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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 Award; Exception to Competition
AGENCY: 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.
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SUMMARY: 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.
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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