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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care
(BPHC) Awards Unsolicited Proposal
for Cooperative Agreement to the
National Network for Oral Health
Access
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: HRSA’s Bureau of Primary
Health Care (BPHC) announces the
award of an unsolicited proposal from
the National Network for Oral Health
Access (NNOHA) to establish a
cooperative agreement with HRSA
providing services and resources to
support the Health Center Program’s
oral health providers serving the oral
health needs of underserved
populations.
AGENCY:
Recipient: National Network for Oral
Health Access, Ft. Lupton, Colorado.
Purpose of the award: Cooperative
Agreement with HRSA to provide
services and resources to support the
Health Center Program’s oral health
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providers serving the oral health needs
of underserved populations.
Amount of award: $200,000.
Project period: 1 year; September 25,
2007, to September 24, 2008.
SUMMARY: HRSA’s BPHC has performed
a formal review of an unsolicited
proposal from NNOHA to establish a
cooperative agreement with HRSA to
provide services and resources to
support the Health Center Program’s
oral health providers serving the oral
health needs of underserved
populations. BPHC has reviewed the
proposal and has determined that it has
merit. This request is of strategic
importance to the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) and is time
critical. Funding for the proposed
activities will promote access to oral
health services as an integral component
of primary health care, improve the
quality of those services provided, and
sustain the forward motion of
departmental priorities in this area.
The Cooperative Agreement with
NNOHA will have a project period of 1
year with funding at $200,000. The
funds will support selected activities
described in the application to develop
a national infrastructure to support
improved access to oral health care, and
improved quality and workforce
development for the growing number of
health center oral health programs.
The key anticipated outcomes of the
proposed cooperative agreement are as
follows:
• The development of oral health
clinical quality infrastructure to support
HRSA in achieving its goal of improved
quality of care;
• The development of a recruitment
and retention strategy to address dentist
and dental hygienist vacancies,
including National Health Service Corps
dentist and dental hygiene openings;
and
• NNOHA will work in collaboration
with HRSA to implement a strategy to
integrate oral health as it moves all of
its programs forward in Health
Information Technology to assure that
oral health strategies are included.
There is a strategic importance of
access to oral health as part of the
primary care services supported by
BPHC’s Health Center Program. The
Health Center Program has had
significant growth as part of the
President’s Health Center Initiative. The
number of patients seen by the Health
Center Program has increased by 90
percent. Health centers have reported
significant challenges recruiting and
retaining oral health providers.
Consequently, HRSA has determined
that the scope of this proposal is
immediate and necessary. The proposed
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outcomes will contribute to the success
and quality of oral health programs and
are essential for long term sustainability
and viability of health centers funded by
HRSA.
This award is being made noncompetitively because there is no
current, pending, or planned funding
opportunity announcement under
which this proposal could be competed.
HRSA/BPHC has identified three key
reasons to support rationale for not
awarding competitively:
1. NNOHA is uniquely positioned to
provide oral health program support
services on a national basis to
community health centers. As the only
organization of health center dental
providers, NNOHA is dedicated to
increasing the effectiveness of dental
programs in reaching all underserved
populations by supporting efforts to
strengthen existing health center dental
programs; manage the growth of new
health center dental programs; and
manage the quality improvement in
health center dental programs.
2. With this experience, and its
nationwide membership of health center
dentists, NNOHA has a proven track
record of effective collaborations with
health center dental programs. Increased
access to quality oral health is enhanced
through NNOHA’s partnerships with
organizations and governmental
agencies at the local, State and national
levels.
3. No other organization has the
national scope of respected experience
in the area of health center oral health
leadership and can perform
immediately, especially given the
complexity of activities that are critical
to HRSA.
Legislative Authority: Section 330(l) of the
Public Health Service Act.
Jay
R. Anderson, DMD, MHSA, Office of
Quality and Data, Bureau of Primary
Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration. Dr. Anderson
may be contacted by e-mail at
Janderson@hrsa.gov or via telephone at
(301) 594–4295.
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Dated: October 15, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Awards Unsolicited
Proposal for Cooperative Agreement to the National Network for Oral
Health Access
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) announces the award
of an unsolicited proposal from the National Network for Oral Health
Access (NNOHA) to establish a cooperative agreement with HRSA providing
services and resources to support the Health Center Program's oral
health providers serving the oral health needs of underserved
populations.
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Recipient: National Network for Oral Health Access, Ft. Lupton,
Colorado.
Purpose of the award: Cooperative Agreement with HRSA to provide
services and resources to support the Health Center Program's oral
health providers serving the oral health needs of underserved
populations.
Amount of award: $200,000.
Project period: 1 year; September 25, 2007, to September 24, 2008.
SUMMARY: HRSA's BPHC has performed a formal review of an unsolicited
proposal from NNOHA to establish a cooperative agreement with HRSA to
provide services and resources to support the Health Center Program's
oral health providers serving the oral health needs of underserved
populations. BPHC has reviewed the proposal and has determined that it
has merit. This request is of strategic importance to the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) and is time critical. Funding for the
proposed activities will promote access to oral health services as an
integral component of primary health care, improve the quality of those
services provided, and sustain the forward motion of departmental
priorities in this area.
The Cooperative Agreement with NNOHA will have a project period of
1 year with funding at $200,000. The funds will support selected
activities described in the application to develop a national
infrastructure to support improved access to oral health care, and
improved quality and workforce development for the growing number of
health center oral health programs.
The key anticipated outcomes of the proposed cooperative agreement
are as follows:
The development of oral health clinical quality
infrastructure to support HRSA in achieving its goal of improved
quality of care;
The development of a recruitment and retention strategy to
address dentist and dental hygienist vacancies, including National
Health Service Corps dentist and dental hygiene openings; and
NNOHA will work in collaboration with HRSA to implement a
strategy to integrate oral health as it moves all of its programs
forward in Health Information Technology to assure that oral health
strategies are included.
There is a strategic importance of access to oral health as part of
the primary care services supported by BPHC's Health Center Program.
The Health Center Program has had significant growth as part of the
President's Health Center Initiative. The number of patients seen by
the Health Center Program has increased by 90 percent. Health centers
have reported significant challenges recruiting and retaining oral
health providers. Consequently, HRSA has determined that the scope of
this proposal is immediate and necessary. The proposed
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outcomes will contribute to the success and quality of oral health
programs and are essential for long term sustainability and viability
of health centers funded by HRSA.
This award is being made non-competitively because there is no
current, pending, or planned funding opportunity announcement under
which this proposal could be competed. HRSA/BPHC has identified three
key reasons to support rationale for not awarding competitively:
1. NNOHA is uniquely positioned to provide oral health program
support services on a national basis to community health centers. As
the only organization of health center dental providers, NNOHA is
dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of dental programs in
reaching all underserved populations by supporting efforts to
strengthen existing health center dental programs; manage the growth of
new health center dental programs; and manage the quality improvement
in health center dental programs.
2. With this experience, and its nationwide membership of health
center dentists, NNOHA has a proven track record of effective
collaborations with health center dental programs. Increased access to
quality oral health is enhanced through NNOHA's partnerships with
organizations and governmental agencies at the local, State and
national levels.
3. No other organization has the national scope of respected
experience in the area of health center oral health leadership and can
perform immediately, especially given the complexity of activities that
are critical to HRSA.
Legislative Authority: Section 330(l) of the Public Health
Service Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay R. Anderson, DMD, MHSA, Office of
Quality and Data, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration. Dr. Anderson may be contacted by e-mail at
Janderson@hrsa.gov or via telephone at (301) 594-4295.
Dated: October 15, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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