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Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum
Development Program; Notification of
Exception to Competition
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
AGENCY:
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Notification of exception to
competition.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration’s (HRSA)
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of
Healthcare Preparedness Bioterrorism
Training and Curriculum Development
Program (BTCDP) will provide
supplemental funding to approximately
five fiscal year (FY) 2006 BTCDP
awardees to plan, test and evaluate the
expansion of regional healthcare
preparedness training efforts to a
nationwide focus. A limited
competition within the existing 19
awardees will be used to identify the
recipients.
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Authority: This activity is under that
authority of the Public Health Service
Act, Title III, Section 319F(g), 42 U.S.C.
247d–6(g).
Purpose: The purpose of
supplemental awards is to expand the
reach of the originally approved BTCDP
awards from the currently approved
geographic region to include the entire
Nation. The intended recipients of this
limited eligibility program expansion
will be the successfully competed and
objectively reviewed applicants from
the already supported 19 regional
BTCDP awardees. The program
expansion will enhance consistency in
preparedness training by providing
proven training through a nationwide
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focus. Previous efforts have consisted of
a more limited approach focusing
training at a local/regional level.
Amount: The anticipated award
amount of $1.8 million will be
distributed among the 4 or 5 most
highly ranked (by objective review)
applicants from the existing 19 BTCDP
awardees. Awards will average
$360,000.
Project Period: The period of support
is from September 30, 2006, to August
31, 2007, and will align with the
existing budget period.
Justification for the Exception to
Competition: Open competition
applications for the BTCDP program
were received and reviewed by an
objective review panel in the summer of
FY 2005, at which time BTCDP’s local
and regional training plans, curriculum
and evaluation strategies were reviewed
and approved. A total of 74 Continuing
Education applications were reviewed
and 50 applications were approved.
Nineteen projects were funded after
careful review from a strongly
competitive pool of applicants,
emerging as the strongest entities with
proven experience and track records to
expand their accomplishments to a
nationwide target of healthcare
providers. Since that time, the awardees
have continued to use Federal funds to
align their training with the National
Preparedness Goal and to deliver
training consistent with HRSA’s goals.
BTCDP funded programs are uniquely
suited to participate in this geographic
expansion based upon their authorship
and mastery of tested curriculum.
BTCDP awardees have been awarded
funds specifically to develop training
strategies for all healthcare
professionals. Their experiences have
made them uniquely aware of potential
pitfalls to be overcome in developing
and testing a national training plan and
have the expertise to respond to such
barriers as they arise. Since the
inception of the program in FY 2003,
BTCDP awardees have been responsible
for the training of 225,000 healthcare
providers on a locality-by-locality basis
and stand ultimately poised to deploy
and evaluate national training strategies.
BTCDP awardees are highly regarded
academic institutions which have
dedicated staff and infrastructure to
create quality training opportunities for
healthcare providers. Curriculum
created with BTCDP dollars has already
been approved by the academic
institutions from which they emanate
and has already secured the approval of
healthcare professional continuing
education accreditation bodies.
Awardees possess the building blocks of
the infrastructure necessary to
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efficiently test a national training
system, and they have the knowledge
and experience necessary to ensure the
efficient use of funds for healthcare
preparedness training.
The BTCDP is the only Federal
program solely committed to the
preparedness training of healthcare
providers. As such, BTCDP awardees
share curriculum, accomplishments and
lessons learned through an established
network on a regular basis, a network
vital to the development of a national
plan. Awardees stand uniquely
prepared to respond to congressional
demand for an efficient and effective
national training strategy within the
fiscal and time constraints of this
supplement. This supplement is the first
step in meeting this demand through the
efficient use of proven curriculum by
experienced trainers on a national basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, please contact Terri
Spear, Chief, Emergency Training
Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13–
103, Rockville, Maryland 20857. E-mail:
tspear@hrsa.gov.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
[CFDA 93.996]
Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program;
Notification of Exception to Competition
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notification of exception to competition.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA)
Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Healthcare Preparedness
Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP) will
provide supplemental funding to approximately five fiscal year (FY)
2006 BTCDP awardees to plan, test and evaluate the expansion of
regional healthcare preparedness training efforts to a nationwide
focus. A limited competition within the existing 19 awardees will be
used to identify the recipients.
Authority: This activity is under that authority of the Public
Health Service Act, Title III, Section 319F(g), 42 U.S.C. 247d-6(g).
Purpose: The purpose of supplemental awards is to expand the reach
of the originally approved BTCDP awards from the currently approved
geographic region to include the entire Nation. The intended recipients
of this limited eligibility program expansion will be the successfully
competed and objectively reviewed applicants from the already supported
19 regional BTCDP awardees. The program expansion will enhance
consistency in preparedness training by providing proven training
through a nationwide
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focus. Previous efforts have consisted of a more limited approach
focusing training at a local/regional level.
Amount: The anticipated award amount of $1.8 million will be
distributed among the 4 or 5 most highly ranked (by objective review)
applicants from the existing 19 BTCDP awardees. Awards will average
$360,000.
Project Period: The period of support is from September 30, 2006,
to August 31, 2007, and will align with the existing budget period.
Justification for the Exception to Competition: Open competition
applications for the BTCDP program were received and reviewed by an
objective review panel in the summer of FY 2005, at which time BTCDP's
local and regional training plans, curriculum and evaluation strategies
were reviewed and approved. A total of 74 Continuing Education
applications were reviewed and 50 applications were approved. Nineteen
projects were funded after careful review from a strongly competitive
pool of applicants, emerging as the strongest entities with proven
experience and track records to expand their accomplishments to a
nationwide target of healthcare providers. Since that time, the
awardees have continued to use Federal funds to align their training
with the National Preparedness Goal and to deliver training consistent
with HRSA's goals.
BTCDP funded programs are uniquely suited to participate in this
geographic expansion based upon their authorship and mastery of tested
curriculum. BTCDP awardees have been awarded funds specifically to
develop training strategies for all healthcare professionals. Their
experiences have made them uniquely aware of potential pitfalls to be
overcome in developing and testing a national training plan and have
the expertise to respond to such barriers as they arise. Since the
inception of the program in FY 2003, BTCDP awardees have been
responsible for the training of 225,000 healthcare providers on a
locality-by-locality basis and stand ultimately poised to deploy and
evaluate national training strategies.
BTCDP awardees are highly regarded academic institutions which have
dedicated staff and infrastructure to create quality training
opportunities for healthcare providers. Curriculum created with BTCDP
dollars has already been approved by the academic institutions from
which they emanate and has already secured the approval of healthcare
professional continuing education accreditation bodies. Awardees
possess the building blocks of the infrastructure necessary to
efficiently test a national training system, and they have the
knowledge and experience necessary to ensure the efficient use of funds
for healthcare preparedness training.
The BTCDP is the only Federal program solely committed to the
preparedness training of healthcare providers. As such, BTCDP awardees
share curriculum, accomplishments and lessons learned through an
established network on a regular basis, a network vital to the
development of a national plan. Awardees stand uniquely prepared to
respond to congressional demand for an efficient and effective national
training strategy within the fiscal and time constraints of this
supplement. This supplement is the first step in meeting this demand
through the efficient use of proven curriculum by experienced trainers
on a national basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please
contact Terri Spear, Chief, Emergency Training Branch, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 13-103, Rockville, Maryland 20857. E-mail: tspear@hrsa.gov.
Dated: July 25, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-12267 Filed 7-31-06; 8:45 am]
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