[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 54256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21339]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Careers Opportunity Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Program Expansion Supplements to
Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Grantees To Develop or
Enhance Educational Pipeline Strategies With Behavioral Health
Professions.
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SUMMARY: HRSA is issuing non-competitive program expansion supplements
to all 17 fiscal year (FY) 2013 HCOP grantees to include
interprofessional health educational activities focused on careers in
behavioral health, such as a graduate degree in Clinical or Counseling
Psychology, Clinical Social Work, and/or Marriage and Family Therapy.
This expanded focus could be formed through collaboration with a
Behavioral Health Department/School or Program that is within the
current HCOP academic institution or accessible within the
institution's geographic region. Approximately $1,900,000 will be
available for this effort. HCOP grantees currently have the expertise,
experience, and infrastructure to quickly and efficiently implement the
behavioral health supplemental initiative within their existing
educational programming. The program expansion supplements will allow
the Bureau of Health Professions to consolidate resources and meet the
growing need for and access to skilled and culturally competent
behavioral health professionals within a currently existing grant
program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipients of the Award: 17 FY 2013 HCOP awardees, as
follows:
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Anticipated
FY 2013
Grant No. Institution name State supplemental
amount
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D18HP23034.................... University of AL $111,764
Alabama
Birmingham.
D18HP23007.................... University of AZ 111,764
Arizona.
D18HP10623.................... University of CA 111,764
California, San
Diego.
D18HP23028.................... D'Youville NY 111,764
College.
D18HP10617.................... Marquette WI 111,764
University.
D18HP05283.................... Meharry Medical TN 111,764
College.
D18HP23030.................... Michigan State MI 111,764
University.
D18HP10625.................... University of MI 111,764
Michigan-Flint.
D18HP10627.................... Mount Sinai NY 111,764
School of
Medicine.
D18HP23032.................... University of TX 111,764
Texas Medical
Branch.
D18HP23014.................... Research NY 111,764
Foundation of
the State
University of
New York.
D18HP23023.................... Howard DC 111,764
University.
D18HP23019.................... St. Vincent IN 111,764
Health.
D18HP23031.................... Northeastern VT 111,764
Vermont AHEC.
D18HP10618.................... University of MN 111,764
Minnesota.
D18HP24087.................... University of MI 111,764
Detroit Mercy.
D18HP24088.................... University of NM 111,764
New Mexico
Health Sciences
Center.
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Amount of Award: $111,764 per grantee.
Project Period: September 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014.
CFDA Number: 93.822.
Authority: Title VII, Section 739 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended by Section 5402 of the Affordable Care Act.
Justification: A diverse health professions workforce is critical
to achieving greater health equity and ensuring access to quality
health care services for underrepresented and underserved populations.
The increasing diversity of the U.S. population requires a health care
workforce that is reflective of the population, knowledgeable, and
culturally competent to care for a growing range of health care needs
and to serve populations in hard to reach places. HRSA's HCOP grant
program serves as a pipeline program by encouraging, cultivating, and
supporting students from economically and academically disadvantaged
backgrounds to enter health care fields. To date, HCOP has primarily
focused on exposure to careers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and
allied health. With the growing need for mental health and substance
abuse services (behavioral health), there is an opportunity to expand
the HCOP focus to include opportunities in the behavioral health
professions (i.e., social work, psychology, marriage and family
therapy).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia-Nicole Leak, Ph.D., Division of
Public Health and Interdisciplinary Education, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 9C-26, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or email [email protected].
Dated: August 27, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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