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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Availability of the HRSA Competitive

Grants Preview

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration.

ACTION: General Notice.

SUMMARY: HRSA announces the

availability of the HRSA Competitive

Grants Preview publication for Fall

1997. This edition of the Preview is a

comprehensive review of HRSA’s Fiscal

Year 1998 programs.

The purpose of the Preview is to

provide the general public with a single

source of program and application

information related to the Agency’s

annual grant planning review. The

Preview is designed to replace multiple

Federal Register notices which

traditionally advertised the availability

of HRSA’s discretionary funds for its

various programs. In this edition of the

Preview, HRSA’s programs which

provide funding for loan repayments

and scholarships to individuals have

been included in the section

‘‘Additional HRSA Programs.’’ It should

be noted that other program initiatives

responsive to new or emerging issues in

the health care area and unanticipated

at the time of publication of the

Preview, may be advertised through the

Federal Register mechanism from timeto-time. Deadlines or other requirements

appearing in the Federal Register are

not changed by this notice.

The Preview contains a description of

competitive and additional programs

scheduled for review in Fiscal Year

1998 and includes instructions on how

to access the Agency for information

and receive application kits for all

programs announced. Specifically, the

following information is included in the

Preview: Program Title, Legislative

Authority, Purpose, Eligibility,

Estimated Amount of Competition,

Estimated Number of Awards, Funding

Priorities and/or Preferences, Projected

Award Date, Application Deadline,

Application Kit Availability, Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

program identification number, and

programmatic contact.

This Fall 1997 issue of the Preview

relates to funding under HRSA

discretionary authorities and programs

as follows:

HIV/AIDS Programs

• Ryan White Title III Outpatient

Early Intervention.

• Ryan White Title III HIV Planning

Grants.

• Ryan White Title IV Coordinated

HIV Services and Access to Research—

Geographic Areas With Currently

Funded Title IV Projects.

• Ryan White Title IV Coordinated

HIV Services and Access to Research—

New Geographic Areas.

• Ryan White Title IV Adolescent

Services

• Ryan White HIV Service Delivery

Models.

Health Professions Programs

• Nurse Anesthetists: (1) Program

Grants; (2) Traineeships; and (3)

Fellowships.

• Nursing Education Opportunities

for Individuals from Disadvantaged

Backgrounds.

• Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Midwife.

• Professional Nurse Traineeships.

• Advanced Nurse Education.

• Nursing Special Projects.

• Predoctoral Training in Family

Medicine.

• Departments of Family Medicine.

• Allied Health Project Grants.

• Residencies and Advanced

Education in the Practice of General

Medicine.

• Residency Training in Preventive

Medicine.

• Physician Assistants Training.

• Geriatric Education Centers.

• Health Careers Opportunity

Program.

• Centers of Excellence.

• State-Supported Model Area Health

Education Centers.

• Basic Core Area Health Education

Centers.

• Minority Faculty Fellowship

Program.

Rural Health Programs

• Rural Outreach Grant Program.

• Rural Network Development Grant

Program.

Maternal and Child Health Programs

• Maternal and Child Health Research

Cycle.

• Genetic Services.

• Children with Special Health Care

Needs (CSHCN) Medical Home/Family

Professional Partnership Initiative.

• Managed Care for Children with

Special Health Care Needs.

• Children with Special Health Care

Needs—Adolescent Transition.

• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(SIDS)/Other Infant Death (OID)

Program.

• Long Term Training in Nursing.

• Long Term Training in Nutrition.

• Long Term Training in Leadership

Education in Neurodevelopmental and

Related Disabilities.

• Continuing Education and

Development.

• Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for

Children.

• State Mortality Morbidity Review

Support Program.

• Community Integrated Service

Systems to Support Children In/Out of

Home Care.

• Emergency Medical Services for

Children, Implementation Grants.

• Emergency Medical Services for

Children, Partnership Grants.

• Emergency Medical Services for

Children, Targeted Issue Grants.

• Traumatic Brain Injury State

Implementation Grants.

• Traumatic Brain Injury State

Planning Grants.

Primary Health Care Programs

• Community and Migrant Health

Centers.

• Public Housing Primary Care.

• Grants to States for Loan

Repayment Programs.

• Grants to States for Community

Scholarship Programs.

Additional HRSA Programs

• Scholarships for Disadvantaged

Students Program.

• Faculty Loan Repayment Program.

• Nurse Education Loan Repayment

Program.

Certain other information including,

how to obtain and use the Preview, and

grant terminology also may be found in

the Preview.

ADDRESSES: Individuals may obtain the

HRSA Preview by calling toll free

number, 1–888–333–HRSA. The HRSA

Preview may also be accessed on the

World Wide Web on the HRSA Home

Page at: http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Claude Earl Fox,

Acting Administrator.

Attachment A

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.
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• 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.

DHHS Service Standards for

Partnership With Grantees

The Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) 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:

(1) Invite our partners to collaborate

in the development of HHS program

policies and procedures.

(2) Emphasize program outcomes

rather than process.

(3) Create no new unfunded mandates

through policy or process changes.

(4) Provide prompt, courteous service

and accessible information.

(5) Process waiver requests from

States as quickly as possible, generally

within 120 days.

(6) Provide technical assistance to

help our partners meet program goals.

(7) Work with our partners to assure

integrity in the use of public funds.

(8) Assist our partners to develop

their own standards of customer service.

PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE

Program Deadline

HIV/AIDS Programs

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

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

Ryan White Title IV Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research—Geographic Areas With Currently Funded Title IV

Projects.

04/01/98

Ryan White Title IV Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research—New Geographic Areas ............................................ 04/01/98

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

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

Health Professions Programs

Nurse Anesthetist Program Grants ................................................................................................................................................. 02/02/98

Traineeships, and Fellowships ........................................................................................................................................................ 12/01/97

Nursing Education Opportunities for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds ..................................................................... 11/24/97

Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Midwifery ................................................................................................................................................ 12/19/97

Professional Nurse Traineeships .................................................................................................................................................... 11/03/97

Advanced Nurse Education ............................................................................................................................................................ 02/02/98

Nursing Special Projects ................................................................................................................................................................. 01/16/98

Predoctoral Training in Family Medicine ........................................................................................................................................ 11/07/97

Departments of Family Medicine .................................................................................................................................................... 03/16/98

Allied Health Project Grants ............................................................................................................................................................ 02/17/98

Residencies and Advanced Education in the Practice of General Dentistry ................................................................................. 12/01/97

Residency Training in Preventive Medicine .................................................................................................................................... 12/15/97

Physician Assistants Training ......................................................................................................................................................... 12/22/97

Geriatric Education Centers ............................................................................................................................................................ 12/19/97

Health Careers Opportunity Program ............................................................................................................................................. 01/30/98

Centers of Excellence ..................................................................................................................................................................... 03/27/98

State-Supported Model AHEC ........................................................................................................................................................ 01/09/98

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

Minority Faculty Fellowship Program .............................................................................................................................................. 01/30/98

Rural Health Programs

Rural Outreach Grant Program ....................................................................................................................................................... 03/16/98

Rural Network Development Grant Program .................................................................................................................................. 03/16/98

Maternal and Child Health Programs

Maternal and Child Health Research .............................................................................................................................................. 03 and 08/01/98

Genetic Services ............................................................................................................................................................................. 04/30/98

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Medical Home/Family Professional Partnership Initiative ........................... 04/01/98

Managed Care for CSHCN ............................................................................................................................................................. 03/10/98

CSHCN Adolescent Transition ........................................................................................................................................................ 04/01/98

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/Other Infant Death (OID) Program ................................................................................. 02/27/98

Long Term Training in Nursing ....................................................................................................................................................... 03/16/98

Long Term Training in Nutrition ...................................................................................................................................................... 03/16/98

Long Term Training in Leadership Education, in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities .................................................. 03/16/98
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PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE—Continued

Program Deadline

Continuing Education and Development ........................................................................................................................................ 07/01/98

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children ................................................................................................................................. 04/30/98

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

Community Integrated Service Systems to Support Children In/Out of Home Care ..................................................................... 04/30/98

Emergency Medical Services for Children, Implementation Grants ............................................................................................... 04/13/98

Emergency Medical Services for Children, Partnership Grants ..................................................................................................... 04/13/98

Emergency Medical Services for Children, Targeted Issue Grants ............................................................................................... 04/13/98

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

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

Primary Health Care Programs

Community and Migrant Health Centers ........................................................................................................................................ Varies

Public Housing Primary Care .......................................................................................................................................................... Varies

Grants To States For Loan Repayment Programs ......................................................................................................................... 04/01/98

Grants To States For Community Scholarship Programs .............................................................................................................. 05/01/98

Additional HRSA Programs

Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program ....................................................................................................................... 04/15/98

Faculty Loan Repayment Program ................................................................................................................................................. 06/30/98

Nurse Education Loan Repayment Program .................................................................................................................................. 08/31/98

How to Obtain and Use the Preview

It is recommended that you read the

introductory materials, terminology

section, and individual program

category descriptions before contacting

the general number 1–888–333–HRSA.

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.

To Obtain a Copy of the Preview

To have your name and 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 HRSA

Home Page via World Wide Web at:

http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov Application

materials are currently available for

downloading in the current cycle for

some HRSA programs. HRSA’s goal is to

post application forms and materials for

all programs.

You can download this issue of the

Preview in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf)

from HRSA’s web site at: http://

www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/preview.htm. Also,

you can register on-line to be sent

specific grant application materials by

following the instructions on the web

page. Your mailing information will be

added to our database and material will

be sent to you when it becomes

available.

Grant Terminology

Application Deadlines

Applications will be considered ‘‘on

time’’ if they are either received on or

before the established deadline date or

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 governmentwide 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 applicant

organization or the organization to

provide training to a fellow, has

adequate facilities and manpower.

• That, insofar as practical, the

proposed activities (scientific or other),

if well executed, are capable of attaining

project objectives.

• That the project objectives are

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.

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 were 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

simplified information on grants

applications and procedures.

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

Projected Award Date: FY 1998

Contact: 1–888–333–HRSA

Application Availability: 7/10/97

Application Deadline: 10/10/97

CDFA Number: 93.918
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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

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

Part C of Title XXVI of the Public

Health Service as Amended by the Ryan

White Care Act Amendments of 1996,

Public Law 104–146, 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 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 applicants 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

centers 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
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Ryan White Title IV Grants for

Coordinated HIV Services and Access

to Research for Infants, Children,

Youth, Women and Families—

Geographic Areas With Currently

Funded Title IV Projects

Authorization

Section 2671 of the Ryan White Care

Act, as amended by Public Law 104–

146, 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 should address the goals of

enrolling and maintaining clients in HIV

primary care; increasing client access to

research by linking HIV/AIDS clinical

research trials and activities with

comprehensive care; fostering the

development and support of

comprehensive, community-based and

family centered care infrastructures, and

emphasizing prevention within the care

system 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 in geographic areas

currently served by Title IV that are

proposing to serve the same areas

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 infants,

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 Infants, Children, Youth,

Women and Families—New Geographic

Areas

Authorization

Section 2671 of the Ryan White Care

Act, as amended by Public Law 104–

146, 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 (2) address the intensity

of service needs, high costs, and other

complex barriers to comprehensive care

and research experienced by

underserved, at-risk and limited

populations. Activities under these

grants should address the goals of:

enrolling and maintaining clients in HIV

primary care; increasing client access to

research by linking HIV/AIDS clinical

research trials and activities with

comprehensive care; fostering the

development and support of

comprehensive, community-based and

family centered care infrastructures; and

emphasizing prevention within the care

system 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 below.

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), for FY 1998 expiring Title IV

projects.

State City

AL ........... Birmingham/Montgomery.

CA .......... Los Angeles.

La Jolla/San Diego.

Oakland.

San Francisco.

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.

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.
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Funding Preference and/or Priorities

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 underserved

communities where the HIV/AIDS

epidemic is increasing.

Review Criteria

Final criteria are included in the

application kit.

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 Ryan White Care

Act, as amended by Public Law 104–

146, 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 organizations 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: 04/01/98

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

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 communitybased 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

Health Professions Programs

Underlined areas provide additional

information to the Summer 97 Preview.

Nurse Anesthetist Program; (1) Program

Grants (2) Traineeships; and (3)

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 (CRNA)

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 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 minimum

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 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
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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 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 Date: 03/98

Fellowships & Traineeship Program;

05/98 Program Grants

Contact: 1–888–333–HRSA

Application Availability: 07/15/97

Application Deadline: 12/01/97

Fellowships & Traineeships; 02/02/98

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

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 nurse-midwives 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.

Statutory Special Considerations

Special consideration will be given to

qualified applicants that agree to
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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 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

$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.

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: 03/97

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.

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
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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

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 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 lowincome populations identified as at-risk

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 Family

Medicine

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
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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.

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.

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 email 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 community-based training

programs that link academic centers to

medically underserved or rural

communities, develop curriculum

relevant to the emerging health care

system, provide interdisciplinary
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training experiences, and expand or

establish demonstration centers to

emphasize innovative models to link

allied health clinical practice,

education, and research.

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 are set forth below. 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,

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 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: October 23, 1997

Contact Kathy Hayes by October 10, fax

301–443–1164, khayes@hrsa.dhhs.gov

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 postgraduate 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.

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
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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 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: November 6, 1997. Contact Ed

Spirer by October 22 to participate at

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

(GECs), 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 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
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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

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 (COE)

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 COE 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

$4,000,000

Estimated Number of Awards

3

Projected Award Date: 8/98

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)

Competing 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, non-Federal contributions in

cash shall consist of not less than 50

percent of the total costs of operating

the program.
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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

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

(MFFP)

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, 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

FAX: 1–301–309–0579

Application Availability: 10/01/97

Application Deadline: 03/27/98

CFDA Number: 93.923

Contact Person: Lafayette Gilchrist

lgilchrist@hrsa.dhhs.gov

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
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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

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 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,

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: 09/30/98

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

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.

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

Number of Expected Awards

10

Projected Award Date: September and

January

Contact: 1–888–333–HRSA

Application Availability: Continuous

Application Deadline: 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
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bring clinical genetics and new National

Institutes of Health 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 (CSHCN) Medical Home/Family

Professional Partnership Initiative

Authorization

Title V of the State 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

Managed Care for Children With

Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

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 (CSHCN) 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 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, implement and

evaluate culturally competent service

delivery systems for those at risk or

impacted by Sudden Infant Death

Syndrome and Other Infant Death.
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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

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

Projected Award Date: 07/98

Contact: 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 (LEND)

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 communitybased 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

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)

short-term, 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

capabilities 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
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Healthy 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 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

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.

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

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 (EMSC), 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-the-art 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.

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.
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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 (EMSC), 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 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.

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; risk-taking

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 in establishing infrastructure as a

prerequisite to implementation

activities which will move States

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

$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

Primary Health Care Programs

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. Eightytwo C/MHC grantees will reach the end

of their project periods during FY 1998.

Estimated Amount of This Competition

$68,000,000
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Estimated Number of Awards

82

CFDA Number: 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, can be obtained by contacting the

appropriate HRSA Field Office listed.

State City Application

deadline

HRSA Field Office I (617) 565–1482

ME ......... Bethel ..................... 10/01/97

Eastport .................. 12/01/97

MA ......... Springfield ............... 03/01/98

Roxbury .................. 10/01/97

NH .......... Berlin ...................... 03/01/98

RI ........... Pawtucket ............... 09/01/97

HRSA Field Office II (212) 264–2664

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

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

HRSA Field Office IV (404) 331–0250

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

State City Application

deadline

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

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

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 Cy ....... 10/01/97

Newton ................... 12/01/97

Wichita Falls ........... 03/01/98

HRSA Field Office VII (816) 426–5226

KS .......... Kansas City ............ 03/01/98

NE .......... Omaha .................... 10/01/97

Lincoln .................... 12/01/97

HRSA Field Office VIII (303) 844–3203

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

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

OR ......... Klamath County ...... 10/15/97

WA ......... Tacoma ................... 02/01/98

Pasco ...................... 02/01/98

Bermerton ............... 03/01/98

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 can be obtained by contacting the

appropriate HRSA Field Office.

Existing Public Housing Service Areas

State City Application

deadline

HRSA Field Office I (617) 565–1482

MA ......... Roxbury .................. 10/01/97

MA ......... Roxbury .................. 10/01/97

MA ......... Worcester ............... 02/01/98

HRSA Field Office II (212) 264–2664

NY .......... Buffalo .................... 09/01/97

NY .......... New York ................ 07/01/97
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State City Application

deadline

HRSA Field Office III (215) 596–6122

PA .......... Philadelphia ............ 06/01/98

HRSA Field Office IV (404) 331–0250

GA .......... Atlanta .................... 02/01/98

GA .......... Marietta ................... 06/01/98

GA .......... Savannah ............... 08/01/98

TN .......... Rogersville .............. 12/01/97

HRSA Field Office V (312) 353–1715

IL ............ Chicago .................. 06/01/98

OH ......... Cleveland ................ 06/01/98

HRSA Field Office VI (214) 767–3872

TX .......... San Antonio ............ 10/01/97

HRSA Field Office VII (816) 426–5226

MO ......... St. Louis ................. 10/01/97

HRSA Field Office VIII (303) 844–3203

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) nonFederal contributions in cash in an

amount equal to not less than $1 for $1

of Federal funds provided in the grant.

In determining the amount of nonFederal 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

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 nonFederal contributions made in cash by

the State and community organization.

The State must make available through

cash contributions not less than 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

Additional HRSA Programs

Telephone Symbol: Program

information and application materials

may be obtained by calling or contacting

the specific telephone number provided.

Scholarships for Disadvantaged

Students (SDS) 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 for scholarships to students

from disadvantaged backgrounds who

are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment,

as full-time students.

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. Also,

among nursing schools, special

consideration is given to baccalaureate

nursing programs.

Projected Award Date: 05/98
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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

Faculty Loan Repayment Program

(FLRP)

Authorization

Section 738M of the Public Health

Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293b.

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 20 percent.

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 training,

leading to a degree from an eligible

school.

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.

Review Criteria

Final criteria are included in the

application kit.

Estimated Amount of This Competition

$800,000

Estimated Number of Awards

25

Funding Priorities and/or Preferences

None.

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

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.

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 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; (301) 594–

4981 (FAX) 1–800–435–6464

Application Availability: 11/01/97

Application Deadline: 08/31/98

CFDA Number: 93.908

Contact Person: Sharley Chen, 4350

East-West Highway, 10th Floor,

Bethesda, Maryland 20814,

schen@hrsa.dhhs.gov

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