
844-3203.
Pacific West Cluster
San Francisco Field Office--Field Director, Thomas Kring, 415-437-
8090.
Seattle Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Richard Rysdam
(Acting), 206-615-2491.
World Wide Web
HRSA Home Page
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/.
DHHS Home Page
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/.
Grantsnet
http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/grantsnet/index.html.
PHS Grants Policy Statement
http://www.nih.gov/grants/policy/gps/.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
http://www.gsa.gov/fdac/.
Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
OMB Circulars
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/omb.
Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su__docs/aces/aces140.html/.
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/.
Fedworld Information Network
http://www.fedworld.gov/.
HRSA Y2K Site
http://www.hrsa.gov/y2k__comp.htm.
[FR Doc. 99-21257 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-15-P
