Fall 1997 Volume 1 No. 3

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Message from our Acting Administrator . . .

The symbols illustrated on the cover and throughout the Preview represent

ACCESS.

In this Preview, we are increasing ACCESS for you by including scholarship and loan repayment announcements and providing e-mail addresses

for programmatic technical assistance.

HRSA means ACCESS. ACCESS to . . .

• quality health care for underserved and vulnerable populations

• primary care education and practice

• a comprehensive system of health care resources

• the systems of care for mothers, children and their families

• the trained provider

• the expert consultant through telemedicine reaching rural

areas

HRSA has only one reason to be . . . somewhere there is a community,

somewhere there is an individual who needs our services and we are here

to help fill that need. For those in need of health care, the Health

Resources and Services Administration provides support to programs that

place health care services and health professionals where they are least

available.

At HRSA, the individual and the community are our first priority. Please

join with us as we strive to provide ACCESS to quality health services for

all Americans.

Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H.
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 SERVICE STANDARDS FOR

PARTNERSHIP WITH GRANTEES

The Department of Health and Human Services and its grantees (primarily

States, local governments, academic institutions, non-profit community

organizations, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) are partners in

delivering quality services and supporting research to improve the lives of

the American people. The following initial standards express our commitment to making this partnership as cooperative and effective as possible.

We look forward to your suggestions as we develop these standards and

improve our partnership.

We will:

Invite our partners to collaborate in the development of HHS

program policies and procedures.

 Emphasize program outcomes rather than process.

Create no new unfunded mandates through policy or

process changes.

Provide prompt, courteous service and accessible information.

Process waiver requests from States as quickly as possible,

generally within 120 days.

Provide technical assistance to help our partners meet

program goals.

Work with our partners to assure integrity in the use of public

funds.

Assist our partners to develop their own standards of customer

service.
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PROGRAM DEADLINE PAGE

HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS

Ryan White Title III Outpatient Early Intervention 10/10/97 5

Ryan White Title III HIV Planning Grants 05/01/98 6

Ryan White Title IV Coordinated HIV Services and

Access to Research - Existing Geographic Areas 04/01/98 7

Ryan White Title IV Coordinated HIV Services and

Access to Research - New Geographic Areas 04/01/98 8

Ryan White Title IV Adolescent Services 04/01/98 10

Ryan White HIV Service Delivery Models 04/01/98 10

HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS

Nurse Anesthetist Program Grants, 02/02/98 12

Traineeships, and Fellowships 12/01/97 12

Nursing Education Opportunities for Individuals

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds 11/24/97 13

Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Midwifery 12/19/97 14

Professional Nurse Traineeships 11/03/97 15

Advanced Nurse Education 02/02/98 16

Nursing Special Projects 01/16/98 18

Predoctoral Training in Family Medicine 11/07/97 19

Departments of Family Medicine 03/16/98 20

Allied Health Project Grants 02/17/98 21

Residencies and Advanced Education in the

Practice of General Dentistry 12/01/97 22

Residency Training in Preventive Medicine 12/15/97 23

Physician Assistants Training 12/22/97 24

Geriatric Education Centers 12/19/97 25

Health Careers Opportunity Program 01/30/98 26
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PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

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HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS, cont’d

Centers of Excellence 03/27/98 27

State-Supported Model AHEC 01/09/98 28

Basic Core Area Health Education Centers 01/09/98 29

Minority Faculty Fellowship Program 03/27/98 29

RURAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

Rural Outreach Grant Program 03/16/98 31

Rural Network Development Grant Program 03/16/98 32

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS

Maternal and Child Health Research 03/01/98 33

 08/01/98 33

Genetic Services 04/30/98 33

Children with Special Health Care Needs

(CSHCN) Medical Home/Family

Professional Partnership Initiative 04/01/98 34

Managed Care for CSHCN 03/10/98 35

CSHCN Adolescent Transition 04/01/98 35

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/Other

Infant Death (OID) Program 02/27/98 36

Long Term Training in Nursing 03/16/98 36

Long Term Training in Nutrition 03/16/98 37

Long Term Training in Leadership Education

in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities 03/16/98 37

Continuing Education and Development 07/01/98 38

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children 04/30/98 38
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PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS, cont’d

State Mortality Morbidity Review Support Program 03/31/98 39

Community Integrated Service Systems

to Support Children In/Out of Home Care 04/30/98 40

Emergency Medical Services for Children,

Implementation Grants 04/13/98 40

Emergency Medical Services for Children,

Partnership Grants 04/13/98 41

Emergency Medical Services for Children,

Targeted Issue Grants 04/13/98 41

Traumatic Brain Injury State Implementation Grants 03/30/98 42

Traumatic Brain Injury State Planning Grants 03/30/98 42

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS

Public Housing Primary Care Varies 44

Grants To States for Loan Repayment Programs 04/01/98 45

Grants To States for Community

Scholarship Programs 05/01/98 46

Community and Migrant Health Centers Varies 46

ADDITIONAL HRSA PROGRAMS

Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program 04/15/98 50

Faculty Loan Repayment Program 06/30/98 51

Nurse Education Loan Repayment Program 08/31/98 52
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CONTACT: 1•888•333•HRSA

It is recommended that you

carefully read the introductory

materials, terminology section,

and individual program category descriptions before contacting the general number

1-888-333-HRSA. Likewise,

we urge applicants to fully

assess their eligibility for grants

before requesting kits. This

will greatly facilitate our ability

to assist you in placing your

name on the mailing list and

identifying the appropriate

application kit(s) or other information you may wish to obtain.

As a general rule, no more than

one kit per category will be

mailed to applicants. However,

applicants may reproduce kit

materials to meet their needs.

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address added to, or deleted

from, the Preview mailing list,

please call the toll free number

1-888-333-HRSA or e-mail us

at hrsa.gac@ix.netcom.com

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 to register

on the specific mailing list.

Application kits are generally

available 60 days prior to application deadline. If kits are already

available, they will be mailed to

you right away.

WORLD WIDE WEB ACCESS

The Preview is available on the

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Wide Web at:

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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.

You can download this issue of

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format (.pdf) from HRSA’s web

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preview.htm Also, you can

register on-line to be sent specific

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following the instructions on the

web page. Your mailing

information will be added to our

database and material will be sent

to you when it becomes available.

HOW TO

OBTAIN

AND USE

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GRANT TERMINOLOGY APPLICATION DEADLINES

Applications will be considered

“on time” if they are either received on or before the established deadline date or sent on or

before the deadline date given in

the program announcement or in

the application kit materials.

AUTHORIZATIONS

These are provided immediately

preceding groupings of program

categories. They are the citations

of provisions of the laws authorizing the various programs.

CFDA NUMBER

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services,

and activities which provide

assistance.

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

A financial assistance mechanism

used when substantial Federal

programmatic involvement with

the recipient during performance

is anticipated by the awarding

office.

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 amount 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 may be given to

achieve an equitable geographic

distribution.

MATCHING REQUIREMENTS

Several HRSA categories 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.
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REVIEW CRITERIA

The following are generic review

criteria applicable to HRSA

programs:

• That the estimated cost to

the Government of the project

is reasonable considering the

anticipated results.

• That project personnel or

prospective fellows are well

qualified by training and/or

experience for the support

sought and the applciant

organization or the organization to provide training to a

fellow, has adequate facilities

and man power.

• That, insofar as practical,

the proposed activities (scientific or other), if well executed, are capable of

attaining project objectives.

• That the project objectives

are identical with or are capable of achieving the specific

program objectives defined in

the program announcement.

 • 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 formal basis upon which

their applications will be judged.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

All programs provide technical

assistance. There are also

programs which have scheduled

workshops and conference calls

as indicated by the “magnifying

glass.” A contact person is listed

for each program and their e-mail

address provided. If you have

questions concerning individual

programs, please contact the

person listed.

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HIV/AIDS

PROGRAMS

The HRSA HIV/AIDS

Bureau consolidates activities authorized under the

Ryan White Comprehensive

AIDS Resources (CARE)

Act which were previously

carried out within all of the

agency’s bureaus. The

CARE Act programs now

conducted through the HIV/

AIDS Bureau are designed

to improve the quality and

ensure availability of access

to health care and other

support services for individuals and families affected

by HIV disease, especially

those who would otherwise

be unable to receive care.

The programs of the HRSA

HIV/AIDS Bureau include

the following:

Funding to eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS

epidemic (Title I). Last

year, 49 eligible metropolitan areas received formula

funding determined by the

seriousness of the epidemic,

and were eligible to compete

for supplementary funding;

Formula funding to states

and territories to improve

the quality, availability, and

organization of health care

and support services for

people living with HIV

disease (Title II). Title II

also includes the AIDS Drug

Assistance Program

(ADAP), which funds efforts to make available

existing and new drug therapies for people living with

HIV in every State and

territory;

Competitive funding to

public and private nonprofit

entities for outpatient early

intervention and primary

care services (Title III).

Grants are made to

Community Health Centers/

Migrant Health Centers,

hospitals and city and

county health departments,

family planning clinics, and

programs for the homeless;

Funding to public and private nonprofit entities for

demonstration projects to

coordinate services to, and

provide enhanced access to

research, for children,

youth, women, and families

(Title IV); and

Support for the Special

Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program

which includes the development and assessment of

innovative service delivery

models; the Dental Reimbursement Program which

provides retrospective funding for dental schools providing services to people

living with AIDS during the

previous year, and AIDS

Education and Training

Centers which train health

professionals to provide

care to people living with

HIV.

TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE

The HRSA HIV/AIDS

Bureau provides several

types of technical assistance

to prospective applicants

and ongoing technical assistance to grantees. This

technical assistance includes

contact with Project Officers, meetings carried out on

local, regional, and national

levels, telephone conference

calls, and information on

grants applications and

procedures.

HRSA

PROGRAM

COMPETITIONS
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OUTPATIENT EARLY

INTERVENTION

SERVICES WITH

RESPECT TO HIV

DISEASE (RYAN WHITE

TITLE III)

AUTHORIZATION

SECTIONS 2651-2667 OF THE

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42

U.S.C. 300FF-51--330FF-67

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

Migrant Health Centers,

Community Health Centers,

Health Care for the Homeless Programs, Family Planning Organizations, Comprehensive Hemophilia

Diagnostic and Treatment

Centers, Federally Qualified

Health Centers, and Public

or non-profit private entities

that currently provide comprehensive primary care

services to people living

with HIV/AIDS.

LIMITED COMPETITION

Applicants are limited to

currently funded Ryan

White Title III programs

whose project periods expire in FY 1998 and new

organizations proposing to

serve the same populations

currently being served by

these existing Title III programs. Applications are also

requested from new organizations that propose to

serve new areas. These will

be considered for FY 1998,

should new funding become

available.

REVIEW CRITERIA

The criteria are justification

of need, organizational

capabilities and expertise,

adequacy of proposed program plan, coordination

with other programs, program evaluation, appropriateness and justification of

the budget, adherence to

program guidance.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF COMPETITION

$35,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . . 97

 ProjectedAwardDate: FY 1998

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 07/10/97

Application Deadline:10/10/97

CDFA Number: 93.918

Contact Person:

Deborah Parham

dparham@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Existing Ryan White Title

III Service Areas *

AZ Phoenix

Tucson

AR Pine Bluff

AL Mobile

Anniston

Montgomery

AK Anchorage

CA Santa Cruz

San Francisco

Los Angeles (2)

San Fernando

Santa Ana

San Bernardino

San Jose

Fremont

San Marcos

LaMont
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CT Bridgeport (2)

New Haven

DC Washington

FL Key West

Miami (2)

Pompano Beach

Palm Beach

Immokalee

GA Atlanta (2)

Savannah

Waycross

Augusta

IA Des Moines

IL Chicago (4)

Rockford

IN Indianapolis

KS Wichita

MA Northampton

Provincetown

Dorchester

Worchester

New Bedford

Boston

MI Detroit (2)

MO Springfield

Kansas City

MT Billings

NC Asheville

Durham

NJ Newark

Paterson

New Brunswick

NM Alburquerque

NV Reno

Las Vegas

NY New York City (6)

Bronx (2)

Brooklyn (2)

Rochester

Buffalo

Queens

Peekskill

Syracuse

Albany

OH Cincinnati

OK Tulsa

PA Philadelphia (3)

Allentown

Pittsburgh

Chester

York

PR Humacao

San Juan

Mayaguez

Lares

Gurabo

RI Providence

TX Houston

Dallas

Fort Worth

Austin

San Antonio

UT Salt Lake City

* Applications are also

requested from new organizations that propose to

serve new areas. These will

be considered for FY 1998,

should new funding become

available.

RYAN WHITE TITLE III

HIV PLANNING

GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTIONS 2651-K2667 OF THE

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42

U.S.C. 300FF-51 --300FF-67

PURPOSE

Ryan White Title III HIV

Planning Grants are discretionary grants to support

communities and health care

service entities in their

preparations to provide a

high quality and comprehensive scope of primary health

care services for people in

underserved areas who are

living with HIV or at risk of

infection. Funds are to be

used to mobilize and organize community resources,

and to strengthen their

organizational capacity so

that HIV primary health

care services can be established or strengthened.

Grant recipients are expected to: engage and coordinate with suitable community organizations to plan

for HIV primary care services; conduct an assessment for the proposed

service area; develop a plan

of action to address priority
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needs; and undertake the

necessary preparations to

become operational.

The Ryan White Title III

HIV Planning Grants are

intended to assist health

care service entities to

qualify for grant support

under the Ryan White Title

III Early Intervention Services Program.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applications are

public or private, nonprofit

entities who are not currently grant recipients of the

Ryan White Title III Early

Intervention Services Program and are: current primary care service providers

to populations at risk for

HIV disease; community

health centers under Section

330 or the PHS Act; migrant health centers under

Section 330 (g) of the PHS

Act; health care for the

homeless grantees under

section 330(h) of the PHS

Act; family planning grantees under Section 1001 of

the PHS Act, other than

states; comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and

treatment centers; or federally qualified health center

under Section 1905

(1)(2)(B) of the Social

Security Act.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

In awarding the grants,

preference will be given to

entities that provide primary

care services in rural or

underserved communities

and in communities where

other Ryan White funds are

not available.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$700,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .15

Projected Award Date: 08/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

 Application Availability:03/02/98

Application Deadline: 05/01/98

 CFDA Number: 93.918

 Contact Person:

Deborah Parham

dparham@hrsa.dhhs.gov

RYAN WHITE TITLE IV

GRANTS FOR COORDINATED HIV SERVICES

AND ACCESS TO RESEARCH FOR WOMEN,

INFANTS, CHILDREN

AND YOUTH - EXISTING

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

AUTHORIZATION

 SECTION 2671 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

300FF-51--330FF-67

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 establish 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
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should address of 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, communitybased and family centered

care infrastructures, and

emphasizing prevention

within the care system

including the prevention of

perinatal HIV transmission.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible organizations are

public or private non-profit

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 1998

and new organizations

proposing to serve the same

populations currently being

served by these existing

projects. These areas are:

Brooklyn (2), NY; Bronx,

NY; Manhattan, NY; Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA;

Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL;

Dallas, TX; St. Louis, MO;

Denver, CO; Los Angeles,

CA; and Wisconsin.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$10,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .12

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Funding in this category will

be given to projects that

support a comprehensive,

coordinated system of HIV

care serving either children,

youth, women or families

and are linked with or have

initiated activities to link

with clinical trials or other

research.

Projected Award Date: 08/01/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/02/98

Application Deadline: 04/01/98

CFDA NUMBER: 93.153A

 Contact Person:

 Michael Kaiser

mkaiser@hrsa.dhhs.gov

RYAN WHITE TITLE

IV GRANTS FOR

COORDINATED

SERVICES AND

ACCESS TO

RESEARCH FOR

WOMEN, INFANTS,

CHILDREN AND

YOUTH - NEW

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 2671 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

300FF-51--330FF-67

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 establish

systems of care to coordinate service delivery, HIV

prevention efforts, and

clinical research and other

research activities; and
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(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 of 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, communitybased and family centered

care infrastructures, and

emphasizing prevention

within the care system

including the prevention of

perinatal HIV transmission.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible organizations are

public or private non-profit

entities that provide or

arrange for primary care.

LIMITED COMPETITION

This initiative is targeted to

applicants in geographic

areas not currently served

by Title IV. Geographic

areas that are currently

receiving Ryan White Title

IV support are listed. Title

IV projects located in the

underlined cities are approaching the end of their

project period. Therefore,

applicants may submit

applications for these

geographic areas in

response to preceding

announcement CFDA

93.153A.

ST. CITY

AL Birmingham/

 Montgomery

CA Los Angeles

 La Jolla/San Diego

 Oakland

 San Francisco

 Ventura

CO Denver

CT Hartford/

 New London/

 New Haven/

 Bridgeport/

 Stamford

DC Washington

FL Tampa/St. Petersburg

 Ft. Lauderdale

 Miami

 Orlando

GA Atlanta

IL Chicago

LA New Orleans

MA Statewide

 Roxbury/Boston

MD Statewide

MI Detroit

MO St. Louis

NC Charlotte

ST. CITY

NH Statewide

NJ Statewide

NY Bronx

Brooklyn (2)

Manhattan

Elmhurst/Queens

Stony Brook

OH Columbus

PA Philadelphia

PR Statewide

RI Providence

SC Statewide

TX Dallas

Fort Worth

Houston

 San Antonio

WA Seattle

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Preference for funding may

be given to applicants which

help to achieve an equitable

geographical distribution of

programs across all States

and territories, especially

programs that provide services in rural or under

served communities where

the HIV/AIDS epidemic is

increasing.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.
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ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,200,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .4

Projected Award Date: 08/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/02/98

Application Deadline: 04/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.153B

Contact Person:

Michael Kaiser

mkaiser@hrsa.dhhs.gov

RYAN WHITE TITLE

IV GRANTS FOR

ADOLESCENT

SERVICES

AUTHORIZATION

 SECTION 2671 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

300FF-51--300FF-67

PURPOSE

The purpose of this initiative is to foster and expand

systems of health care and

social support services for

youth (age 13-24) at risk for

or infected with HIV infection in order to identify

infected youth and enroll

them in HIV primary care.

Grantees will identify additional HIV infected youth

and develop, coordinate and

provide support services to

enroll and maintain them in

primary medical care.

Adolescent clients should be

enrolled into care early in

the spectrum of disease and

managed throughout the

infection. In partnership

with other Ryan White

funded programs or other

agencies, applicants will

integrate youth services into

existing systems of care to

provide access to comprehensive, coordinated primary care, research and

social support services.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible organization are

public or private, non-profit

organizations that provide or

arrange for primary care,

with expertise in the care of

youth.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .3-5

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Priority will be given to

applicants with a history of

working with youth,

especially youth infected

with HIV. Priority will be

given to projects proposed

in geographic areas where

epidemiologic data demonstrate high numbers of

infected youth.

Projected Award Date: 08/01/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/02/98

Application Deadline: 05/29/98

CFDA Number: 93.153C

 Contact Person:

 Michael Kaiser

mkaiser@hrsa.dhhs.gov

RYAN WHITE HIV

SERVICE DELIVERY

MODELS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 2691 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

300FF-51--330FF-67

PURPOSE

The goal of the Special

Projects of National Significance Program is to advance knowledge about the

care and treatment of people

with HIV. Each project is

responsible for the implementation and evaluation of

its model of care. Results

from individual projects and

cross-site evaluations are

used by AIDS service providers and others to improve and enhance the
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quality of care. The program will support innovative

and potentially replicable

HIV service delivery models. Projects must: 1)

assess the effectiveness of

particular models of care; 2)

support innovative program

design; and 3) promote

replication of effective

models of care.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are public

and non profit entities including community-based

organizations.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$4,212,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .12

Project Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/05/98

Application Deadline: 04/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.928

 Contact Person :

 Barney Singer

bsinger@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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in clinical practice in the

specified setting. Graduates

who are providing care in a

medically underserved

community as a part of a

fellowship or other educational experience can be

counted.

 “Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995-96

and 1996-97, the rate of

placing graduates in the

specified settings has

increased by a minimum of

50 percent and that not

less than 15 percent of

graduates from the most

recent year are working in

these settings.

STATUTORY RURAL PREFERENCE

FOR TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM

A preference is given to

those applicants carrying out

traineeships whose participants gain significant experience in providing health

service in rural health facilities.

ESTABLISHED FUNDING PRIORITY

FOR TRAINEESHIP AND

EDUCATION PROGRAM GRANTS

A funding priority will be

given to programs which

demonstrate either substantial progress over the last

three years or a significant

experience of 10 or more

years in enrolling and

and are accredited by an

entity or entities designated

by the Secretary of Education.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY FUNDING

PREFERENCE

As provided in Section

860(e) of the Public Health

Service Act, preference will

be given to qualified applicants that: (A) have a high

rate for placing graduates in

practice settings having the

principal focus of serving

residents of medically

underserved communities;

or (B) have achieved, during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for

which such an award is

sought, a significant increase

in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This

preference will only be

applied to applications that

rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for education program applications recommended for approval by the

peer review group.

“ High rate” is defined as a

min-imum of 30 percent of

graduates in academic years

1994-95, 1995-96 or 1996-

97 who spend at least 50

percent of their work time

HEALTH

PROFESSIONS

PROGRAMS

Shaded areas provide

additional information to

the Summer 97 Preview

NURSE ANESTHETIST

PROGRAM:

PROGRAM GRANTS,

TRAINEESHIPS,

AND

FELLOWSHIPS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 831 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

297-1

PURPOSE

This program is to assist

grantees to meet the costs

of: (a) projects for the

education of nurse anesthetists; (b) traineeships for

licensed registered nurses to

become nurse anesthetists;

and (c) fellowships to enable Certified Registered

Nurse Anesthetist faculty

members to obtain advanced education relevant

to their teaching functions.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are public

or private nonprofit institutions which provide registered nurses with full-time

nurse anesthetist training
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graduating students from

those minority populations

identified as at-risk of poor

health outcomes.

ESTABLISHED FUNDING

PREFERENCE FOR FACULTY

FELLOWSHIP GRANTS

A funding preference will be

given first to faculty who

will be completing degree

requirements before or by

the end of the funded budget year, second to faculty

who are full-time students,

and third to faculty who are

part-time students.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF

THIS COMPETITION

$1,800,000

Traineeships $1,220,000

Program 300,000

Fellowships 280,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF

AWARDS . . .79

 (70 Traineeships*, 2 Programs and 7 Fellowships)

* Formula Program - all

eligible entities will receive

traineeship support

 Projected Award Dates:

 03/98 Fellowships &

Traineeship Program

05/98 Program Grants

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 07/15/97

Application Deadlines:

12/01/97 for

Fellowships & Traineeships

 02/02/98 for

Program Grants

CFDA Number: 93.124, 93.907

& 93.916

Contact Person:

Marcia Starbecker

mstarbecker@hrsa.dhhs.gov

NURSING

EDUCATION

OPPORTUNITIES FOR

INDIVIDUALS FROM

DISADVANTAGED

BACKGROUNDS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 827 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

296R

PURPOSE

This program provides

funds to meet the costs of

special projects to increase

nursing education opportunities for individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds

by: (a) identifying, recruiting

and selecting such individuals; (b) facilitating the entry

of such individuals into

schools of nursing; (c)

providing services designed

to assist such individuals to

complete their nursing education; (d) providing preliminary education, prior to

entry into the regular course

of nursing, designed to

assist in completion of the

regular course of nursing

education; (e) paying such

stipends as the Secretary

may determine; (f) publicizing, especially to licensed

vocational or practical

nurses, existing sources of

financial aid; and (g) providing training, information, or

advice to the faculty on

encouraging such individuals

to complete their nursing

education.

ELIGIBILITY

Public and nonprofit private

schools of nursing and other

public or nonprofit private

entities are eligible for grant

support.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,400,000
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ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .8

Projected Award Date: 05/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 07/15/97

Application Deadline: 11/24/97

CFDA Number: 93.178

 Contact Person:

 Ernell Spratley

espratley@hrsa.dhhs.gov

NURSE

PRACTITIONER/

NURSE MIDWIFERY

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 822 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

296M

PURPOSE

This program provides

funds to meet the costs of

projects to plan, develop

and operate new programs,

maintain, or significantly

expand existing programs

for the education of nurse

practitioners and nursemidwives to effectively

provide primary health care

in settings such as homes,

ambulatory care and long

term care facilities and other

health care institutions.

Programs must adhere to

regulations and guidelines

for nurse practitioner and

nurse-midwifery education

as prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human

Services which require at a

minimum that each program

extend for at least one academic year and consist of

supervised clinical practice

directed toward preparing

nurses to deliver primary

health care; and at least four

months (in the aggregate) of

classroom instruction that is

so directed; and have an

enrollment of not less than

six full-time equivalent

students.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are public

and nonprofit private

schools of nursing or other

public and nonprofit private

entities. Eligible applicants

must be located in a State.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY PROGRAM SPECIFIC

PREFERENCE

Preference will be given to

any qualified applicant that

agrees to expend the award

to plan, develop, and operate new programs or to

significantly expand existing

programs.

STATUTORY GENERAL

PREFERENCE

As provided in Section

860(e)(1) of the PHS 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 2-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 preference will

only be applied to applications that rank above the

20th percentile of proposals

recommended for approval

by the peer review group.

“High rate” is defined as a

minimum of 30 percent of

graduates in academic years

1994-95, 1995-96 or academic year 1996-97, who

spend at least 50 percent of

their worktime in clinical

practice in the specified

settings. Graduates who are

providing care in a medically underserved community as a part of a fellowship

or other educational experience can be counted.

“Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995-96 and

1996-97, the rate of placing

graduates in the specified

settings has increased by a

minimum of 50 percent and

that not less than 15 percent

of graduates from the most

recent year are working in

these settings.
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STATUTORY SPECIAL

CONSIDERATIONS

Special consideration will be

given to qualified applicants

that agree to expend the

award to educate individuals

as nurse practitioners and

nurse-midwives who will

practice in health professional shortage areas designated under Section 332 of

the Public Health Service

Act.

ESTABLISHED FUNDING PRIORITY

Funding priority will be

given to applicant institutions which demonstrate

either substantial progress

over the last three years or a

significant experience of ten

or more years in enrolling

and graduating trainees from

those minority or lowincome populations identified as at risk of poor health

outcomes.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$3,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .11

Projected Award Date: 04/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 07/15/97

Application Deadline: 12/19/97

CFDA Number: 93.298

Contact Person:

Audrey Koertvelyessy

akoertvelyessy@hrsa.dhhs.gov

PROFESSIONAL

NURSE

TRAINEESHIPS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 830 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C. 297

PURPOSE

Grants are awarded to meet

the cost of traineeships for

individuals in advanced

degree nursing education

programs. Traineeships are

awarded to individuals by

the participating educational

institutions offering master’s

and doctoral degree programs to serve in and prepare for practice as nurse

practitioners, nurse midwives, nurse educators,

public health nurses, or in

other clinical nursing specialties determined by the

Secretary to require advanced education.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are public

or private nonprofit entities

which provide: (1) advanced-degree programs to

educate individuals as nurse

practitioners, nurse-midwives, nurse educators,

public health nurses or as

other clinical nursing specialists; or (2) nurse-midwifery certificate programs

that conform to guidelines

established by the Secretary

under Section 822(b). Applicants must agree that: (a)

in providing traineeships,

the applicant will give preference to individuals who

are residents of health professional shortage areas

designated under Section

332 of the Act; (b) the

applicant will not provide a

traineeship to an individual

enrolled in a master’s of

nursing program unless the

individual has completed

basic nursing preparation, as

determined by the applicant;

and (c) traineeships provided with the grant will pay

all or part of the costs of the

tuition, books, and fees of

the program of nursing with

respect to which the

traineeship is provided and

reasonable living expenses

of the individual during the

period for which the

traineeship is provided.
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FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY PREFERENCE

As provided in Section

860(e) 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 2-

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.

“ High rate” is defined as a

minimum of 30 percent of

graduates in academic year

1994-95, 1995-96 or academic year 1996-97, who

spend at least 50 percent of their

work time in clinical practice in

the specified settings. Public

health nurse graduates can be

counted if they identify a

primary work affiliation at one

of the qualified work sites.

Graduates who are providing

care in a medically underserved

community as a part of a

fellowship or other educational

experience can be counted.

“ Significant increase in the rate”

means that, between academic

years 1995-96 and 1996-97

the rate of placing graduates in

the specified settings has increased by a minimum of 50

percent and that not less than 15

percent of graduates from the

most recent year are working in

these settings.

STATUTORY SPECIAL

CONSIDERATION

Special consideration will be

given to applications for

traineeship programs for

nurse practitioner and nurse

midwife programs which

conform to guidelines established by the Secretary

under Section 822(b)(2) of

the PHS Act.

ESTABLISHED FUNDING PRIORITY

A funding priority will be

given to programs which

demonstrate either substantial progress over the last

three years or a significant

experience of ten or more

years in enrolling and graduating students from those

minority populations identified as at-risk of poor health

outcomes.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Awards are determined by

formula.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$15,600,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .270

Formula Program - All

eligible schools will receive awards.

Projected Award Date: 03/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 07/15/97

Application Deadline: 11/03/97

CFDA Number: 93.358

 Contact Person:

Marcia Starbecker

mstarbecker@hrsa.dhhs.gov

ADVANCED NURSE

EDUCATION

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 821 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

296-1

PURPOSE

This grant program assists

eligible institutions to meet

the costs of projects that

plan, develop and operate

new programs, or significantly expand existing programs leading to advanced

degrees that prepare nurses

to serve as nurse educators

or public health nurses, or in

other clinical nurse specialties determined by the Secretary to require advanced

education.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are public

and non profit Collegiate

Schools of Nursing.
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FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY GENERAL

PREFERENCE

As provided in Section

860(e)(1) of the Public

Health Service Act, preference will be given to any

qualified applicant that: (1)

has a high rate for placing

graduates in practice settings

having the principal focus of

serving residents of medically underserved communities; or (2) during the 2-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 preference will only be

applied to applications that

rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval by the

peer review group.

“ High rate” is defined as a

minimum of 30 percent of

graduates in academic year

1994-95, 1995-96 or academic year 1996-97, who

spend at least 50 percent of

their work time in clinical

practice in the specified

settings. Public health nurse

graduates can be counted if

they identify a primary

work affiliation at one of the

qualified work sites. Graduates who are providing care

in a medically underserved

community as a part of a

fellowship or other educational experience can be

counted.

“ Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995-96 and

1996-97 the rate of placing

graduates in the specified

settings has increased by a

minimum of 50 percent and

that not less than 15 percent

of graduates from the most

recent year are working in

these settings.

ESTABLISHED FUNDING

PRIORITIES

A funding priority will be

given to applications which

develop, expand or implement courses concerning

ambulatory, home health

care and/or inpatient case

management services for

individuals with HIV disease.

In determining the order of

funding of approved applications, a funding priority

will be given to applicant

institutions which demonstrate either substantial

progress over the last three

years or a significant experience of ten or more years in

enrolling and graduating

trainees from those minority

or low-income populations

identified as at risk of poor

health outcomes.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$4,500,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .22

Projected Award Date: 05/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability : 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 02/02/98

CFDA Number: 93.299

 Contact Person:

 Madeleine Hess

mhess@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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NURSING SPECIAL

PROJECTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 820 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

295K

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to improve nursing practice through projects that

increase the knowledge and

skills of nursing personnel,

enhance their effectiveness

in primary health care delivery, and increase the number of qualified professional

nurses.

Grant support may be

sought under four separate

individual purposes: (a)

Expand Enrollment in Professional Nursing Programs;

(b) Primary Health Care in

Noninstitutional Settings; (c)

Continuing Education for

Nurses in Medically

Underserved Communities;

and (d) Long-Term Care

Fellowships for Certain

Paraprofessionals.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants for

projects under Section

820(a) are public and nonprofit private schools of

nursing with programs of

education in professional

nursing.

Eligible applicants for

projects under Section

820(b) are public and nonprofit private schools of

nursing. To receive support

under 820(b) the program

proposed must be operated

and staffed by the faculty

and students of the school

and must be designed to

provide at least 25 percent

of the students of the school

with a structured clinical

experience in primary health

care.

Eligible applicants for

projects under Section

820(c) are public and nonprofit private entities.

Eligible applicants for

projects under Section

820(d) are public and nonprofit private entities that

operate accredited programs

of education in professional

nursing, or State-board

approved programs of practical or vocational nursing.

To receive support under

820(d), the applicant must

agree that, in providing

fellowships, preference will

be given to eligible individuals who are economically

disadvantaged individuals,

particularly such individuals

who are members of a

minority group that is under

represented among registered nurses; or are employed by a nursing facility

that will assist in paying the

costs or expenses. The

applicant must also agree

that the fellowships provided will pay all or part of

the costs of the tuition,

books, and fees of the

program of nursing with

respect to which the fellowship is provided; and reasonable living expenses of

the individual during the

period for which the fellowship is provided.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY FUNDING

PREFERENCES

In making awards of grants

under Section 820(a), preference will be given to any

qualified school that provides students of the school

with clinical training in the

provision of primary health

care in publicly-funded: (A)

urban or rural outpatient

facilities, home health agencies, or public health agencies; or (B) rural hospitals.

In making awards of grants

under Section 820(d), preference will be given to any

qualified applicant operating

an accredited program of

education in professional

nursing that provides for the

rapid transition to status as

a professional nurse from

status as a nursing paraprofessional.

ESTABLISHED FUNDING

PRIORITIES

A priority will be given to

schools that offer generic

baccalaureate programs. A
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priority will also be given to

schools that offer both

generic baccalaureate nursing programs and RN

completion programs.

These priorities apply to

applications for grants under

Section 820(a).

A funding priority will be

given to programs which

demonstrate either substantial progress over the last

three years or a significant

experience of 10 or more

years in enrolling and graduating trainees from those

minority or low-income

populations identified as atrisk of poor health outcomes. This priority applies

to applications for grants

under Sections 820(a),

820(b), and 820(d).

Finally, a funding priority

will be given to applications

for continuing education

programs for nurses from

medically underserved

communities to increase

their knowledge and skills in

care of persons who are

HIV positive or who have

AIDS. This priority applies

to applications for grants

under Section 820(c).

MATCHING

REQUIREMENT

To receive support under

820(a) the school must

agree to make available

non-Federal contributions in

an amount that is at least 10

percent of the project costs

for the first fiscal year, at

least 25 percent of the

project costs for the second

fiscal year, at least 50 percent of the project costs for

the third fiscal year, and at

least 75 percent of the

project costs for the fourth

or fifth fiscal years.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$3,790,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .12

 Projected Award Date: 05/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

 Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 01/16/98

CFDA Number: 93.359

Contact Person:

Janet Clear

jclear@hrsa.dhhs.gov

PREDOCTORAL

TRAINING IN

FAMILYMEDICINE

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 747(A) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293K

PURPOSE

This program provides

funds to promote the

predoctoral training of allopathic and osteopathic

medical students in the field

of family medicine. Supported programs emphasize

the provision of longitudinal,

preventive, and comprehensive care to families. The

program assists schools in

meeting the cost of planning, developing and operating or participating in approved predoctoral training

programs in the field of

family medicine. Support

may be provided both for

the program and for the

trainees. Assistance may be

requested for any of the

following purposes: curriculum development,

clerkships, preceptorships,

and/or student assistantships. The programs should

be part of an integrated

institutional strategy to

provide education and training in family medicine. The

intent is to design programs

which encourage graduates

to seek residency training in

family medicine and eventually to enter a career in

family medicine.
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ELIGIBILITY

Public, or private nonprofit,

accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine

are eligible for grant support.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

As provided in Section

791(a) of the Public Health

Service Act, statutory 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 2-

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.

In FY 1998, “high rate” means

that a minimum of 20 percent

of the medical school’s (or

osteopathic) graduates from

academic year 1992-93 or

1993-94, whichever is greater,

are spending at least 50

percent of their work time in

clinical practice in the specified

settings. Graduates who are

providing care in an

underserved area as part of a

fellowship or other educational

experience can be counted.

“Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995 and

1996, the rate of placing the

1992-1993 graduates in the

specified settings has increased

by at least 50 percent and not

less than 15 percent of graduates from the most recent year

are working in such settings.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$4,450,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . . 41

Projected Award Date: 03/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 07/15/97

Application Deadline: 11/07/97

CFDA Number: 93.896

 Contact Person:

 Betty M. Ball

bball@hrsa.dhhs.gov

DEPARTMENTS OF

FAMILY MEDICINE

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 747(B) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293K

PURPOSE

This program provides

funding for the following

purposes: to establish,

maintain, or improve family

medicine academic administrative units to provide

clinical instruction in family

medicine; to plan and develop model educational

predoctoral, faculty development, and graduate medical education programs in

family medicine which will

meet the requirements of

Section 747(a) by the end

of the project period of

Section 747(b) support; to

support academic and clinical activities relevant to the

field of family medicine;

and, to strengthen the administrative base and structure responsible for the

planning, direction, organization, coordination, and

evaluation of all undergraduate and graduate

family medicine activities.

ELIGIBILITY

Public, or private non-profit

accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine

are eligible for grant

support.
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FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

As provided in Section

791(a) of the Public Health

Service Act, statutory 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 2-

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.

Under Section 747(b), a

funding preference is provided for qualified applicants that agree to expend

the award for the purpose

of: (1) establishing an

academic administrative unit

defined as a department,

division, or other unit, for

programs in family medicine; or (2) substantially

expanding the programs of

such a unit.

In FY 1998, “high rate”

means that a minimum of

20 percent of the medical

school’s (or osteopathic)

graduates from academic

year 1992-93 or 1993-94,

whichever is greater, are

spending at least 50 percent

of their work time in clinical

practice in the specified

settings. Graduates who are

providing care in an

underserved area as a part

of a fellowship or other

educational experience can

be counted.

“Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995 and

1996, the rate of placing the

1992-1993 graduates in the

specified settings has increased by at least 50 percent and not less than 15

percent from the most

recent year are working in

such settings.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$3,500,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .19

Technical Assistance

Group Conference Call:

February 3, 1998

Contact Shelby Biedenkapp by

January 6 to participate,

301-443-1467 or e-mail

sbiedenkapp@hrsa.dhhs.gov.

Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 03/16/98

CFDA Number: 93.984

 Contact Person:

Shelby Biedenkapp

sbiedenkapp@hrsa.dhhs.gov

ALLIED HEALTH

PROJECT GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 767 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

294E

PURPOSE

This grant program assists

eligible entities in meeting

the costs associated with

expanding or establishing

programs that will increase

the number of individuals

trained in the allied health

professions and may include

establishing communitybased training programs that

link academic centers to

medically underserved or

rural communities, develop

curriculum relevant to the

emerging health care system, provide interdisciplinary training experiences,

and expand or establish

demonstration centers to

emphasize innovative models to link allied health

clinical practice, education,

and research.
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ELIGIBILITY

“Eligible entity” for the

purpose of this grant program means: (1) public or

private nonprofit schools,

universities, or other educational entities that provide

for education and training in

the allied health professions;

or (2) other public or nonprofit private entities capable, as determined by the

Secretary, of carrying out

the purpose of the Allied

Health Project Grants Program as described in the

application; and (3) be

located in a State.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY FUNDING

PREFERENCE

As provided for in Sections

767(b) (2) and 791 (a) of

the Public Health Service

Act, applicants who meet

one or more of the following criteria will receive

funding preference. Greater

priority will be given to

applicants who qualify in

two or three of the following preference categories:

(A) expand and maintain

first-year enrollment by not

less than 10 percent over

enrollments in base year

1992; or (B) demonstrate

that not less than 20 percent

of the graduates of such

training programs during the

preceding 2-year period are

working at least 50 percent

of work time in clinical

settings having the principal

focus of serving residents of

medically underserved

communities; or (C) during

the 2-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.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,400,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .12

Technical Assistance

Workshop:

October 30-31, 1997

Contact Mita Hernandez by

October 1 to participate,

301-443-6764 or

mhernandez@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Projected Award Date: 06/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 02/17/98

CFDA Number: 93.191

 Contact Person:

 Norman L. Clark

nclark@hrsa.dhhs.gov

RESIDENCIES AND

ADVANCED

EDUCATION IN THE

PRACTICE OF

GENERAL

DENTISTRY

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 749 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293M

PURPOSE

The intent of this grant

program is to increase the

number of training opportunities in postgraduate general dentistry, and to improve program quality, with

emphasis on practice in

underserved areas; provision of a broad range of

clinical services; coordination and integration of care;

and meeting the needs of

special populations, such as

the elderly and persons

living with AIDS.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicant shall: be a

public or nonprofit private

school of dentistry or an

accredited postgraduate

dental training institution

(hospital, medical center, or

other entity) and be accredited by the appropriate

accrediting body.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

As provided in Section

791(a) of the Public Health

Service Act, preference will

be given to any qualified
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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 2-

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 preference will only be

applied to applications that

rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval by the

peer review group.

“High rate” is defined as a

minimum of 25 percent of

combined graduates in

academic years 1994-95,

1995-96, and 1996-97 who

spend at least 50 percent of

their work time in clinical

practice in the specified

settings. Graduates who are

providing care in a medically underserved community as a part of a fellowship

or other educational experience can be counted.

“Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995-96 and

1996-97, the rate of placing

graduates in the specified

settings has increased by a

minimum of 50 percent and

that not less than 15 percent

of graduates from the most

recent year are working in

these settings.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,800,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .15

Technical Assistance

Group Conference Call

on October 23, 1997

Contact Kathy Hayes by

October 10 to participate.

khayes@hrsa.dhhs.gov or fax

301-443-1164

 Projected Award Date: 03/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

 Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 12/01/97

 CFDA Number: 93.897

Contact Person:

Kathy Hayes

khayes@hrsa.dhhs.gov

RESIDENCY

TRAINING IN

PREVENTIVE

MEDICINE

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 763 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

294B

PURPOSE

The grant program promotes post-graduate education of physicians in preventive medicine. Grants assist

schools to: (1) maintain and

improve existing residency

training programs or plan

and develop new programs,

and (2) provide financial

support to residents.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicant must be an

accredited public or private

nonprofit school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine or a school of public

health. Also, an applicant

must demonstrate that it

has, or will have by the end

of one year of grant support, full-time faculty with

training and experience in

the fields of preventive

medicine and support from

other faculty members

trained in public health and

other relevant specialties

and disciplines.
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FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

STATUTORY FUNDING

PREFERENCE

As provided for in Section

791(a) of the Public Health

Service Act, preference will

be given to applicants that

demonstrate a high rate of

placing graduates in practice

settings that serve residents

of medically underserved

communities, or that document a significant increase

in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. “High

rate” is defined as a minimum of 25 percent of combined graduates in academic

year 1996-97 who spend at

least 50 percent of their

work time in clinical practice in the specified settings.

“Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1994-95,

1995-96 and 1996-97, the

rate of placing graduates in

the specified settings increased by a minimum of 50

percent and that not less

than 15 percent of graduates

from the most recent years

are working in these settings. This preference will

be applied to applications

that rank above the 20th

percentile of applications

recommended for approval.

Funding priority will be

given to projects that conduct residency training in

the areas of general preventive medicine or public

health.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,800,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .13

Projected Award Date: 03/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 12/15/97

CFDA Number: 93.117

 Contact Person:

Ron Merrill

 rmerrill@hrsa.dhhs.gov

PHYSICIAN

ASSISTANTS

TRAINING

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 750 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293N

PURPOSE

Grants are awarded under

Section 750 of the Public

Health Service Act to eligible entities: (1) for the

training of physician assistants; and (2) for the training of individuals who will

teach in programs of such

training. The projects supported must meet the definition of a training program

for physician assistants as

defined under Section 799

of the Public Health Service

Act. By legislation, no

more than 10 percent of the

yearly appropriation can be

used for faculty development activities. Programs

assisted are primary care

oriented and stress educational experiences and practice location in health professional shortage areas.

The program assists schools

to meet the costs of projects

to plan, develop and operate

or maintain programs for

the training of physician

assistants or for the training

of individuals who teach in

programs of such training.

Programs must develop and

use methods designed to

encourage graduates of the

program to work in health

professional shortage areas

and methods for placing

graduates in positions for

which they have been

trained.

ELIGIBILITY

Accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or other public or

private nonprofit entities are

eligible applicants. Eligible

physician assistant programs

are those which are either

accredited by the American
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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

As provided in Section

791(a) of the Public Health

Service Act, statutory 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 2-

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.

In FY 1998, “high rate”

means that a minimum of

20 percent of all physician

assistant training program

graduates from academic

years 1995-96 or 1996-97,

whichever is greater, are

spending at least 50 percent

of their work time in clinical

practice in the specified

settings.

“Significant increase in the

rate” means that, between

academic years 1995-96 and

1996-97, the rate of placing

physician assistant training

program graduates in these

settings has increased by at

least 50 percent and not less

than 15 percent of 1996-97

graduates are working in

such settings.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$3,730,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .28

Technical Assistance

Group Conference

Call on November 6,

1997.

Contact Ed Spirer by October 22

to participate by calling

301-443-3456 or e-mail

espirer@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Projected Award Date: 05/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

 Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 12/22/97

CFDA Number: 93.886

Contact Person:

Edwin S. Spirer

 espirer@hrsa.dhhs.gov

GERIATRIC

EDUCATION

CENTERS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 777(A) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

294(O)

PURPOSE

This program supports 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, dentists,

optometrists, podiatrists,

pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants,

chiropractors, clinical psychologists, health administrators, and allied health

professionals. Projects
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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; (b)

develop and disseminate

curricula relating to the

treatment of health problems of elderly individuals;

(c) expand and strengthen

instruction in methods of

such treatment; (d) support

the training and retraining of

faculty to provide such

instruction; (e) support

continuing education of

health professionals and

allied health professionals

who provide such treatment;

and (f) establish new affiliations with nursing homes,

chronic and acute disease

hospitals, ambulatory care

centers, and senior centers

in order to provide students

with clinical training in

geriatric medicine.

ELIGIBILITY

Grants may be made to

accredited health professions schools as defined by

Section 799(1), or programs

for the training of physician

assistants as defined by

Section 799(3), or schools

of allied health as defined in

Section 799(4), or schools

of nursing as defined by

Section 853(2) 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

$1,978,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .12

Technical Assistance

Workshop Dates:

October 30-31, 1997

Contact Mita Hernandez by

October 1 on 301-443-6764 or

by e-mail

mhernandez@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Projected Award Date: 04/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

 Application Availability:10/01/97

Application Deadline: 12/19/97

CFDA Number: 93.969

Contact Person:

Susan Klein

sklein@hrsa.dhhs.gov

HEALTH CAREERS

OPPORTUNITY

PROGRAM (HCOP)

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 740 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293D

PURPOSE

The goal of this grant program is to increase the

number of individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds

in the health and allied

health professions in order

to meet the expanding

health care needs of

underserved populations.

The HCOP program works

to build diversity in the

health fields by providing

students from disadvantaged

backgrounds an opportunity

to enhance their academic

skills and needed support to

successfully compete, enter,

and graduate from health

professions schools. The

legislative purposes for

which HCOP funds may be

awarded are: recruitment,

preliminary education,

facilitating entry, retention,

and financial aid information

dissemination. Applicants

should pay particular attention to statutory and administrative funding priorities/

preferences and evaluation

criteria included in the

application materials.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants include

schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, public
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health, dentistry, veterinary

medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine,

allied health, chiropractic,

public or non-profit private

schools which offer graduate programs in clinical

psychology, and other public or private non-profit

health or educational

entities.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

A statutory funding priority

will be given to the following schools: (1) A school

which previously received

an HCOP grant and increased its first-year enrollment of individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds

by at least 20 percent over

that enrollment in the base

year 1987 (for which the

applicant must supply data)

by the end of three years

from the date of the award

of the HCOP grant; and (2)

A school which had not

previously received an

HCOP grant that increased

its first-year enrollment of

individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by at

least 20 percent over that

enrollment in the base year

1987 (for which the applicant must supply data) over

any period of time (three

consecutive years).

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$5,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .28

Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability:10/01/97

Application Deadline:01/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.822

 Contact Person:

Mario Manecci

mmanecci@hrsa.dhhs.gov

CENTERS OF

EXCELLENCE

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 739 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293C

PURPOSE

The goal of this program is

to assist health professions

schools in supporting programs of excellence in

health education for minority individuals in allopathic

medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. Specifically, the

program is to strengthen the

national capacity to train

minority students in these

health professions. Applicants for a Centers of Excellence grant must address

all of the following legislative purposes: Student

Recruitment; Student Performance; Faculty Recruitment, Training and Retention; Information Resources, Curricula and

Clinical Education; and

Faculty and Student Research.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible organizations are:

allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

and pharmacy.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

 $1,500,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .3
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Projected Award Date: 08/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 03/27/98

CFDA Number: 93.157

Contact Person:

Roland Garcia

 rgarcia@hrsa.dhhs.gov

STATE-SUPPORTED

MODEL AREA

HEALTH EDUCATION

CENTERS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 746(A)(3) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C. 201

PURPOSE

Cooperative agreements are

awarded for the Area Health

Education Centers (AHEC)

Program under Section

746(a)(3) of the Public

Health Service Act. 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 educational responsibilities of

health professions schools.

Emphasis is placed on

 community-based training

of primary care oriented

students, residents , and

providers. The AHEC

program assists schools in

the development, and operation of AHEC Centers 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

Public, or private nonprofit,

accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine

are eligible applicants.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Funds shall be awarded to

approved applicants in the

following order: (1) compet

ing continuations; (2) new

starts in States with no

AHEC program; (3) other

new starts; and (4) competing supplementals

MATCHING

REQUIREMENT

In Model State-Supported

AHEC Programs, nonFederal contributions in

cash shall consist of not less

than 50 percent of the total

costs of operating the program.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

 $3,028,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .12

Projected Award Date: 05/98

 Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 01/09/98

CFDA Number: 93.107

Contact Person:

 Joseph West

jwest@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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BASIC CORE AREA

HEALTH EDUCATION

CENTERS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 746(A)(1) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293J

PURPOSE

Cooperative agreements are

awarded for the Area Health

Education Centers (AHEC)

Program under Section

746(a)(1) of the Public

Health Service Act. 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 educational responsibilities of

health professions schools.

Emphasis is placed on community-based training of

primary care oriented students, residents, and providers. The AHEC program

assists schools in the planning, development, and

operation of AHEC Centers

to initiate 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 communitybased 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

Public, or private nonprofit,

accredited schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine

are eligible applicants.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

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

REQUIREMENT

In the Basic/Core AHEC

Programs, the awardee must

provide matching funds

from non-Federal sources at

a minimum of 25 percent of

the total program expenditures.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

 $4,728,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . . 5

Projected Award Date: 05/98

 Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 01/09/98

CFDA Number: 93.824

 Contact Person:

Louis D. Coccodrilli

lcoccodrilli@hrsa.dhhs.gov

MINORITY FACULTY

FELLOWSHIP

PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 738(B) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293B

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Minority

Faculty Fellowship Program

is to increase the number of

under-represented minority

faculty members in health

professions schools.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants for this

program are schools of

medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary

medicine, optometry,
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podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health, health

administration, clinical

psychology, and other public or private non-profit

health or educational entities.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

 $100,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .3

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

Projected Award Date: 06/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 03/27/98

CFDA Number: 93.923

Contact Person:

Lafayette Gilchrist

lgilchrist@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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RURAL HEALTH

PROGRAMS

RURAL OUTREACH

GRANT PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

PUBLIC LAW 104-299, THE HEALTH

CENTERS CONSOLIDATION ACT OF

1996, 42 U.S.C. 254(B)

PURPOSE

The purpose of this 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. There must be a

memorandum of agreement

or other formal arrangement

between members of a

network.

ELIGIBILITY

Rural public or nonprofit

entity that is or represents a

network or potential network that includes three or

more health care providers

or other entities that provide

or support the delivery of

health care services. 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

330G of the Public Health

Service Act. These organizations are eligible regardless of the urban or rural

location of the administrative headquarters.

FUNDING

PREFERENCES AND/OR

PRIORITIES

STATUTORY PREFERENCE

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 centers,

rural health clinics, and local

public health departments,

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, infant, and children program

(WIC) to improve access to

and coordination of health

care services.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$2,500,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .10-12

 Group Conference Call

 Date: January 15, 1998

Contact Lilly Smetana by

January 5 on 301-443-0835 or by

e-mail at lsmetana@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Projected Award Date:09/30/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 12/15/97

Application Deadline: 03/16/98

CFDA Number: Outreach

93.912A

 Contact Person:

 Arlene Granderson

agranderson@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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other entities that provide or

support the delivery of

health care services. 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

330G 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

STATUTORY PREFERENCE

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 centers,

rural health clinics, and local

public health departments

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,

RURAL NETWORK

DEVELOPMENT

GRANT PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

PUBLIC LAW 104-299, THE HEALTH

CENTERS CONSOLIDATION ACT OF

1996, 42 U.S.C. 254(B)

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. There must be a

memorandum of agreement

or other formal arrangement

between members of a

network. 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

Rural public or nonprofit

private entity that is or

represents a network which

includes three or more

health care providers or

school systems, and providers under the women, infants, and children program

(WIC) to improve access to

and coordination of health

care services.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$3,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .10-15

 Group Conference Call

 Date: January 22, 1998

Contact: Lilly Smetana by

January 9 on 301-443-0835 or by

e-mail at lsmetana@hrsa.dhhs.gov

Projected Award Date: 0 9/30/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 12/15/97

Application Deadline: 03/16/98

CFDA Number: Network

93.912B

 Contact Person:

 Jake Culp

 jculp@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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PURPOSE

This program encourages

applied research in maternal

and child health which has

the potential for ready transfer of findings to health care

delivery programs.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Special consideration for

funding will be given in FY

1998 to projects which: (1)

seek to develop measures of

racism and study its consequences for the health of

mothers and children; (2)

investigate the role that

fathers play in caring for

and nurturing the health,

growth, and development of

children; and (3) evaluate

the impact of health care

reform and managed care

on access to, use of, and

quality of maternal and child

health services.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,900,000

MATERNAL

AND CHILD

HEALTH

PROGRAMS

*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 non-profit 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.

MATERNAL AND

CHILD HEALTH

RESEARCH

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

NUMBER OF EXPECTED

AWARDS . . .10

Projected Award Dates:

September and January

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability:

Continuous

Application Deadlines:

March 1 and August 1

CFDA Number: 93.110RS

 Contact Person:

 Gontran Lamberty

 glamberty@hrsa.dhhs.gov

GENETIC SERVICES

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

This program supports

genetic services demonstrations in managed care environments, with Sickle Cell

children, patients and families affected by Thalassemia, genetic services

networks of provider and

consumers for purposes of

regional coordination and

dissemination, projects for

people with cultural barriers

to care, projects to bring

clinical genetics and new

National Institutes of Health
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findings to primary care

practitioners, and regional

teratogen information

services.

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

$3,572,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .25

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/27/98

Application Deadline: 04/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.110A

 Contact Person:

 Michele Lloyd-Puryear

mpuryear@hrsa.dhhs.gov

CHILDREN WITH

SPECIAL HEALTH

CARE NEEDS

MEDICAL HOME/

FAMILY

PROFESSIONAL

PARTNERSHIP

INITIATIVE

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this competition is to expand the

CSHCN Medical Home/

Family Professional Partnership Initiative in the

areas of: (1) development

and demonstration of innovative medical home models

for serving CSHCN, (2)

development and dissemination of national models for

CSHCN, and (3) demonstration of strategies for

monitoring and measuring

community service integration for CSHCN and their

families.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Priority will be given to

models included in managed

care settings which demonstrate expertise and capacity

in providing medical homes

for CSHCN, and evidence

of leadership in promoting

family/professional

partnerships.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,600,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .8

Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/02/98

Application Deadline: 04/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.110F

 Contact Person:

Diana Denboba

ddenboba@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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MANAGED CARE

FOR CHILDREN WITH

SPECIAL HEALTH

CARE NEEDS

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

This competition expands

the existing CSHCN managed care initiative, which

implements the National

Agenda for CSHCN Needs:

Achieving the Goals 2000.

The purpose is to design

and implement: (1) financing options for extending

coverage for comprehensive

specialty services for

CSHCN who have health

insurance with limited coverage, (2) new approaches

for identifying and tracking

CSHCN in managed care

organizations, (3) improved

systems of quality assurance

within managed care organizations (4) improved systems of specialty provider

network organization, and

(5) other managed care

practice innovations to serve

CSHCN more effectively.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Preference will be given to

partnerships with clearly

demonstrated expertise and

capacity in providing care

for CSHCN and their families.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$3,250,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .10

Projected Award Date: 09/98

 Contact:

 1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/02/98

Application Deadline: 03/10/98

CFDA Number: 93.110C

Contact Person:

Diane Rodill

drodill@hrsa.dhhs.gov

CHILDREN WITH

SPECIAL HEALTH

CARE NEEDS

ADOLESCENT

TRANSITION

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

This competition will fund a

cooperative agreement to

support the activities of the

MCHB “Healthy and Ready

to Work”, Adolescent Transition Initiative. The purpose of this agreement is to

(1) provide support efforts

to grantees, agencies, and

organizations regarding

policy initiatives related to

Supplemental Security

Income (SSI) recipients and

adolescents with special

health care needs, (2) establish and implement a dissemination and education

strategy to enhance timely

interactive communication,

including telecommunication

efforts between community

leaders and policy-makers

concerned with transition,

employment, and other

issues related to adolescents

with special health care

needs, and (3) expand and

enhance the capacity to

collect, analyze and use

quantitative and qualitative

data to promote independence and employment of

SSI recipients and adolescents with special health

care needs.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Preference will be given to

entities with clearly demonstrated expertise and capacity in addressing issues
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implement and evaluate

culturally competent service

delivery systems for those

at risk or impacted by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

and Other Infant Death.

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

$125,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .1

Projected Award Date: 04/98

 Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 12/31/97

Application Deadline: 02/27/98

CFDA Number: 93.110O

 Contact Person:

Paul S. Rusinko

prusinko@hrsa.dhhs.gov

related to SSI, State Systems Development Initiative

(SSDI), managed care/

CSHCN, and integrated

services for CSHCN.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$600,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .1

Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/02/98

Application Deadline: 04/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.110D

Contact Person:

Bonnie Strickland

bstrickland@hrsa.dhhs.gov

SUDDEN INFANT

DEATH SYNDROME

(SIDS)/OTHER

INFANT DEATH(OID)

PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to increase the capacity of

Title V programs to design,

LONG TERM

TRAINING IN

NURSING

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to provide graduate training of nurses for leadership

roles in the care of women,

infants, children, and adolescents in: (a) community/

public health programs

providing maternal and child

health services, including

those for children with

special health care needs; or

(b) academia.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Preference will be given to

graduate programs in maternal and pediatric nursing in

an accredited school of

nursing.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,050,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .7
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Projected Award Date: 07/98

C ontact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/15/98

Application Deadline: 03/16/98

CFDA Number: 93.110TE

Contact Person:

Shelley Benjamin

sbenjamin@hrsa.dhhs.gov

LONG TERM

TRAINING IN

NUTRITION

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

This program provides

graduate training of nutrition

professionals for leadership

roles in public health nutrition with emphasis on maternal and child health including children with special

health care needs.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Accredited institutions with

an established public health

nutrition graduate program

will be given preference.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$927,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .7

Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/15/98

Application Deadline: 03/16/98

CFDA Number: 93.110TG

Contact Person:

Shelley Benjamin

sbenjamin@hrsa.dhhs.gov

LONG TERM

TRAINING IN

LEADERSHIP

EDUCATION IN

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL

AND RELATED

DISABILITIES

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health Interdisciplinary Leadership

Education in

Neurodevelopmental and

Related Disabilities (LEND)

program is to improve the

health status of infants,

children, and adolescents

with, or at risk for,

neurodevelopmental and

related disabilities, including

mental retardation,

neurodegenerative and

acquired neurological disorders, and multiple handicaps. The educational

curricula emphasize the

integration of services supported by States, local

agencies, organizations,

private providers and communities. The LEND programs will prepare health

professionals to assist children and their families to

achieve their developmental

potentials by forging a

community-based partnership of health resources and

community leadership.

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

$8,019,000
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ties and practices of professionals in MCH and related

services and through modifying the systems that deliver services.

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

$1,068,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . . 20

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/27/98

Application Deadline: 07/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.110TO

Contact Person:

Shelley Benjamin

sbenjamin@hrsa.dhhs.gov

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .17

 Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/15/98

Application Deadline: 03/16/98

CFDA Number: 93.110TM

Contact Person:

Shelley Benjamin

sbenjamin@hrsa.dhhs.gov

CONTINUING

EDUCATION AND

DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to support and strengthen

Maternal and Child Health

programs through (1) shortterm, non-degree related

courses, workshops, conferences, symposia, institutes,

and distance learning strategies and or; (2) curricula,

guidelines, standards of

practice, and educational/

tools strategies designed to

assure quality health care

for the MCH population.

The goal is to improve the

health status of the MCH

population through enhancing the leadership capabiliHEALTHY

TOMORROWS

PARTNERSHIP FOR

CHILDREN

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to support projects for

mothers and children that

improve access to health

services and utilize preventive strategies. The initiative

encourages additional support from the private sector

and from foundations to

form community-based

partnerships to coordinate

health resources for pregnant women, infants and

children.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part 51a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

In the interest of equitable

geographic distribution,

special consideration for

funding will be given to

projects from States without

a currently funded project in

this category. These States

are: Arizona, Arkansas,

Colorado, Delaware,

Florida, Indiana, Iowa,

Louisiana, Mississippi,

Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North
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ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$600,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .4

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 12/01/97

Application Deadline: 03/31/98

CFDA Number: 93.110Y

 Contact Person:

Ellen Hutchins

ehutchins@hrsa.dhhs.gov

STATE MORTALITY

MORBIDITY REVIEW

SUPPORT PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to enable State Maternal

and Child Health programs

to stimulate, promote, coordinate, and sustain mortality

and morbidity review programs at state and local

levels in order to enhance

needs assessment capacity,

policy development, and

quality improvement efforts.

Examples of relevant processes include: child fatality

review, fetal and infant

mortality review, SIDS, and

adverse pregnancy outcome

reviews.

ELIGIBILITY

42 CFR Part a.3 *

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Preference will be given to

State Title V programs or

their designees.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit

Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,

Tennessee, Utah, West

Virginia, and Wyoming.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$300,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .6

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability:01/31/98

Application Deadline: 04/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.110V

 Contact Person:

 Latricia C. Robertson

lrobertson@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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COMMUNITY

INTEGRATED

SERVICE SYSTEMS

TO SUPPORT HEALTH

OF CHILDREN IN

OUT OF HOME CARE

AUTHORIZATION

TITLE V OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 42 U.S.C. 701

PURPOSE

The purpose of this program

is to identify, analyze, and

disseminate successful State

and local approaches for

implementing the Model

Standards for Children in

Foster Care as developed by

the Child Welfare League of

America and the American

Academy of Pediatrics.

The program will evaluate

and determine the

transferability of successful

approaches in varied

settings.

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

$400,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .1-5

Projected Award Date: 08/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/01/98

Application Deadline: 04/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.110Z

 Contact Person:

Audrey M. Yowell

ayowell@hrsa.dhhs.gov

EMERGENCY

MEDICAL SERVICES

FOR CHILDREN,

IMPLEMENTATION

GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 1910, PUBLIC HEALTH

SERVICE ACT AS AMENDED, 42

U.S.C. 300W-9

PURPOSE

This program provides

funding to improve the

capacity of a State’s Emergency Medical System

program to address the

particular needs of children.

Implementation grants are

used to assist States in

integrating research-based

knowledge and state-of-theart systems development

approaches into the existing

State EMS, MCH, and

CSHCN systems, using the

experience and products of

previous EMSC grantees.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are States

and Accredited Schools of

Medicine.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.
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ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

 $1,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .4

Projected Award Date: 08/98

 Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/17/98

Application Deadline: 04/13/98

CFDA Number: 93.127A

 Contact Person:

 Jean Athey

 jathey@hrsa.dhhs.gov

EMERGENCY

MEDICAL SERVICES

FOR CHILDREN,

(EMSC) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 1910 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT AS

AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. 300W-9

PURPOSE

This grant program supports

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: to increase the

involvement of families in

EMSC; to improve linkages

between local, regional, or

State agencies; or to assure

effective field triage of the

child in physical or emotional crisis to appropriate

facilities and/or other resources.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are States

and Accredited Schools of

Medicine.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$480,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .8

Projected Award Date:09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/17/98

Application Deadline: 04/13/98

CFDA Number: 93.127C

 Contact Person:

Jean Athey

jathey@hrsa.dhhs.gov

EMERGENCY

MEDICAL SERVICES

FOR CHILDREN,

TARGETED ISSUE

GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 1910 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT AS

AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. 300W-9

PURPOSE

This program addresses

specific, focused issues

related to the development

of Emergency Medical

Services for Children

knowledge and capacity.

Targeted issue priorities are

based on the Emergency

Medical Services Children

Five Year Plan. Proposals

may be submitted on emerging issues that are not included in the identified

priorities, any such proposals must demonstrate relevance to the Plan.
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ELIGIBILITY

Eligible applicants are States

and Accredited Schools of

Medicine.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

Targeted issues which will

receive a priority include:

cost- benefit analyses related to EMSC; implications

of managed care for

EMSC;evaluations of

EMSC components; risktaking behaviors of children

and adolescent; models for

improving the care of culturally distinct populations;

and/or children’s emergencies in disasters.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$520,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .4

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/17/98

Application Deadline: 04/13/98

CFDA Number: 93.127D

 Contact Person:

 Jean Athey

jathey@hrsa.dhhs.gov

TRAUMATIC BRAIN

INJURY (TBI) STATE

IMPLEMENTATION

GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 1242 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42, U.S.C.

300D-52 ET SEQ

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

Only State governments are

eligible for funding under

the TBI program demonstration grant program.

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

$850,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .4

Projected Award Date: 08/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/30/98

Application Deadline: 03/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.234A

Contact Person:

Stuart Swayze

 sswayze@hrsa.dhhs.gov

TRAUMATIC BRAIN

INJURY (TBI) STATE

PLANNING GRANTS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 1242 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42, U.S.C.

300D-52 ET SEQ

PURPOSE

The purpose of this grant

program is to improve

health and other services for

people who have sustained a

traumatic brain injury

(TBI). The state planning

grant program provides

funds to assist States

inestablishing infrastructure

as a prerequisite to implementation activities which

will move States toward
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Statewide systems that

assure access to comprehensive and coordinated TBI

services.

ELIGIBILITY

Only State governments are

eligible for funding under

the TBI program demonstration grant program.

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

$375,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .5

Projected Award Date: 08/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 01/30/98

Application Deadline: 03/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.234B

Contact Person:

Stuart Swayze

sswayze@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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PRIMARY

HEALTH CARE

PROGRAMS

PUBLIC HOUSING

PRIMARY CARE

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 330 (I) OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

254D

PURPOSE

This program is designed to

increase access to health

care and improve the health

status of public housing

residents by providing comprehensive primary health

care services in or near

public housing projects,

directly or through collaborative arrangements with

existing community based

programs/providers. It is

the intent of HRSA to continue to support health

services to the public housing populations in the same

areas/locations.

DEADLINE

Current grant expiration

dates vary by area throughout FY 1998. Application

for competing continuation

grants are normally due 120

days prior to the expiration

of the current grant award.

The 15 service areas are

listed with application deadline dates.

LIMITED COMPETITION

Applicants are limited to

currently funded programs

whose project period expire

in FY 1998, and new organizations proposing to serve

the same populations currently being served by these

existing programs.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$6,900,000

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF AWARDS . . .15

CFDA Number: 93.927

 Contact Person:

 Charles Woodson

cwoodson@hrsa.dhhs.gov

FIELD OFFICE

Communications with Field

Office staff is essential for

interested parties in deciding

whether to pursue Federal

funding. Technical assistance and detailed information about each service area

may be obtained by contacting the appropriate HRSA

Field Office.

EXISTING PUBLIC

HOUSING SERVICE

AREAS

HRSA FIELD OFFICE I

(617) 565-1482

ST CITY Deadline

MA Roxbury 10/01/97

Roxbury 10/01/97

Worcester 02/01/98

HRSA FIELD OFFICE II

(212) 264-2664

ST CITY Deadline

NY Buffalo 09/01/97

New York 07/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE III

(215) 596-6122

ST CITY Deadline

PA Philadelphia 06/01/98

HRSA FIELD OFFICE IV

(404) 331-0250

ST CITY Deadline

GA Atlanta 02/01/98

Marietta 06/01/98

Savannah 08/01/98

TN Rogersville 12/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE V

(312) 353-1715

ST CITY Deadline

IL Chicago 06/01/98

OH Cleveland 06/01/98
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HRSA FIELD OFFICE VI

(214) 767-3872

ST CITY Deadline

TX San Antonio 10/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE VII

(816) 426-5226

ST CITY Deadline

MO St. Louis 10/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE VIII

(303) 844-3203

ST CITY Deadline

CO Denver 07/01/97

GRANTS TO STATES

FOR LOAN

REPAYMENT

PROGRAMS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 338I OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 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 professionals shortage areas.

ELIGIBILITY

Any State is eligible to apply

for funding.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

MATCHING

REQUIREMENTS

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

that $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

The following criteria will

be used to evaluate applications: a) extent of State’s

need; b) special consideration given to health professional shortage areas with

large minority populations;

c) number/type of providers

to be placed; d) appropriateness of proposed placements; e) qualifications of

staff; f) suitability of approach and degree of coordination with Federal, State

and other programs; g)

source and plans for use of

State match; h) adequacy

and appropriateness of

proposed budget.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$1,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .6

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/01/98

Application Deadline: 04/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.165

 Contact Person:

Susan Salter

ssalter@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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GRANTS TO STATES

FOR COMMUNITY

SCHOLARSHIP

PROGRAMS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 338L OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

254T

PURPOSE

The purpose of these grant

funds is to assist States to

increase the availability of

primary health care in urban

and rural Federally designated health professional

shortage areas by assisting

public or private non-profit

community organizations to

provide scholarships for

education of individuals to

serve as health professionals

in these communities.

ELIGIBILITY

Any State is eligible to apply

for funding.

FUNDING PRIORITIES

AND/OR PREFERENCES

None

MATCHING

REQUIREMENTS

States seeking support must

agree (directly or through

donations from public or

private non-profit entities)

that 60 percent of the total

costs of the scholarships will

be paid from non-Federal

contributions made in cash

by the State and community

organization. The State

must make available through

cash contributions not less

that 15 percent nor more

than 25 percent of the costs.

The community organization must make available

not less than 35 percent nor

more than 45 percent of the

costs.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in

the application kit.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$100,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .3

Project Award Date: 9/98

Contact:

1-888-333-HRSA

Application Availability: 02/01/98

Application Deadline: 05/01/98

CFDA Number: 93.931

Contact Person:

Kay Cook

kcook@hrsa.dhhs.gov

COMMUNITY AND

MIGRANT HEALTH

CENTERS

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 330 OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 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. Assuming the availability of sufficient appropriated funds in FY 1998, 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 a medically

underserved population.

HRSA will open competition

for awards under Section

330 of the PHS 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 these grants. Eighty-two

C/MHC grantees will reach

the end of their project

periods during FY 1998.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF THIS COMPETITION

$68,000,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .82
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CFDA NUMBERS:

93.224 Community Health

Centers Program

93.336 Migrant Health Centers

Program

DEADLINE

Current grant expiration dates

vary by area throughout FY 1998.

Applications for competing continuation grants are normally due

120 days prior to the expiration of

the current grant award.

LIMITED COMPETITION

Applicants are limited to currently

funded programs whose project

periods expire in FY 1998 and

new organizations proposing to

serve the same populations currently being served by these

existing programs.

FIELD OFFICE

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 tracts, may

be obtained by contacting the

appropriate HRSA Field Office

listed.

HRSA FIELD OFFICE I

(617) 565-1482

State City Deadline

ME Bethel 10/01/97

Eastport 12/01/97

MA Springfield 03/01/98

Roxbury 10/01/97

NH Berlin 03/01/98

RI Pawtucke 09/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE II

(212) 264-2664

State City Deadline

NY Bronx 10/01/97

Bronx 10/01/97

Buffalo 09/01/97

PR Rio Grande 03/01/98

HRSA FIELD OFFICE III

(215) 596-6122

State City Deadline

PA Philadelphia 08/01/97

Chester 10/01/97

Hyndman 10/01/97

Philadelphia 02/01/98

VA Axton 10/01/97

St.Charles 02/01/98

WV Rainelle 08/01/97

Grafton 02/01/98
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HRSA FIELD OFFICE IV

(404) 331-0250

ST CITY Deadline

AL Tuscaloosa 08/01/97

Tuscaloosa 10/01/97

Huntsville 08/01/97

Birmingham 10/01/97

FL W.Palm Beach 09/01/97

Pompano Beach 09/01/97

Avon Park 10/01/97

Wewahitchka 12/01/97

St.Petersburg 02/01/98

Jacksonville 03/01/98

GA Morganton 08/01/97

Decatur 09/01/97

Columbus 03/01/98

KY Prestonburg 10/01/97

MS Mound Bayou 08/01/97

Biloxi 09/01/97

Clarksdale 02/01/98

Lexington 03/01/98

NC Snow Hill 08/01/97

Yanceyville 02/01/98

SC Greenville 10/01/97

Eastover 10/01/97

Rock Hill 10/01/97

Winnsboro 10/01/97

Fairfax 12/01/97

McClellanville 12/01/97

TN Wartburg 09/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE V

(312) 353-1715

ST CITY Deadline

IL Chicago 10/01/97

Chicago 03/01/98

MI Sparta 09/01/97

Detroit 10/01/97

Detroit 02/01/98

Pullman 12/01/97

Detroit 03/01/98

OH Akron 08/01/97

Youngstown 09/01/97

WI Milwaukee 09/01/97

Milwaukee 10/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE VI

(214) 767-3872

ST CITY Deadline

AR Corning 03/01/98

Marshall 03/01/98

LA Opelousas 03/01/98

Greensburg 03/01/98

OK Tulsa 12/01/97

TX Houston 09/01/97

Rio Grande City 10/01/97

Newton 12/01/97

Wichita Falls 03/01/98
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HRSA FIELD OFFICE VII

(816) 426-5226

ST CITY Deadline

KS Kansas City 03/01/98

NE Omaha 10/01/97

Lincoln 12/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE VIII

(303) 844-3203

ST CITY Deadline

CO Denver 09/01/97

ND Fargo 03/01/98

SD Rapid City 10/01/97

UT East Carbon 03/01/98

HRSA FIELD OFFICE IX

(415) 437-8090

ST CITY Deadline

AZ Tucson 09/01/97

CA Los Angeles 08/01/97

Los Angeles 10/01/97

Los Angeles 10/01/97

Fresno 08/01/97

NV Las Vegas 09/01/97

HRSA FIELD OFFICE X

(206) 615-2491

ST CITY Deadline

OR Klamath County 10/15/97

WA Tacoma 02/01/98

Pasco 02/01/98

Bermerton 03/01/98
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ADDITIONAL HRSA

PROGRAMS

Program information

and application materials

may be obtained by

calling or contacting the specific

telephone number provided.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR

DISADVANTAGED

STUDENTS PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 737 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH

SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C. 293A

PURPOSE

The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students 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 are enrolled, or

accepted for enrollment, as fulltime students at the eligible

schools.

ELIGIBILITY

Schools of allopathic medicine,

osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

optometry, pharmacy, podiatry,

veterinary medicine, clinical

psychology, public health, nursing, and allied health are eligible

for awards.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Final criteria are included in the

application kit.

.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF

THIS COMPETITION

$18,300,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF

AWARDS . . .450

FUNDING PRIORITIES AND/

OR PREFERENCES

Special consideration is given to

eligible schools that have enrollments of under- represented

minorities above the national

average for the discipline. Among

nursing schools, special consideration is also given to baccalaureate nursing programs.

 Projected Award Date: 05/98

Contact:

1-301-443-4776

FAX: 1-301-443-0846

Application Availability: 02/17/98

Application Deadline: 04/15/98

CFDA Number: 93.925

 Contact Person:

 Bruce Baggett

 bbaggett@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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training, leading to a degree from

an eligible school.

Only individuals who have not

served on the faculty of any

school at any time during the 18

months prior to June 30, 1997,

and who have/will have received

a faculty appointment between

June 30, 1997 and June 30, 1998

will be considered.

REVIEW CRITERIA

The individual must be from a

disadvantaged background, and

must not have served as a faculty

member at any school at any time

over the eighteen month period

prior to June 30, 1997. Applications will be reviewed taking the

following into consideration: (1)

The extent to which the applicant

meets the requirements of section

739(a) of the Public Health Service Act; (2) The completeness,

accuracy, and validity of the

applicant’s responses to application requirements; (3) The submission of the signed contract

with the school; (4) An

applicant’s earliest available date

to begin service as a faculty member provided funding is available

for that year; and (5) An

applicant’s availability to enter

into a service contract for a longer

period than the mandatory 2-year

minimum.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF

THIS COMPETITION

$800,000

PURPOSE

The Faculty Loan Repayment

Program encourages disadvantaged representation in health

professions faculty positions.

The program provides loan repayment of up to 20 percent of the

outstanding principal and interest

on an individual’s educational

loans, 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. The school and the

Secretary pay equal amounts,

unless the Secretary determines

that the repayment will impose an

undue financial hardship on the

school, in which case the Secretary may pay up to the entire

20percent. Each recipient of loan

repayment must agree to serve as

a faculty member for at least two

years.

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 allopathic medicine,

osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

pharmacy, podiatric medicine,

optometry, veterinary medicine,

public health, clinical psychology,

or nursing; or (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 the

final year of health professions

FACULTY LOAN

REPAYMENT PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 738M OF THE PUBLIC

HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C.

293B
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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF

AWARDS . . .25

FUNDING PRIORITIES AND/

OR PREFERENCES

None

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, a diploma in nursing, or a graduate

degree in nursing; b) have unpaid educational loans obtained

for nurse training; c) be a citizen

or national 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 an Indian Health Service health center; a Native

Hawaiian health center, a public

hospital (operated by a State,

county, or local government); a

health center funded under

Section 330 of the Public Health

Service Act (including migrant,

homeless, and public housing

health centers), a rural health

clinic (Section 1861 (aa)(2) of

the Social Security Act); or a

public or nonprofit private health

facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical shortage of

nurses.

FUNDING PRIORITIES AND/

OR PREFERENCES

In making awards under this

Section, preferences will be

given to qualified applicants: 1)

who have the greatest financial

need and 2) who agree to serve

in the types of health facilities

described above, that are located

in geographic areas determined

LOAN REPAYMENT

PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION

SECTION 846(H) OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH

SERVICE ACT, 42 U.S.C. 297

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 statute.

Projected Award Date: 09/98

Contact:

1-301-443-1700

FAX: 1-301-443-0846

Application Availability: 01/02/98

Application Deadline: 06/30/98

CFDA Number: 93.923

 Contact Person:

Shirley Zimmerman

szimmerman@hrsa.dhhs.gov
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by the Secretary to have a

shortage of and need for

nurses.

REVIEW CRITERIA

Awards are determined by

formula.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF COMPETITION

$2,251,000

ESTIMATED NUMBER

OF AWARDS . . .200

Project Award Date: 09/30/98

Contact:

 (301) 594-4400

 1-800-435-6464

FAX (301) 594-4981

Application Availability: 11/01/98

Application Deadline: 08/31/98

CFDA Number: 93.908

 ContactPerson:

 SharleyChen

4350 East-West Highway

 10th Floor

 Bethesda, Maryland 20814

schen@hrsa.dhhs.gov

BETWEEN ISSUES

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Federal Register for grant

announcements that may

appear after the HRSA Preview is issued. HRSA anticipates announcing a research

program relating to early

discharge for new mothers,

contact Samuel Kessel at

wkessel@hrsa.dhhs.gov, and

new Healthy Start partnerships for Wisconsin and

Mississippi, contact Thurma

McCann at

tmccann@hrsa.dhhs.gov.
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