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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Single Source Program Expansion
Supplement Award to Area Health
Education Centers (AHEC) Program
Grantee; Exception to Competition
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Exception to
Competition—Single Source Program
Expansion Supplement Award to Area
Health Education Centers (AHEC)
Program Grantee—University of Guam
School of Nursing.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)’s
Bureau of Health Professions is issuing
a non-competitive single source
program expansion supplement award
to the University of Guam School of
Nursing, an Area Health Education
Center (AHEC) Program grantee, to
coordinate the U.S. Affiliated Pacific
Islands (USAPI) Nursing Program
Capacity Strengthening and Quality
Improvement Initiative. In fiscal year
(FY) 2012, $203,703 will be available to
fund this award. The Guam/Micronesia
AHEC is uniquely qualified and has the
capacity, capability, expertise,
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experience, and infrastructure to
expeditiously, effectively, and
efficiently implement the project within
their existing educational programming.
The University of Guam School of
Nursing is the only nationally
accredited baccalaureate nursing
education program in the Pacific. Its
focus is on health careers training and
development, as well as improving the
health careers pipeline in the region.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award:
Guam/Micronesia AHEC—University of
Guam School of Nursing.
Amount of Award: $203,703.
Authority: Section 751 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294a), as
amended by
Sec. 5403 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, Public Law
111–148.
CFDA Number: 93.824.
Project Period: September 1, 2012,
through August 31, 2013.
Justification: The Guam/Micronesia
AHEC—University of Guam School of
Nursing is uniquely qualified to carry
out the USAPI Nursing Program
Capacity Strengthening and Quality
Improvement Initiative Project because
of their significant role in improving the
public health capacity and
infrastructure in the region.
The University of Guam School of
Nursing is the only nationally
accredited baccalaureate nursing
education program in the Pacific. The
Guam/Micronesia AHEC grantee is the
University of Guam School of Nursing,
whose focus is health career training
and development, as well as improving
the health careers pipeline in the region.
The activities that will be carried out
through this initiative will serve as
building blocks in a more
comprehensive strategic effort to
strengthen nursing education, and, thus
the nursing workforce in the USAPI
jurisdictions. Funding this
supplemental award in FY 2012 will
enable the grantee to implement the
activities identified in this initiative,
targeted on nursing program director
development, student assessment and
preparation, program resource
purchases, and faculty development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Meseret Bezuneh, Project Officer, Health
Resources and Services Administration,
Division of Public Health and
Interdisciplinary Education, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 9C–05, Rockville,
Maryland 20857, Phone: (301) 594–
4149, Email: mbezuneh@hrsa.gov.
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Dated: September 25, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Single Source Program Expansion
Supplement Award to Nurse
Education, Practice, Quality and
Retention (NEPQR) Program Grantee;
Exception to Competition
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Exception to
Competition—Single Source Program
Expansion Supplement Award to Nurse
Education, Practice, Quality and
Retention (NEPQR) Program Grantee—
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
(TAMUCC), College of Nursing and
Health Science (CONHS).
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)’s
Bureau of Health Professions is issuing
a non-competitive single source
program expansion supplement award
to the NEPQR Program grantee
TAMUCC–CONHS to build upon their
feasibility study, Transitioning Enlisted
Health Care Training into Academic
Credit for Nursing Education Programs,
and undertake a dissemination program
to advance the goal of aligning enlisted
health care training with civilian
nursing program requirements. In fiscal
year (FY) 2012, $178,374 will be
available to fund this award. TAMUCC–
CONHS is uniquely qualified and has
the capacity, capability, expertise,
experience, and infrastructure to
expeditiously, effectively, and
efficiently implement the project within
their existing educational programming.
During the previous year, TAMUCC–
CONHS has gained in-depth insight into
the full range academic, financial, and
socio-economic barriers that interfere
with successful transition from military
to civilian careers, and how these
barriers are compounded by the burden
of navigating the military-academic
labyrinth. Thus they are well-positioned
to bridge the gap between health care
training command programs and
academic programs in schools of
nursing work.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award:
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
SUMMARY:
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(TAMUCC), College of Nursing and
Health Science (CONHS).
Amount of Award: $178,374.
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Authority: Section 831 and 831a under
Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 296p and 42 U.S.C. 296 p–1), as
amended by Sec.5309 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public
Law 111–148.
CFDA Number: 93.359.
Project Period: September 1, 2012,
through August 31, 2013.
Justification: In FY 2010, HRSA
competitively funded the eLine Military
(ELM) program at TAMUCC-CONHS, an
online nursing education program
offered to residents of Texas who are
members of the military or veterans
with previous medical experience. One
of the critical challenges the ELM
program faced concerned granting
college credit for health care training
and experiences provided in training
command programs. This training
lacked the structure and rigor
foundational to academic courses,
creating a significant impediment to
granting academic credit for these
experiences. In FY 2011, TAMUCCCONHS received a supplemental award
to develop strategies to surmount the
barriers to gaining nursing academic
credit for military training and to
develop recommendations for their
implementation. This supplement will
build upon the feasibility study and
undertake a dissemination program to
advance the goal of aligning enlisted
health care training with civilian
nursing program requirements. This
supplement directly supports the scope
of the ELM program/parent grant and
has significant implications for
returning veterans seeking academic
credit for enlisted health care training at
CONHS and nursing schools across the
country. Identifying the barriers to
efficient enrollment and pursuit of
nursing education by veterans and
developing a plan for surmounting these
barriers will provide schools of nursing
with the tools needed to develop
effective academic pathways for
veterans, bring nursing education
opportunities to a new and largely
untapped cohort of persons with
interest in and training in health care
occupations, open up campuses to
veterans in engaging and supporting
ways, spur interest in and enrollment in
nursing programs by veterans, and
increase diversity in the nursing
workforce. A stakeholders meeting and
dissemination plan will be designed to
bring the study findings to the broadest
possible audience.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Sochalski, Health Resources and
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Services Administration, Division of
Nursing, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9–61,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, or email at
jsochalski@hrsa.gov.
Dated: September 25, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Single Source Award; Exception to
Competition
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Exception to
Competition—Single Source Award to
Texas Area Health Education Centers
(AHEC) East—University of Texas
Medical Branch.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)’s
Bureau of Health Professions is issuing
a non-competitive single source award
to the Texas AHEC East—University of
Texas Medical Branch, an AHEC
program grantee, to add a Behavioral
Health component to a Community
Health Worker (CHW) curriculum, pilot
and evaluate it in primary care settings,
and disseminate the curriculum. This
project shall be titled: Community
Health Worker (CHW) Behavioral Health
Primary Care Integration Project. In
fiscal year (FY) 2012, $486,394 will be
available to fully fund this cooperative
agreement with a single project/budget
period of four years. The Texas AHEC
East is uniquely qualified and has the
capacity, capability, expertise,
experience, and infrastructure to
expeditiously, effectively, and
efficiently implement the CHW
Behavioral Health Primary Care
Integration Project within their existing
educational programming, and
disseminate the tested model nationally.
CHWs play an important role in
increasing access to services for
vulnerable populations, and increasing
support for direct service workers,
including community health workers,
which is a priority for the Department
of Health and Human Services as well
as the Health Resources and Services
Administration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intended
Recipient of the Award: Texas AHEC
East—University of Texas Medical
Branch.
Amount of Award: $486,394.
SUMMARY:
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Authority: Section 751 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 USC 294a), as
amended by Section 5403 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Public Law 111–148.
CFDA Number: 93.107.
Project Period: September 30, 2012,
through September 29, 2016.
Justification: The Texas AHEC East is
uniquely qualified to carry out the CHW
Behavioral Health Primary Care
Integration Project because of their
demonstrated expertise in the training
of CHWs and CHW instructors for
certification, and because of their
proven track record as pioneers of the
CHW apprenticeship model.
The Texas AHEC East has an existing
infrastructure with staff expertise, and a
proven track record in curriculum
design and training to develop a
behavioral health curriculum that can
augment the existing CHW training
program, as well as strong partnerships
with community-based primary care
providers to implement, pilot, and
evaluate the curriculum in primary care
settings.
Furthermore, the proposed Project
Director is recognized for her work and
expertise in CHW training, serves as the
Chair of the National AHEC
Organization’s Community Health
Worker workgroup, and is a member of
the American Public Health
Association’s Community Health
Worker section. She has presented at
national meetings and at several states’
CHW meetings on designing CHW
training curriculum, as well as the CHW
apprenticeship-training model. As a
result of these collaborations and
recognitions, significant opportunities
exist for national dissemination and
replication of this project. Providing the
additional funding to an existing grantee
(Texas AHEC East—University of Texas
Medical Branch) also has benefits for
program evaluation purposes, since
AHEC grantees have existing evaluation
requirements with which they comply.
This award aligns with the current
AHEC budget period cycle, resulting in
administrative savings over a
competitive grant making process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Meseret Bezuneh, Project Officer, Health
Resources and Services Administration,
Division of Public Health and
Interdisciplinary Education, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 9C–05, Rockville,
Maryland 20857; Phone: (301) 594–
4149, Email: mbezuneh@hrsa.gov.
Dated: September 25, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Single Source Program Expansion Supplement Award to Nurse
Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Program Grantee;
Exception to Competition
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Exception to Competition--Single Source Program
Expansion Supplement Award to Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and
Retention (NEPQR) Program Grantee--Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
(TAMUCC), College of Nursing and Health Science (CONHS).
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s
Bureau of Health Professions is issuing a non-competitive single source
program expansion supplement award to the NEPQR Program grantee TAMUCC-
CONHS to build upon their feasibility study, Transitioning Enlisted
Health Care Training into Academic Credit for Nursing Education
Programs, and undertake a dissemination program to advance the goal of
aligning enlisted health care training with civilian nursing program
requirements. In fiscal year (FY) 2012, $178,374 will be available to
fund this award. TAMUCC-CONHS is uniquely qualified and has the
capacity, capability, expertise, experience, and infrastructure to
expeditiously, effectively, and efficiently implement the project
within their existing educational programming. During the previous
year, TAMUCC-CONHS has gained in-depth insight into the full range
academic, financial, and socio-economic barriers that interfere with
successful transition from military to civilian careers, and how these
barriers are compounded by the burden of navigating the military-
academic labyrinth. Thus they are well-positioned to bridge the gap
between health care training command programs and academic programs in
schools of nursing work.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: Texas A&M University Corpus
Christi
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(TAMUCC), College of Nursing and Health Science (CONHS).
Amount of Award: $178,374.
Authority: Section 831 and 831a under Title VIII of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p and 42 U.S.C. 296 p-1), as
amended by Sec.5309 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, Public Law 111-148.
CFDA Number: 93.359.
Project Period: September 1, 2012, through August 31, 2013.
Justification: In FY 2010, HRSA competitively funded the eLine
Military (ELM) program at TAMUCC-CONHS, an online nursing education
program offered to residents of Texas who are members of the military
or veterans with previous medical experience. One of the critical
challenges the ELM program faced concerned granting college credit for
health care training and experiences provided in training command
programs. This training lacked the structure and rigor foundational to
academic courses, creating a significant impediment to granting
academic credit for these experiences. In FY 2011, TAMUCC-CONHS
received a supplemental award to develop strategies to surmount the
barriers to gaining nursing academic credit for military training and
to develop recommendations for their implementation. This supplement
will build upon the feasibility study and undertake a dissemination
program to advance the goal of aligning enlisted health care training
with civilian nursing program requirements. This supplement directly
supports the scope of the ELM program/parent grant and has significant
implications for returning veterans seeking academic credit for
enlisted health care training at CONHS and nursing schools across the
country. Identifying the barriers to efficient enrollment and pursuit
of nursing education by veterans and developing a plan for surmounting
these barriers will provide schools of nursing with the tools needed to
develop effective academic pathways for veterans, bring nursing
education opportunities to a new and largely untapped cohort of persons
with interest in and training in health care occupations, open up
campuses to veterans in engaging and supporting ways, spur interest in
and enrollment in nursing programs by veterans, and increase diversity
in the nursing workforce. A stakeholders meeting and dissemination plan
will be designed to bring the study findings to the broadest possible
audience.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Sochalski, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Division of Nursing, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room
9-61, Rockville, Maryland 20857, or email at jsochalski@hrsa.gov.
Dated: September 25, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-24101 Filed 9-28-12; 8:45 am]
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