[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54238-54241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26142]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Funding Notice for Grant Programs Administered by the Division of 
Associated, Dental and Public Health Professions, Bureau of Health 
Professions for Fiscal Year 1996

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces 
that applications will be accepted for four grant programs for fiscal 
year (FY) 1996 under the authority of title VII of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Health Professions Education 
Extension Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-408, dated October 13, 1992. 
These programs include:

Grants for Residency Training and Advanced Education in the General 
Practice of Dentistry (section 749, PHS Act)
Public Health Traineeships to Schools of Public Health and Other Public 
and Nonprofit Private Institutions (section 761, PHS Act)
Grants for the Health Administration Traineeships and Special Projects 
Program (section 771, PHS Act)
Grants for Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care for Rural Areas 
(section 778, PHS Act)

    This program announcement is subject to reauthorization of this 
legislative authority and to the appropriation of funds. Applicants are 
advised that this program announcement is a contingency action being 
taken to assure that should authority and funds become available for 
this purpose, they can be awarded in a timely fashion consistent with 
the needs of the program as well as to provide for even distribution of 
funds throughout the fiscal year. At this time, given a continuing 
resolution and the absence of FY 1996 appropriations for title VII 
programs, the amount of available funding for these specific grant 
programs cannot be estimated.
    The purpose and eligibility for each of these programs are listed 
below.

Grants for Residency Training and Advanced Education in the General 
Practice of Dentistry

Purpose

    Section 749 of the PHS Act authorizes the Secretary to make grants 
to any public or nonprofit private school of dentistry or accredited 
postgraduate dental training institution (e.g., hospitals and medical 
centers) to plan, develop, and operate an approved residency or an 
approved advanced educational program in the general practice of 
dentistry; to provide financial assistance to participants in such a 
program who are in need of financial assistance and who plan to 
specialize in the practice of general dentistry; and to fund 
innovative, nontraditional models for the provision of postdoctoral 
General Dentistry training.

Eligible Applicants

    To be eligible for a Grant for Residency Training and Advanced 
Education in the General Practice of Dentistry, the applicant shall:
    (a) Be a public or nonprofit private school of dentistry or an 
accredited postgraduate dental training institution (hospital, medical 
center, or other entity) and be accredited by the appropriate 
accrediting body, and
    (b) Be located in any one of the several States of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
    To receive support, programs must meet the requirements of final 
regulations at 42 CFR Part 57, subpart L. The period of Federal support 
should not exceed 3 years.
    Additional details concerning the administration of this program, 
including funding preferences and priorities, have been published in 
the Federal Register at 60 FR 6138, dated February 1, 1995 and at 59 FR 
54614, dated November 1, 1994.

Public Health Traineeships to Schools of Public Health and Other Public 
and Nonprofit Private Institutions

Purpose

    Section 761 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to award Public Health Traineeship grants to accredited 
schools of Public Health and to other public or nonprofit private 
institutions accredited to provide graduate or specialized training in 
public health, for the purpose of providing traineeships to individuals 


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who are pursuing a course of study in a health professions field in 
which there is a severe shortage of health professionals (epidemiology, 
environmental health, biostatistics, toxicology, public health 
nutrition, and maternal and child health). Funds may be used only for 
student support.
    The period of Federal support is 1 year. Applicants may compete for 
funding for additional years.
    This program is governed by regulations at 42 CFR part 58, subpart 
C to the extent to which these regulations are not inconsistent with 
the amended statute.

Eligible Applicants

    Eligible applicants include (1) Schools of Public Health that have 
been accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and (2) 
other public or nonprofit private institutions accredited by a body 
recognized for this purpose by the Secretary of the Department of 
Education when requesting support for grant-targeted programs 
(epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, toxicology, public 
health nutrition, and maternal and child health). The accredited school 
or program must be located in a State, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of 
Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of 
Micronesia.
    Additional details concerning the administration of this program 
have been published in the Federal Register at 58 FR 19272, dated April 
13, 1993 and at 58 FR 32711, dated June 11, 1993.

Grants for the Health Administration Traineeships and Special Projects 
Program

Purpose

    Section 771 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to:
    (1) Award grants which provide traineeships for students enrolled 
in an accredited program of health administration, hospital 
administration, or health policy analysis and planning programs; and
    (2) Assist programs of health administration in the development or 
improvement of programs to prepare students for employment with public 
or nonprofit private entities.
    The period of Federal support is 1 year. Applicants must compete 
annually for additional funding.
    This program is governed by regulations at 42 CFR part 58, subpart 
D to the extent to which these regulations are not inconsistent with 
the amended statute.

Eligible Applicants

    Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private educational 
entities (including graduate schools of social work but excluding 
accredited schools of public health) that offer a graduate program in 
health administration, hospital administration, or health policy 
analysis and planning which is accredited by the Accrediting Commission 
on Education in Health Services Administration. Applicants must assure 
that, in providing traineeships, priority will be given to students who 
demonstrate a commitment to employment with public or nonprofit private 
entities in the fields with respect to which the traineeships are 
awarded.
    Additional details concerning the administration of this program, 
including any funding preferences and priorities, have been published 
in the Federal Register at 58 FR 19269, dated April 13, 1993 and at 58 
FR 32711, dated June 11, 1993.

Grants for Interdisciplinary Training for Health Care for Rural Areas

Purpose

    Section 778 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 
authorizes the Secretary to award grants for interdisciplinary training 
projects designed to provide or improve access to health care in rural 
areas. Specifically, projects funded under this authority shall be 
designed to:
    (a) Use new and innovative methods to train health care 
practitioners to provide services in rural areas;
    (b) Demonstrate and evaluate innovative interdisciplinary methods 
and models designed to provide access to cost-effective comprehensive 
health care;
    (c) Deliver health care services to individuals residing in rural 
areas;
    (d) Enhance the amount of relevant research conducted concerning 
health care issues in rural areas; and
    (e) Increase the recruitment and retention of health care 
practitioners in rural areas and make rural practice a more attractive 
career choice for health care practitioners.
    A recipient of funds may use various methods in carrying out the 
projects described above. The legislation cites the following methods 
as examples:
    (a) The distribution of stipends to students of eligible 
applicants;
    (b) The establishment of a postdoctoral fellowship program;
    (c) The training of faculty in the economic and logistical problems 
confronting rural health care delivery systems; or
    (d) The purchase or rental of transportation and telecommunication 
equipment where the need for such equipment due to unique 
characteristics of the rural area is demonstrated by the recipient.
    Eligibility. To be eligible for a Grant for Interdisciplinary 
Training for Health Care for Rural Areas, each applicant must be 
located in a State and be:
    1. A local health department, or
    2. A nonprofit organization, or
    3. A public or nonprofit college, university or school of, or 
program that specializes in nursing, mental health practice, optometry, 
public health, dentistry, osteopathic medicine, physician assistants, 
pharmacy, podiatric medicine, allopathic medicine, chiropractic, or 
allied health professions.
    Applicants eligible to obtain funds under this grant program shall 
not include for-profit entities, either directly or through a 
subcontract or subgrant.
    Each application must be jointly submitted by at least two eligible 
applicants. One of the applicants must be an academic institution. Each 
application must demonstrate the need and demand for health care 
services, knowledge of available resources and the most significant 
service and educational gaps within its targeted geographic area. One 
applicant must be designated the principal organization responsible and 
accountable for the conduct of the proposed project.
    Support may be requested for this grant program for a project 
period of not more than three years.
    Additional details concerning the administration of this program, 
including any funding preferences and priorities, have been published 
in the Federal Register at 59 FR 771, dated January 6, 1994.

National Health Objectives for the Year 2000

    The Public Health Service urges applicants to submit work plans 
that address specific objectives of Healthy People 2000. Potential 
applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report; Stock 
No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report; Stock No. 
017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9325 (Telephone 202-783-3238).

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Education and Service Linkage

    As part of its long-range planning, HRSA will be targeting its 
efforts to strengthening linkages between U.S. Public Health Service 
education programs and programs which provide comprehensive primary 
care services to the underserved.

Smoke-Free Workplace

    The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients 
to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all 
tobacco products and Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994, 
prohibits smoking in certain facilities that receive Federal funds in 
which education, library, day care, health care, and early childhood 
development services are provided to children.

Application Availability

    Application materials are available on the World Wide Web at 
address: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/. Click on the file name you want 
to download to your computer. It will be saved as a self-extracting 
WordPerfect 5.1 file.
    Applications also can be obtained from the Bureau of Health 
Professions (BHPr) Electronic Bulletin Board. Use your computer and 
modem to call (301) 443-5913. Set your modem parameters to 2400 baud, 
parity to none, data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1. Set your terminal 
emulation to ANSI or VT-100. After November 1, 1995, the BHPr BBS will 
be able to accept phone speeds up to 28,000 bps.
    You may also access the BHPr Bulletin Board through the FedWorld 
Bulletin Board. Dial (703) 321-3339. If you have not used FedWorld 
before, then at the initial prompt, type NEW instead of your user ID. 
At the prompts, establish your first and last name, then your password. 
At the  quit to prompt  scroll, RETURN to continue prompt, press 
the ENTER key.
    At the There is mail in your mailbox, RETURN to continue prompt, 
press the ENTER key. The system will take you to the FedWorld mail 
menu. At the Please select an option from above and press : 
prompt, enter U. This will take you to the Utilities and FedWorld 
Modules Menu.
    At the Please select an option from above and press : 
prompt, enter D. This will take you to the Gateway System Menu.
    At the Please select an option from above and press : 
prompt, enter D for Connect to Govt Sys/Database. At the Select a 
System # to connect, ? for entire Gateway list, or X to exit prompt, 
enter 111. You will then see the Establishing connection to BHPr-
BBS(HHS) ... message. Within 15 seconds, the system will log you into 
the BHPr BBS.
    If you need further help with the FedWorld gateway system, please 
contact their technical support on (703) 487-4608 weekdays from 10:00 
am to 4:00 pm.
    Once you have accessed the BHPr Bulletin Board, you will be asked 
for your first and last name. It will also ask you to choose a 
password. REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD! The first time you logon you 
``register'' by answering a number of other questions. The next time 
you logon, BHPr's Bulletin Board will know you.
    Press (F) for the (F)iles Menu and (L) to (L)ist Files. Press (L) 
again to see a list of numbered file areas. To see a list of files in 
any area, type the number corresponding to that area. Competitive 
application materials for grant programs administered by the Bureau of 
Health Professions are located in the File Area item ``B'' titled 
Grants Announcements.
    To (R)ead a file or (D)ownload a file, you need to know its exact 
name as listed on BHPr's Bulletin Board. Press (R) to (R)ead a file and 
type the name of the file. Press (D) to (D)ownload a file to your 
computer. You need to know how your communications software 
accomplishes downloading.
    When you have completed your tour of BHPr's Bulletin Board for this 
session, press (G) for (G)oodbye and press .
    For assistance in accessing the system or for any technical 
questions about BHPr's Bulletin Board, please call Mr. Larry DiGiulio, 
Systems Operator for BHPr BBS at (301) 443-2850 or 
``[email protected]''.
    Questions regarding grants policy and business management issues 
should be directed to Mrs. Brenda Selser, Chief, Residency and Advanced 
Grants Sections ([email protected]) or Ms. Wilma Johnson, 
Acting Chief, Centers and Formula Grants Section 
([email protected]), Grants Management Branch, Bureau of 
Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Parklawn Building, Room 8C-26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857. If you are unable to obtain the application materials from the 
BHPr Bulletin Board, you may obtain application materials in the mail 
by sending a written request to the Grants Management Branch at the 
address above. Written requests may also be sent via FAX (301) 443-6343 
or via the internet addresses listed above. Completed applications 
should be returned to the Grants Management Branch at the above 
address. Please see Table 1 for specific name and phone number for each 
grant program.
    If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact 
the Division of Associated, Dental and Public Health Professions, 
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8-101, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Please see Table 1 for specific names and 
phone numbers for each grant program.

                                                     Table 1                                                    
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                                                                                                      Deadline  
  PHS Title VII section No./     Grants management contact/phone   Programmatic contact/phone No.     date for  
    program title/CFDA No.          No.  FAX:  (301) 443-6343           FAX:  (301) 443-1164          competing 
                                                                                                    applications
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749, Residency Training and     Brenda Selser (301) 443-6960....  Kathy Hayes (301) 443-6896......        1/2/96
 Advanced Education in the                                                                                      
 General Practice of                                                                                            
 Dentistry--93.897.                                                                                             
761, Public Health              Wilma Johnson (301) 443-6880....  Anne Kahl (301) 443-6896........      12/15/95
 Traineeships--93.964.                                                                                          
771, Health Administration      Wilma Johnson (301) 443-6880....  Kathy Hayes (301) 443-6896......      12/15/95
 Traineeships and Special                                                                                       
 Projects--93.962.                                                                                              
778, Rural Interdisciplinary    Brenda Selser (301) 443-6960....  Judy Arndt (301) 443-6763.......      12/15/95
 Training for Health Care--                                                                                     
 93.192.                                                                                                        
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Paperwork Reduction Act

    The standard application form PHS 6025-1, HRSA Competing Training 
Grant Application, General Instructions and supplement for this program 
have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB Clearance Number is 0915-0060.
    The deadline dates for receipt of applications for each of these 
grant programs are shown in Table 1. Applications will be considered to 
be ``on time'' if they are either:
    (1) Received on or before the established deadline date, or
    (2) Sent on or before the established deadline date and received in 
time for orderly processing. (Applicants should request a legibly dated 
U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated receipt from a 
commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered postmarks 
shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
    Late applications not accepted for processing will be returned to 
the applicant. In addition, applications which exceed the page 
limitation and/or do not follow format instructions will not be 
accepted for processing and will be returned to the applicant.
    These programs are not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 
12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (as implemented 
through 45 CFR part 100) and are not subject to the Public Health 
System Reporting Requirements.

    Dated: October 17, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-26142 Filed 10-19-95; 8:45 am]
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