[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 928-955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12]



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Part II





Department of Health and Human Services





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Health Resources and Services Administration



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Availability of the HRSA Preview; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Service Administration


Availability of the HRSA Preview

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the availability of the HRSA Preview for fall 
1998. This edition of the HRSA Preview is a comprehensive review of 
HRSA's Fiscal Year 1999 programs. The next edition of the HRSA Preview 
is scheduled to be published by early summer 1999.
    The purpose of the HRSA Preview is to provide the general public 
with a single source of program and application information related to 
the Agency's competitive grant reviews. The HRSA Preview is designed to 
replace multiple Federal Register notices which traditionally 
advertised the availability of HRSA's discretionary funds for its 
various programs. In this edition of the HRSA Preview, HRSA's programs 
which provide funding for loan repayments and scholarships to 
individuals have been included in the section ``Other HRSA Programs.'' 
It should be noted that other program initiatives responsive to new or 
emerging issues in the health care area and unanticipated at the time 
of publication of the HRSA Preview, may be announced through the 
Federal Register from time to time. Deadlines or other requirements 
appearing in the Federal Register are not changed by this notice.
    The HRSA Preview contains a description of competitive and 
additional programs scheduled for review in Fiscal Year 1999 and 
includes instructions on how to access the Agency for information and 
receive application kits for all programs announced. Specifically, the 
following information is included in the HRSA Preview: (1) Program 
Title; (2) Legislative Authority; (3) Purpose; (4) Eligibility; (5) 
Estimated Amount of Competition; (6) Estimated Number of Awards; (7) 
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences; (8) Application Deadline; (9) 
Projected Award Date; (10) Application Kit Availability; (11) Catalog 
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) program identification number; 
and (12) Programmatic contact. Certain other information including, how 
to obtain and use the HRSA Preview, and grant terminology also may be 
found in the HRSA Preview.
    This issue of the HRSA Preview includes funding for HRSA 
discretionary authorities and programs as follows:

Rural Health Programs

     State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
     Rural Network Development Grant Program.
     Rural Health Outreach Grant Program.
     Rural Health Policy Analytic Centers.

Health Professions Programs

     Nurse Anesthetists: Program Grants.
     Advanced Nurse Education.
     Physician Assistant Training.
     Departments of Family Medicine.
     Geriatric Education Centers.
     Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers.
     Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers.
     Health Education and Training Centers.
     Quentin N. Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary 
Program.
     Allied Health Projects.
     Centers of Excellence.
     Health Careers Opportunity Program.
     Minority Faculty Fellowship Program.

Primary Health Care Programs

     Community and Migrant Health Centers.
     Health Care for the Homeless.
     Healthy Schools/Healthy Communities.
     Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs.
     Black Lung Clinics.
     New Delivery Sites and New Starts in Programs Funded 
Under The Health Centers Consolidation Act.

HIV/AIDS Programs

     AIDS Education And Training Centers.
     Ryan White Title III HIV Early Intervention Services 
Grants.
     Ryan White Title III HIV Early Intervention Services 
Planning Grants.
     Ryan White Title IV Coordinated HIV Services and Access 
to Research--Geographic Areas With Currently Funded Title IV 
Projects.
     Ryan White Title IV Coordinated HIV Services and Access 
to Research--New Geographic Areas.

Maternal and Child Health Programs

     Genetic Services.
     Genetic Services--Integrated Services for Children with 
Genetic Conditions.
     Genetic Services--Newborn Screening.
     Genetic Services--National Genetic Resource Center.
     Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment 
Centers.
     Partnership for Information and Communications (PIC).
     Maternal and Child Health Research.
     Training--Continuing Education/Collaboration 
Pediatrics/Child Psychiatry.
     Training--Continuing Education and Development--
Training Institute.
     Children With Special Health Care Needs: Adolescent 
Transition.
     Children with Special Health Care Needs Institute.
     Children With Special Health Care Needs: Medical Home 
Cooperative Agreement.
     Health Care Information and Education for Families of 
Children With Special Health Care Needs.
     Early Discharge (Data).
     Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.
     Community and School-Based Sealant Grants.
     Oral Health Integrated Systems Development Grants.
     Child Health Insurance Program Partnership.
     Border Health Initiative.
     Emergency Medical Services for Children, Implementation 
Grants.
     Emergency Medical Services for Children, Partnership 
Grants.
     Emergency Medical Services for Children, Targeted Issue 
Grants.
     Emergency Medical Services for Children, Native 
American Project.
     Traumatic Brain Injury State Implementation Grants.
     Traumatic Brain Injury State Planning Grants.
     Improving Screening for Alcohol Use During Pregnancy 
Among Providers.
     Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Racial/Ethnic 
Disparities in Perinatal Health.
     Healthy Start Initiative: Infrastructure/Capacity 
Building Projects.

Other HRSA Programs

     Faculty Loan Repayment Program.
     Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students.
     Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program.

    Contact Information: Individuals may obtain the HRSA Preview by 
calling the toll free number, 1-888-333-HRSA (4772). The HRSA Preview 
may also be accessed on the World Wide Web on the HRSA Home Page at: 
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/. Please see our web site, or obtain a copy of 
the HRSA Preview, for a special message from the Administrator.

    Dated: December 28, 1998.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.

The Access Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration 
Office of Field Operations

    HRSA has established a field structure that can address the 
changing health care needs of the Nation as we begin the 21st century. 
HRSA field staff implement HRSA programs to increase access to primary 
care for underserved populations, serve as a source of expertise on 
health services development, increase the capacity and capability of 
maternal and child health programs, provide a link to the community and 
school age children for information and financial aid regarding careers 
in the health professions, assist in health facilities construction and 
assist other health related programs such as Rural Health and HIV/AIDS

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programs. The HRSA Field Offices, by virtue of their unique location in 
communities and States, are more than just an extension of HRSA 
programs; they are HRSA's resource for integrating and coordinating 
programs at the customer level. These ten Field Offices are organized 
into five Field Clusters. HRSA's customers, youth as well as adults, 
who want information about HRSA programs and opportunities for careers 
in the health professions, may contact the closest HRSA Field Office:

Northeast Cluster

HRSA Boston Field Office, Barbara Tausey, (617) 565-1433
HRSA New York Field Office, Ronald Moss, (212) 264-2664
HRSA Philadelphia Field Office, Joseph Healey, (215) 861-4365

Southeast Cluster

HRSA Atlanta Field Office, Ketty Gonzalez, (404) 562-7980

Midwest Cluster

HRSA Chicago Field Office, Deborah Willis-Fillinger, (312) 353-6835
HRSA Kansas City Field Office, Hollis Hensley, (816) 426-5226

West Central Cluster

HRSA Dallas Field Office, Frank Cantu, (214) 767-3872
HRSA Denver Field Office, Jerry Wheeler, (305) 844-3203

Pacific West Cluster

HRSA San Francisco Field Office, Antonio Duran, (415) 437-8090
HRSA Seattle Field Office, Douglas Woods, (206) 615-2491

                        HRSA Programs at a Glance
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                                                             Deadline
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                  Rural Health Programs
 
State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program................      04/14/1999
Rural Network Development Grant Program.................      03/16/1999
Rural Health Outreach Grant Program.....................      03/01/1999
Rural Health Policy Analytic Centers....................      03/05/1999
 
               Health Professions Programs
 
Nurse Anesthetist Program: Program Grants (as published
 in the summer HRSA Preview)............................      12/21/1998
Advanced Nurse Education (as published in the summer
 HRSA Preview)..........................................      12/21/1998
Physician Assistant Training............................      02/23/1999
Departments of Family Medicine..........................      03/15/1999
Geriatric Education Centers (as published in the summer
 HRSA Preview)..........................................      12/21/1998
Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers................      02/26/1999
Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers.....      02/26/1999
Health Education and Training Centers...................      02/19/1999
Quentin N. Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary
 Program................................................      02/12/1999
Allied Health Projects..................................      02/16/1999
Centers of Excellence...................................      03/29/1999
Health Careers Opportunity Program......................      03/12/1999
Minority Faculty Fellowship Program.....................      01/29/1999
 
              Primary Health Care Programs
 
Community and Migrant Health Centers....................           (\1\)
Health Care for the Homeless............................      02/01/1999
Healthy Schools/Healthy Communities.....................      05/01/1999
Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs............      05/01/1999
Black Lung Clinics......................................      04/01/1999
New Delivery Sites and New Starts in Programs Funded
 under The Health Centers Consolidation Act.............      04/01/1999
 
                    HIV/AIDS Programs
 
AIDS Education And Training Centers.....................      04/01/1999
Ryan White Title III HIV Early Intervention Services
 Grants.................................................      05/01/1999
Ryan White Title III HIV Early Intervention Services
 Planning Grants........................................      06/01/1999
Ryan White Title IV: Existing Geographic Areas..........      04/30/1999
Ryan White Title IV: New Geographic Areas...............      04/30/1999
 
           Maternal and Child Health Programs
 
Genetic Services........................................      04/23/1999
Genetic Services--Integrated Services for Children with
 Genetic Conditions.....................................      04/23/1999
Genetic Services--Newborn Screening.....................      04/23/1999
Genetic Services--National Genetic Resource Center......      04/23/1999
Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment
 Centers................................................      05/15/1999
Partnership for Information and Communications (PIC)....      02/23/1999
Maternal and Child Health Research......................      03/01/1999
Training--Continuing Education/Collaboration Pediatrics/
 Child Psychiatry.......................................      04/01/1999
Training--Continuing Education and Development--Training
 Institute..............................................      06/01/1999
Children With Special Health Care Needs: Adolescent
 Transition.............................................      03/01/1999
Children with Special Health Care Needs Institute.......      03/01/1999
Children With Special Health Care Needs: Medical Home
 Cooperative Agreement..................................      03/01/1999
Health Care Information and Education for Families of
 Children With Special Health Care Needs................      03/01/1999
Early Discharge (Data)..................................      04/01/1999
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children..............      04/01/1999
Community and School-Based Sealant Grants...............      05/03/1999
Oral Health Integrated Systems Development Grants.......      05/03/1999
Child Health Insurance Program Partnership..............      02/22/1999
Border Health Initiative................................      05/03/1999

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Emergency Medical Services for Children, Implementation
 Grants.................................................      03/15/1999
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Partnership
 Grants.................................................      03/15/1999
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Targeted Issue
 Grants.................................................      03/15/1999
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Native American
 Project................................................      03/15/1999
Traumatic Brain Injury State Implementation Grants......      03/01/1999
Traumatic Brain Injury State Planning Grants............      03/01/1999
Improving Screening for Alcohol Use During Pregnancy
 Among Providers........................................      04/01/1999
Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Racial/Ethnic
 Disparities in Perinatal Health........................      04/01/1999
Healthy Start Initiative: Infrastructure/Capacity
 Building Projects......................................      04/01/1999
 
                   Other HRSA Programs
 
Faculty Loan Repayment Program..........................      06/30/1999
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students.................      05/14/1999
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program................     06/30/1999
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\1\ Varies by Service Area.

How to Obtain And Use The HRSA Preview

    It is recommended that you read the introductory materials, 
terminology section, and individual program category descriptions 
before contacting the general number 1-888-333-HRSA. Likewise, we urge 
applicants to fully assess their eligibility for grants before 
requesting kits. As a general rule, no more than one kit per category 
will be mailed to applicants.

To Obtain A Copy of The HRSA Preview

    To have your name and address added to or deleted from the HRSA 
Preview mailing list, please call the toll free number 1-888-333-HRSA 
(4772) or e-mail us at [email protected].

To Obtain An Application Kit

    Upon review of the program descriptions, please determine which 
category or categories of application kit(s) you wish to receive and 
contact the 1-888-333-HRSA (4772) number to register on the specific 
mailing list. Application kits are generally available 60 days prior to 
application deadline. If kits are already available, they will be 
mailed immediately.

World Wide Web Access

    The HRSA Preview is available on the HRSA Homepage via the World 
Wide Web at: http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/. The fall 1998 HRSA Preview is 
also available in Spanish at HRSA's Homepage http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/. 
It is hoped that the availability of the Spanish edition of the HRSA 
Preview increases your access to HRSA programs. Questions or comments 
in Spanish about our programs may be directed to Laura Shepherd, Office 
of Minority Health, at [email protected]/.
    Application materials are currently available for downloading in 
the current cycle for some HRSA programs. HRSA's goal is to post 
application forms and materials for all programs as soon as possible. 
You can download this issue of the HRSA Preview in Adobe Acrobat format 
(.pdf) from HRSA's web site at: http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/preview.htm
    Also, you can register on-line to be sent specific grant 
application materials by following the instructions on the web page or 
accessing http://www.hrsa.gov/g__order3.htm directly. Your mailing 
information will be added to our database and material will be sent to 
you as it becomes available.

Grant Terminology

Application Deadlines

    Applications will be considered ``on time'' if they are either 
received on or before the established deadline date or postmarked on or 
before the deadline date given in the program announcement or in the 
application kit materials.

Authorizations

    The citations of provisions of the laws authorizing the various 
programs are provided immediately preceding groupings of program 
categories.

CFDA Number

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a Government-
wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities 
which provide assistance. Programs listed therein are given a CFDA 
Number.

Cooperative Agreement

    A financial assistance mechanism used when substantial Federal 
programmatic involvement, with the recipient during performance, is 
anticipated by the Agency.

Eligibility

    Authorizing legislation and programmatic regulations specify 
eligibility for individual grant programs. In general, assistance is 
provided to nonprofit organizations and institutions, State and local 
governments and their agencies, and occasionally to individuals. For-
profit organizations are eligible to receive awards under financial 
assistance programs unless specifically excluded by legislation.

Estimated Amount of Competition

    The funding level listed is provided for planning purposes and is 
subject to the availability of funds.

Funding Priorities and/or Preferences

    Special priorities or preferences are those which the individual 
programs have identified for the funding cycle. Some programs give 
preference to organizations which have specific capabilities such as 
telemedicine networking or established relationships with managed care 
organizations. Preference also may be given to achieve an equitable 
geographic distribution and other reasons to increase the effectiveness 
of the programs.

Key Offices

    The Grants Management Office serves as the focal point for business 
matters. A ``key'' symbol indicates the appropriate office for each 
program area and the main telephone number for the office.

Matching Requirements

    Several HRSA programs require a matching amount, or percentage of 
the total project support, to come from sources other than Federal 
funds. Matching requirements are generally mandated in the authorizing 
legislation for specific categories. Also, matching requirements may be 
administratively required by the awarding office. Such requirements are 
set forth in the application kit.

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Project Period

    The total time for which support of a discretionary project has 
been programmatically approved. Continuation of any project beyond the 
budget period is subject to satisfactory performance, availability of 
funds and program priorities.

Review Criteria

    The following are generic review criteria applicable to HRSA 
programs:
     That the estimated cost to the Government of the project 
is reasonable considering the anticipated results.
     That project personnel or prospective fellows are well 
qualified by training and/or experience for the support sought, and the 
applicant organization or the organization to provide training to a 
fellow has adequate facilities and manpower.
     That, insofar as practical, the proposed activities 
(scientific or other), if well executed, are capable of attaining 
project objectives.
     That the project objectives are capable of achieving the 
specific program objectives defined in the program announcement and the 
proposed results are measurable.
     That the method for evaluating proposed results includes 
criteria for determining the extent to which the program has achieved 
its stated objectives and the extent to which the accomplishment of 
objectives can be attributed to the program.
     That, in so far as practical, the proposed activities, 
when accomplished, are replicable, national in scope and include plans 
for broad dissemination.
    The specific review criteria used to review and rank applications 
are included in the individual guidance material provided with the 
application kits. Applicants should pay strict attention to addressing 
these criteria as they are the basis upon which their applications will 
be judged.

Technical Assistance

    A contact person is listed for each program and his/her e-mail 
address and telephone number provided. Some programs have scheduled 
workshops and conference calls as indicated by the ``magnifying glass'' 
in the HRSA Preview. If you have questions concerning individual 
programs or the availability of technical assistance, please contact 
the person listed. Also check your application materials and the HRSA 
web site http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/ for the latest technical assistance 
information.

Frequently Asked Questions

    1. HRSA lists many telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. Who do I 
phone or e-mail and when?
    Phone 1-888-333-HRSA (4772) to register for application kits. It 
will be helpful to the information specialist if you have the CFDA 
Number and title of the program handy for reference.
    If, before you register, you want to know more about the program, 
an e-mail/phone contact is listed. This contact can provide information 
concerning the specific program's purpose, scope and goals, and 
eligibility criteria. Usually, you will be encouraged to request the 
application kit so that you will have clear, comprehensive and accurate 
information available to you. The application kit lists telephone 
numbers for a program expert and a grants management specialist who 
will provide technical assistance concerning your specific program, if 
you are unable to find the information within the materials provided.
    2. The dates listed in the HRSA Preview and the dates in the 
application kit do not agree. How do I know which is correct?
    First, register at 1-888-333-HRSA (4772) for each program that you 
are interested in as shown in the HRSA Preview.
    HRSA Preview dates for application kit availability and application 
receipt deadline are based upon the best known information at the time 
of publication, often nine months in advance of the competitive cycle. 
Occasionally, the grant cycle does not begin as projected and dates 
must be adjusted. The deadline date stated in your application kit is 
correct. If the application kit has been made available and 
subsequently the date changes, notification of the change will be 
mailed to known recipients of the application kit. Therefore, if you 
are registered at 1-888-333-HRSA (4772), you will receive the most 
current information.
    3. Are programs announced in the HRSA Preview ever canceled?
    Infrequently, programs announced may be withdrawn from competition. 
If this occurs, a cancellation notice will be provided through the HRSA 
Preview at the HRSA Homepage http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/.
    If you still have unanswered questions, please contact Jeanne 
Conley of the Grants Policy Branch at 301-443-4972 
([email protected]).

Rural Health Programs

    Grants Management Office: 1-301-594-4235.
    The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) promotes better health 
care in rural America through its grant programs for rural health 
outreach, network development, and research centers. Grants for the 
outreach program are used to expand access to essential health care 
services in rural areas, as well as to reduce the cost and improve the 
quality of these services. Since recipients of these grants are 
required to partner with at least two other organizations, outreach 
grants encourage the development of new and innovative health care 
delivery systems. Unlike the outreach grants, which focus on the actual 
delivery of health care services, the network grants are aimed at 
improving organizational capabilities. Network grants specifically 
support the planning and development of vertically integrated health 
care systems in rural areas. In the rapidly changing health care 
market, rural areas that develop vertically integrated systems will be 
better able to keep vital health care support within the community. 
ORHP's research grants fund centers to study a wide range of policy-
relevant subjects in rural health, including issues of multi-State and 
national significance such as the emergence of managed care in rural 
communities. The work of the research centers is published in 
appropriate refereed journals and disseminated to a national audience.

State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program

Authorization
    Section 1820 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395I-4) as 
amended in Public Law 105-33 SEC. 4201.
Purpose
    The purpose of this grant program is to help States work with rural 
communities and hospitals to develop and implement a rural health plan, 
develop integrated networks of care, improve emergency medical services 
and designate Critical Access Hospitals.
Eligibility
    The 50 States are eligible to apply.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $25,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    Up to 50.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 02/10/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.912C.

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    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/14/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Jerry Coopey, [email protected] 1-301-443-0835.

Rural Network Development Grant Program

Authorization
    Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254c
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to support the planning and 
development of vertically integrated health care networks in rural 
areas. Vertically integrated networks must be composed of three 
different types of providers. The emphasis of the program is on 
projects to develop the organizational capabilities of these networks. 
The network is a tool for overcoming the fragmentation of health care 
delivery services in rural areas. As such, the network provides a range 
of possibilities for structuring local delivery systems to meet health 
care needs of rural communities.
Eligibility
    A rural public or nonprofit private organization that is or 
represents a network which includes three or more health care providers 
or other entities that provide or support the delivery of health care 
services is eligible to apply. The administrative headquarters of the 
organization must be located in a rural county or in a rural census 
tract of an urban county, or an organization constituted exclusively to 
provide services to migrant and seasonal farm workers in rural areas 
and supported under Section 330(g) of the Public Health Service Act. 
These organizations are eligible regardless of the urban or rural 
location of the administrative headquarters.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funding preference may be given to applicant networks that include: 
(1) a majority of the health care providers serving in the area or 
region to be served by the network; (2) any Federally Qualified Health 
Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and local public health departments 
serving in the area or region; (3) outpatient mental health providers 
serving in the area or region; or (4) appropriate social service 
providers, such as agencies on aging, school systems and providers 
under the women, infants, and children program (WIC) to improve access 
to and coordination of health care services.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $4,420,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    25.
Estimated Project Period
    1-3 Years.
    Group Conference Call Date: 01/28/99, 2:00 p.m.(ET): Contact ORHP 
Operator, (301) 656-3100 or FAX (301) 652-5264.
Application Availability: 12/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.912B.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/16/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Eileen Holloran [email protected], 1-301-443-
0835.

Rural Health Outreach Grant Program

Authorization
    Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254c.
Purpose
    The purpose of this grant program is to expand access to, 
coordinate, restrain the cost of, and improve the quality of essential 
health care services, including preventive and emergency services, 
through the development of integrated health care delivery systems or 
networks in rural areas and regions. Funds are available for projects 
to support the direct delivery of health care and related services, to 
expand existing services, or to enhance health service delivery through 
education, promotion, and prevention programs. The emphasis is on the 
actual delivery of specific services rather than the development of 
organizational capabilities. Projects may be carried out by networks of 
the same providers (e.g. all hospitals) or more diversified networks.
Eligibility
    Rural public or nonprofit private organizations that include three 
or more health care providers or other entities that provide or support 
the delivery of health care services are eligible to apply. The 
administrative headquarters of the organization must be located in a 
rural county or in a rural census tract of an urban county, or an 
organization constituted exclusively to provide services to migrant and 
seasonal farmworkers in rural areas and supported under Section 330(g) 
of the Public Health Service Act. Organizations that provide services 
to migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural areas and are supported 
under Section 330(g) of the Public Health Service Act are eligible 
regardless of the urban or rural location of the administrative 
headquarters.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funding preference may be given to applicant networks that include: 
(1) A majority of the health care providers serving in the area or 
region to be served by the network; (2) any Federally Qualified Health 
Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and local public health departments 
serving in the area or region; (3) outpatient mental health providers 
serving in the area or region; or (4) appropriate social service 
providers, such as agencies on aging, school systems, and providers 
under the women, infants, and children program (WIC), to improve access 
to and coordination of health care services.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $8,580,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    50.
Estimated Project Period
    1-3 Years.
    Group Conference Call Date: 01/26/99, 2:00 p.m.(ET): Contact ORHP 
Operator, (301) 656-3100 or FAX (301) 652-5264.
Application Availability: 12/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.912A.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Eileen Holloran, [email protected], 1-301-
443-0835.

Rural Health Policy Analytic Centers

Authorization
    Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. [241].
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to fund rural health services policy 
analytic centers to conduct policy relevant research on rural health 
services issues of multi-state and national significance, and 
disseminate the findings of their research. The

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centers study the critical issues facing rural communities in their 
quest to secure adequate, affordable, high quality health services. 
Rural health research findings are published in appropriate refereed 
journals and disseminated to a national audience.
Eligibility
    All public and private entities, both nonprofit and for-profit, are 
eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $1,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    2-4.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 12/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.155.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/05/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Person: Jake Culp, [email protected], 1-301-443-0835.

Health Professions Programs

    Grants Management Office: 1-301-443-6880.

    Note: As the HRSA Preview was going to print, new legislation 
was passed reauthorizing many of the Health Professions Programs. 
Because the legislation may have altered important elements, such as 
program requirements, please read the application materials 
carefully.

    Underlined areas provide additional or changed information to the 
Summer 1998 HRSA Preview.

Nurse Anesthetist Program: Program Grants

Authorization
    Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act (Previously Section 
831), 42 U.S.C. 297-1.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to assist eligible institutions to meet the 
costs of developing projects for the education of nurse anesthetists.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are public or private nonprofit institutions 
which provide registered nurses with full-time nurse anesthetist 
training and are accredited by an entity or entities designated by the 
Secretary of Education.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 860(e) of the 
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to qualified 
applicants that: (A) have a high rate for placing graduates in practice 
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically 
underserved communities; or (B) have achieved, during the 2-year period 
preceding the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, a 
significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. 
This preference will only be applied to education program applications 
that rank above the 20th percentile of proposals recommended for 
approval by the peer review group.
    ``High rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' have been 
redefined for this program. ``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 35 
percent of graduates in academic year 1995-1996, academic year 1996-
1997, or academic year 1997-1998, who spend at least 50 percent of 
their work time in clinical practice in the specified settings. 
Graduates who are providing care in a medically underserved community 
as a part of a fellowship or other educational experience can be 
counted.
    ``Significant increase in the rate'' means that, between academic 
years 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, the rate of placing graduates in the 
specified settings has increased by a minimum of 50 percent and not 
less than 15 percent of graduates from the most recent year are working 
in these settings.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $400,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    2 Programs.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 07/13/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.916.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 12/21/1998.
    Projected Award Date: 04/1999.
    Contact Person: Marcia Starbecker, [email protected], 1-
301-443-6333.

Advanced Nurse Education

Authorization
    Section 811 of the Public Health Service Act (Previously Section 
821), 42 U.S.C. 296.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to assist eligible institutions plan, develop 
and operate new programs, or significantly expand existing programs 
leading to advanced degrees that prepare nurses to serve as nurse 
educators or public health nurses, or in other clinical nurse 
specialties determined by the Secretary to require advanced education.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are public and nonprofit private collegiate 
schools of nursing.

Funding Priorities and/or Preferences

    Statutory General Preference: As provided in Section 860(e)(1) of 
the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any 
qualified applicant that: (A) has a high rate for placing graduates in 
practice settings having the principal focus of serving residents of 
medically underserved communities; or (B) during the 2-year period 
preceding the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has 
achieved a significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in 
such settings. This preference will only be applied to applications 
that rank above the 20th percentile of proposals recommended for 
approval by the peer review group.
    ``High rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' have been 
redefined for this program. ``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 35 
percent of graduates in academic year 1995-1996, academic year 1996-
1997, or academic year 1997-1998, who spend at least 50 percent of 
their work time in clinical practice in the specified settings. 
Graduates who are providing care in a medically underserved community 
as a part of a fellowship or other educational experience can be 
counted.
    ``Significant increase in the rate'' means that, between academic 
years 1996-1997 and 1997-1998, the rate of placing graduates in the 
specified settings has increased by a minimum of 50 percent and not 
less than 15 percent of graduates from the most recent year are working 
in these settings.
    Established Funding Priorities: A funding priority will be given to 
applications which develop, expand or implement course(s) concerning 
ambulatory, home health care and/or inpatient case management services 
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    In determining the order of funding of approved applications, a 
funding priority will be given to applicant institutions which 
demonstrate either substantial progress over the last three years or a 
significant experience of ten or more years in enrolling and graduating 
trainees from those minority or low-income populations identified as 
at-risk of poor health outcomes.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of the Competition
    $4,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    20.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 07/13/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.299.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 12/21/1998.
    Projected Award Date: 04/1999.
    Contact Person: Karen Pane, [email protected], 1-301-443-6333.

Physician Assistant Training

Authorization
    Section 747 of the Public Health Service Act (Previously Section 
750), 42 U.S.C. 293n.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded under Section 747 of the Public Health Service 
Act for projects: (1) for the training of physician assistants; and (2) 
for the training of individuals who will teach in programs to provide 
such training. The projects supported must meet the following 
definition of a training program for physician assistants as defined 
under Section 799B of the Public Health Service Act: (1) has as its 
objective the education of individuals who will, upon completion of 
their studies in the program, be qualified to provide primary care 
under the supervision of a physician; (2) extends for at least one 
academic year and consists of supervised clinical practice and at least 
four months (in the aggregate) of classroom instruction directed toward 
preparing students to deliver health care; (3) has an enrollment of not 
less than eight students; and (4) trains students in primary care, 
disease prevention, health promotion, geriatric medicine, and home 
health care. The program assists schools to meet the costs of projects 
to plan, develop and operate or maintain programs for the training of 
physician assistants and for the training of individuals who will teach 
in programs to provide such training. Programs must develop and use 
methods designed to encourage graduates of the program to work in 
health professional shortage areas. Programs also must develop and use 
methods for placing graduates in positions for which they have been 
trained.
Eligibility
    Public or nonprofit private hospitals, schools of medicine, or 
osteopathic medicine or a public or private nonprofit entity are 
eligible to apply. Eligible physician assistant programs are those 
which are either accredited by the American Medical Association's 
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (AMA-CAHEA) or 
its successor organization, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied 
Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    As provided in Section 791(a) of the Public Health Service Act, 
statutory preference will be given to any qualified applicant that: (A) 
has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the 
principal focus of serving residents of medically underserved 
communities; or (B) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year 
for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase 
in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This statutory 
general preference will only be applied to applications that rank above 
the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval by the 
peer review group.
    A statutory priority will be given to qualified applicants that 
have a record of training individuals who are from disadvantaged 
backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented 
among physician assistants).
    A special consideration will be given under Section 747(c)(3) in 
awarding grants to projects which prepare practitioners to care for 
underserved population and other high-risk groups such as the elderly, 
individuals with HIV-AIDS, substance abusers, homeless, and victims of 
domestic violence.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $900,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    6.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
    Technical Assistance Group Conference Call: To be held on January 
21, 1999. Contact Ed Spirer by January 14, 1999 to participate by 
calling 301-443-1467 or e-mail [email protected].
Application Availability: 12/15/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.886.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/23/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: Ed Spirer, [email protected], 1-301-443-1467.

Departments of Family Medicine

Authorization
    Section 747 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293k.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to establish, maintain, or improve academic 
administrative units to provide clinical instruction in family 
medicine; to plan and develop model educational predoctoral, faculty 
development, and graduate medical education programs in family medicine 
which will meet the requirements of Section 747(a) by the end of the 
project period of Section 747(b) support; to support academic and 
clinical activities relevant to the field of family medicine; and to 
strengthen the administrative base and structure responsible for the 
planning, direction, organization, coordination, and evaluation of all 
undergraduate and graduate family medicine activities.
Eligibility
    Public, or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine or 
osteopathic medicine are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    As provided in Section 791(a) of the Public Health Service Act, 
statutory preference will be given to any qualified applicant that: (A) 
has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the 
principal focus of serving residents of medically underserved 
communities; or (B) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year 
for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase 
in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This statutory 
general preference will only be applied to applications that rank above 
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percentile of applications recommended for approval by the peer review 
group.
    Under Section 747(b), a funding preference is provided for 
qualified applicants that agree to expend the award for the purpose of: 
(1) establishing an academic administrative unit defined as a 
department, division, or other unit, for programs in family medicine; 
or (2) substantially expanding the programs of such a unit.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $3,600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    20.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
    Technical Assistance Conference Call: February 15, 1999. Contact 
Shelby Biedenkapp by January 29 to participate, 301-443-1467, or e-mail 
[email protected].
Application Availability: 10/09/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.984.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/15/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Shelby Biedenkapp, [email protected], 1-
301-443-1467.

Geriatric Education Centers

Authorization
    Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act (Previously Section 
777(a)), 42 U.S.C. 294o.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to support the development of collaborative 
arrangements involving several health professions schools and health 
care facilities. Geriatric Education Centers (GECs) facilitate training 
of health professional faculty, students, and practitioners in the 
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, disability, and other 
health problems of the aged. Health professionals include allopathic 
physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists, optometrists, 
podiatrists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, 
chiropractors, behavioral and mental health professionals, health 
administrators, and other allied health professionals. Projects 
supported under these grants must offer training involving four or more 
health professions, one of which must be allopathic or osteopathic 
medicine, and must address one or more of the following statutory 
purposes: (a) improve the training of health professionals in 
geriatrics; (b) develop and disseminate curricula relating to the 
treatment of health problems of elderly individuals; (c) support the 
training and retraining of faculty to provide such instruction in 
geriatrics; (d) support continuing education of health professionals 
and allied health professionals who provide such treatment; and (e) 
provide students with clinical training in geriatrics in nursing homes, 
chronic and acute disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and 
senior centers.
Eligibility
    Grants may be made to accredited health professions schools as 
defined by Section 799B(1), or programs for the training of physician 
assistants as defined by Section 799B(3), or schools of allied health 
as defined by Section 799B(4), or schools of nursing as defined by 
Section 853(2).
Funding Priorities and/Or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $1,100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    8.
Estimated Project Period
    3 years.
Application Availability: 10/05/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.969.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 12/21/1998.
    Projected Award Date: 04/1999.
    Contact Person: Barbara Broome, [email protected] 1-301-443-
6887.

Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers

Authorization
    Section 751(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (Previously 
Section 746(a)(1)), 42 U.S.C. 293j.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to assist schools to improve the distribution, 
supply and quality of health personnel in the health services delivery 
system by encouraging the regionalization of health professions 
schools. Emphasis is placed on community-based training of primary care 
oriented students, residents, and providers. The Area Health Education 
Centers (AHEC) program assists schools in the planning, development, 
and operation of AHEC's to initiate educational system incentives, to 
attract and retain health care personnel in scarcity areas. By linking 
the academic resources of the university health science center with 
local planning, educational and clinical resources, the AHEC program 
establishes a network of community-based training sites to provide 
educational services to students, faculty and practitioners in 
underserved areas and ultimately, to improve the delivery of health 
care in the service area. The program embraces the goal of increasing 
the number of health professions graduates who ultimately will practice 
in underserved areas.
Eligibility
    The types of entities eligible to apply for this program have been 
expanded from public or private nonprofit accredited schools of 
medicine and osteopathic medicine to include incorporated consortia of 
such schools, or the parent institution of such schools. Also, in 
States in which no area health education center program is in 
operation, an accredited school of nursing is also an eligible 
applicant.
Matching Requirements
    Awardees shall make available (directly or through contributions 
from State, county or municipal governments, or the private sector) 
non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount that is not less than 50 
percent of the operating costs of the AHEC Program, except that the 
Secretary may grant a waiver for up to 75 percent of the amount 
required in the first 3 years in which an awardee receives funds under 
Section 751(a)(1).
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funds shall be awarded to approved applicants in the following 
order: (1) competing continuations; (2) new starts in States with no 
AHEC program; (3) other new starts; and (4) competing supplementals. 
Applications reviewed and scored in the lowest 25th percentile may be 
partially funded or may not be funded.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $7,625,000.

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Estimated Number of Awards
    9.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 10/09/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772)
    CFDA Number: 93.824.
    Application Deadline: 02/26/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 05/1999.
    Contact Persons: Louis D. Coccodrilli ([email protected]); 
Carol S. Gleich ([email protected]), 1-301-443-6950.

Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers

Authorization
    Section 751(a)(2) of The Public Health Service Act (Previously 
Section 746 (a)(3)), 42 U.S.C. 293j.
Purpose
    The program assists schools to improve the distribution, supply, 
and quality of health personnel in the health services delivery system 
by encouraging the regionalization of health professions schools. 
Emphasis is placed on community-based training of primary care oriented 
students, residents, and providers. The Area Health Education Centers 
(AHEC) program assists schools in the development, and operation of 
AHEC's to implement educational system incentives to attract and retain 
health care personnel in scarcity areas. By linking the academic 
resources of the university health science center with local planning, 
educational and clinical resources, the AHEC program establishes a 
network of health-related institutions to provide educational services 
to students, faculty and practitioners and ultimately, to improve the 
delivery of health care in the service area. These programs are 
collaborative partnerships which address current health workforce needs 
within a region of a State, or in an entire State.
Eligibility
    The types of entities eligible to apply for this program have been 
expanded from public or private nonprofit accredited schools of 
medicine and osteopathic medicine to include incorporated consortia of 
such schools, or the parent institution of such schools. Applicants 
must also have previously received funds but are no longer receiving 
funds under Section 751(a)(1), formerly Section 746(a)(1), and are 
operating an AHEC program.
Matching Requirements
    Awardees shall make available (directly or through contributions 
from State, county or municipal governments, or the private sector) 
recurring non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount not less than 
50 percent of the operating costs of the Model State-Supported AHEC 
Program.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funds shall be awarded to approved applicants in the following 
order: (1) competing continuations; (2) new starts in States with no 
AHEC program; (3) other new starts; and (4) competing supplementals. 
Applications reviewed and scored in the lowest 25th percentile may be 
partially funded or may not be funded.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Number of Awards
    9.
Application Availability: 10/09/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.107.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/26/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 05/1999.
    Contact Persons: Louis D. Coccodrilli ([email protected]); 
Carol S. Gleich ([email protected]), 1-301-443-6950.

Health Education and Training Centers

Authorization
    Section 752 of The Public Health Service Act (Previously Section 
746(f)), 42 U.S.C. 293j.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to assist schools to improve the distribution, 
supply, quality and efficiency of personnel providing health services 
in the State of Florida or along the border between the United States 
and Mexico and in other urban/rural areas of the United States to any 
population group that has demonstrated serious unmet health care needs. 
The program encourages health promotion and disease prevention through 
public education in border and non-border areas. Each Health Education 
and Training Center (HETC) project will: (a) conduct or support not 
less than one training and educational program for physicians and one 
for nurses for at least a portion of the clinical training of such 
students in the proposed service area; (b) conduct or support training 
in health education services. A school of public health located in the 
HETC service area shall participate in the HETC program if the school 
requests to participate.
    Note that funds shall be awarded in such a way that 50 percent of 
amounts appropriated for each fiscal year are for the establishment or 
operation of health education training centers in States along the 
United States and Mexican border and in the State of Florida.
Eligibility
    The types of entities eligible for this program have been expanded 
from public or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine and 
osteopathic medicine, to include incorporated consortia of such 
schools, or the parent institution of such schools. In States in which 
no area health education center program is in operation, an accredited 
school of nursing is also an eligible applicant.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Fifty percent of the appropriated funds each year must be made 
available for approved applications for Border HETCs. The amount 
allocated for each approved Border HETC application shall be determined 
in accordance with a formula. Approved non-Border HETC applications 
scored in the lowest 25th percentile may be partially funded or may not 
be funded. The following funding priorities are being applied in FY 
1999: (1) Implementation of HETC Programs training a minimum of 50 
under-represented minority trainees annually for service to medically 
underserved populations; (2) Implementation of a substantial public 
health training experience between 4 to 8 weeks for a minimum of 25 
trainees annually; (3) As part of their advisory group, a proposed 
project must have representation from a health department from the area 
being served.
Matching Requirement
    Awardees shall provide matching funds from non-Federal sources 
(directly or through donations from public or private entities, in cash 
or in-kind) in an amount not less than 25 percent of total operating 
costs of the HETC project.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated amount of This Competition
    $3,550,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    10-15.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.

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Application Availability: 10/09/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.189.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/19/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Persons: Louis D. Coccodrilli ([email protected]); 
Carol S. Gleich ([email protected]), 1-301-443-6950.

Quentin N. Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary Program

Authorization
    Section 754 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 294p.
Purpose
    The goal of this program is 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.
Eligibility
    Applications will be accepted from health professions schools, 
academic health centers, State or local governments or other 
appropriate public or private nonprofit entities for funding and 
participation in health professions and nursing training activities.
    Applications shall be jointly submitted by at least two eligible 
applicants with the express purpose of assisting individuals in 
academic institutions in establishing long-term collaborative 
relationships with health care providers in rural areas.
    Applicants must designate a rural health care agency or agencies 
for clinical treatment or training including hospitals, community 
health centers, migrant health centers, rural health clinics, community 
behavioral and mental health centers, long-term care facilities, Native 
Hawaiian health centers or facilities operated by the Indian Health 
Service or an Indian tribe or tribal organization or Indian 
organization under a contract with the Indian Health Service under the 
Indian Self Determination Act.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A preference will be given to any qualified applicant that: (1) has 
a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the 
principal focus of serving residents of medically underserved 
communities; or (2) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year 
for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase 
in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. So that new 
applicants may compete equitably, a preference will be given to those 
new programs that meet at least four of the criteria described in 
Section 791(c)(3) concerning medically underserved communities and 
populations.
    A priority will be given to approved applicant institutions 
(academic) which demonstrate either substantial progress over the last 
three years or a significant experience of ten or more years in 
enrolling and graduating trainees from those minority and low income 
populations identified as at risk of poor outcomes.
Special Considerations
    Special consideration will be given to qualified applicants who 
increase the number of disadvantaged health professions students and 
provide community-based training experiences designed to improve access 
to health care services in underserved areas. This will include being 
responsive to population groups addressed in the President's Executive 
Orders 12876, 12900, and 13021. These include such applicants as 
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities serving Native 
Americans.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $1,800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    12.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 11/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.192.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/12/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 05/1999.
    Contact Person: Judith E. Arndt, [email protected], 1-301-443-
6763.

Allied Health Projects

Authorization
    Section 755 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 294e.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded to assist eligible entities in meeting the costs 
associated with expanding or establishing programs that will: expand 
enrollments in allied health disciplines that are in short supply or 
whose services are most needed by the elderly; provide rapid transition 
training programs in allied health fields to individuals who have 
baccalaureate degrees in health-related sciences; establish community-
based training programs that link academic centers to rural clinical 
settings; provide career advancement training for practicing allied 
health professionals; expand or establish clinical training sites for 
allied health professionals in medically underserved or rural 
communities in order to increase the number of individuals trained; 
develop curriculum that will emphasize knowledge and practice in the 
areas of prevention and health promotion, geriatrics, long-term care, 
home health and hospice care, and ethics; expand or establish 
interdisciplinary training programs that promote the effectiveness of 
allied health practitioners in geriatric assessment and the 
rehabilitation of the elderly; expand or establish demonstration 
centers to emphasize innovative models to link allied health, clinical 
practice, education, and research; and, to plan, develop, and operate 
or maintain graduate programs in behavioral and mental health 
professions.
Eligibility
    ``Eligible entity'' for the purpose of this grant program means 
health professions schools, academic health centers, State or local 
governments or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities 
for funding and participation in health professions training 
activities.
    Eligible academic institutions shall also be required to use funds 
in collaboration with two or more disciplines.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A funding preference will be given to applicants who: (a) have a 
high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the focus 
of serving residents of medically underserved communities, or (b) 
during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which such an 
award is sought, have achieved a significant increase in the rate of 
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in such settings. So that new applicants may compete equitably, a 
preference will be given to those new programs that meet at least four 
of the criteria described in Section 791(c)(3) concerning medically 
underserved communities and populations.
    A priority will be given to qualified applicants who provide 
community-based training experiences designed to improve access to 
health care services in underserved areas. This will include being 
responsive to population groups addressed in the President's Executive 
Orders 12876, 12900 and 13021. These will include such applicants as 
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historical Black Colleges and 
Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities serving Native 
Americans.
    Special consideration will be given to applicants that work with 
school systems through the high school level, especially in those areas 
where there is a high percentage of disadvantaged students, to 
encourage them to work toward careers in the allied health professions.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $ 830,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    9.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 11/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.191.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/16/1999.
    Projected Award date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: Norman L. Clark, [email protected], 1-301-443-
1346.

Centers of Excellence (COE)

Authorization
    Section 736 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293c.
Purpose
    The goal of this program is to assist eligible schools in 
supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for 
underrepresented minority individuals. The grantee is required to use 
the funds awarded: to develop a large competitive applicant pool 
through linkages with institutions of higher education, local school 
districts, and other community-based entities and establish an 
education pipeline for health professions careers; to establish, 
strengthen, or expand programs to enhance the academic performance of 
underrepresented minority students attending the school; to improve the 
capacity of such school to train, recruit, and retain underrepresented 
minority faculty including the payment of stipends and fellowships; to 
carry out activities to improve the information resources, clinical 
education, curricula and cultural competence of the graduates of the 
schools as it relates to minority health issues; to facilitate faculty 
and student research on health issues particularly affecting 
underrepresented minority groups, including research on issues relating 
to the delivery of health care; to carry out a program to train 
students of the school in providing health services to a significant 
number of under-represented minority individuals through training 
provided to such students at community-based health facilities that 
provide such health services and are located at a site remote from the 
main site of the teaching facilities of the school; and to provide 
stipends. The $500,000 minimum award per year is no longer required.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are accredited schools of allopathic medicine, 
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, graduate programs in 
behavioral or mental health, or other public and nonprofit health or 
educational entities.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $11,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    20.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 11/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.157.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/29/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Roland Garcia, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2100.

Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)

Authorization
    Section 739 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293d.
Purpose
    The goal of this program is to assist individuals from 
disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health 
profession. The HCOP program works to build diversity in the health 
fields by providing students from disadvantaged backgrounds an 
opportunity to develop the skills needed to successfully compete, 
enter, and graduate from health professions schools.
    The legislative purposes for which HCOP funds may be awarded are: 
identifying, recruiting, and selecting individuals from disadvantaged 
backgrounds for education and training in a health profession; 
facilitating the entry of such individuals into such a school; 
providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist 
such individuals to complete successfully their education at such a 
school; providing, for a period prior to the entry of such individuals 
into the regular course of education of such a school, preliminary 
education and health research training designed to assist them to 
complete successfully such regular course of education at such a 
school, or referring such individuals to institutions providing such 
preliminary education; publicizing existing sources of financial aid 
available to students in the education program of such a school or who 
are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in such a 
program; paying scholarships, as the Secretary may determine, for such 
individuals for any period of health professions education at a health 
professions school; paying such stipends for such individuals for any 
period of education in student-enhancement programs (other than regular 
courses), except that such a stipend may not be provided to an 
individual for more than 12 months; carrying out programs under which 
such individuals gain experience regarding a career in a field of 
primary health care through working at facilities of public or private 
nonprofit community-based providers of primary health services; and 
conducting activities to develop a larger and more competitive 
applicant pool through partnerships with institutions of higher 
education, school districts, and other community-based entities.
    The ``scholarships'' provision will not be implemented in FY 1999.

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Eligibility
    Eligible applicants include schools of medicine, osteopathic 
medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, 
pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, public or 
nonprofit private schools that offer graduate programs in behavioral 
and mental health, programs for the training of physician assistants, 
and other public or private nonprofit health or educational entities.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A funding preference will be given to approved applications for 
programs that involve a comprehensive approach by several public or 
nonprofit private health or educational entities to establish, enhance 
and expand educational programs that will result in the development of 
a competitive applicant pool of individuals from disadvantaged 
backgrounds who desire to pursue health professions careers.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $13,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    67.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 11/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.822.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/12/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Mario Manecci, [email protected], 1-301-443-
4493.

Minority Faculty Fellowship Program (MFFP)

Authorization
    Section 738(b) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293b.
Purpose
    The purpose of the Minority Faculty Fellowship Program is to 
increase the number of underrepresented minority individuals who are 
members of the faculty in health professions schools. Applicants must 
demonstrate that they have or will have the ability to: (1) identify, 
recruit and select underrepresented minority individuals who have the 
potential for teaching, administration, or conducting research at a 
health professions institution; (2) provide such individuals with the 
skills necessary to enable them to secure a tenured faculty position at 
such institution, which may include training with respect to 
pedagogical skills, program administration, the design and conduct of 
research, grant writing, and the preparation of articles suitable for 
publication in peer reviewed journals; (3) provide services designed to 
assist individuals in their preparation for an academic career, 
including the provision of counselors; and (4) provide health services 
to rural or medically underserved populations.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are schools of medicine, nursing, osteopathic 
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, podiatric medicine, 
optometry, veterinary medicine, public health, or schools offering 
graduate programs in behavioral and mental health.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    In determining awards, the Secretary will also take into 
consideration equity among health disciplines and geographic 
distribution.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    6.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 11/1/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.923.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 01/29/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 05/1999.
    Contact Person: Armando Pollack, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2100.

Primary Health Care Programs

    Grants Management Office: 1-301-594-4235.

Community and Migrant Health Centers

Authorization
    Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b.
Purpose
    The Community Health Center and Migrant Health Center (C/MHC) 
programs are designed to promote the development and operation of 
community-based primary health care service systems in medically 
underserved areas for medically underserved populations. It is the 
intent of HRSA to continue to support health services in these areas, 
given the unmet need inherent in their provision of services to 
medically underserved populations. HRSA will open competition for 
awards under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (U.S.C. 254b 
for CHCs and U.S.C. 254b(g) for MHCs) to support health services in the 
areas currently served by these grants. Fifty-six C/MHC grantees will 
reach the end of their project periods during the second half of FY 
1999.
Eligibility
    Applicants are limited to currently funded programs whose project 
periods expire during the second half of FY 1999 and new organizations 
proposing to serve the same populations currently being served by these 
existing programs.

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              City                        State              Deadline
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HRSA Boston Field Office (617) 565-1482
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Boston.........................  MA                           03/01/1999
Littleton......................  NH                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA New York Field Office (212) 264-2664
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St. Thomas.....................  VI (2)                       02/01/1999
West New York..................  NJ                           03/01/1999
Brooklyn.......................  NY                           03/01/1999
New Brunswick..................  NJ                           03/01/1999
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HRSA Philadelphia Field Office (215) 861-4422
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Blacksville....................  WV                           02/01/1999
St. Charles....................  VA                           02/01/1999
Philadelphia...................  PA                           02/01/1999
Suffolk........................  VA                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA Atlanta Field Office (404) 562-2996
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Little River...................  SC                           02/01/1999
Jefferson......................  SC                           02/01/1999
Trenton........................  FL                           02/01/1999
Shabuta........................  MS                           02/01/1999
St. Petersburg.................  FL                           02/01/1999
Broward County.................  FL                           02/01/1999
Waycross.......................  GA                           03/01/1999
Wilmington.....................  NC                           03/01/1999
Tallahassee....................  FL                           03/01/1999
Columbus.......................  GA                           03/01/1999
Jacksonville...................  FL                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA Chicago Field Office (312) 353-1715
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Champaign......................  IL                           02/01/1999
Wausau.........................  WI                           03/01/1999
Kenosha........................  WI                           03/01/1999
Evansville.....................  IN                           03/01/1999
Ft. Wayne......................  IN                           03/01/1999
Lafayette......................  IN                           03/01/1999
Chicago........................  IL                           03/01/1999
Muskegon Hts...................  MI                           03/01/1999
Indianapolis...................  IN                           02/01/1999
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 HRSA Dallas Field Office (214) 767-3872
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Benavides......................  TX                           02/01/1999
Clarendon......................  AR                           02/01/1999
St. Gabriel....................  LA                           03/01/1999
Oklahoma City..................  OK (2)                       03/01/1999
El Paso........................  TX                           03/01/1999
Lordsburg......................  NM                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA Kansas Field Office (816) 426-5296
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Garden City....................  KS                           03/01/1999
Emporia........................  KS                           03/01/1999
Council Bluffs.................  IA                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA Denver Field Office (303) 844-3203
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Dove Creek.....................  CO                           02/01/1999
Helena.........................  MT                           03/01/1999
Livingston.....................  MT                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA San Francisco Field Office (415) 437-8090
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Carson City....................  NV                           02/01/1999
Nogales........................  AZ                           02/01/1999
San Mateo......................  CA                           03/15/1999
Berkeley.......................  CA                           03/01/1999
Elfrida........................  AZ                           03/01/1999
Waimanalo......................  HI                           03/01/1999
Redding........................  CA                           03/01/1999
Flagstaff......................  AZ                           03/01/1999
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 HRSA Seattle Field Office (206) 615-2491
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Grays Harbor...................  WA                           03/01/1999
Sand Point.....................  AK                           03/01/1999
Everett........................  WA                           03/01/1999
Longview.......................  WA                           03/01/1999
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Special Considerations
    Communication with Field Office staff is essential for interested 
parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal funding as a C/MHC. 
Technical assistance and detailed information about each service area, 
such as census tracts, can be obtained by contacting the HRSA Field 
Office.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $30,280,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    56.
Estimated Project Period
    1-5 Years.
Application Availability: Continuous

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number:
    93.224  Community Health Centers
    93.246  Migrant Health Centers

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772)
    Application Deadline: Current grant expiration dates vary by area.
    Applications for competing continuation grants are due 120 days 
prior to the expiration of the current grant award.
    Contact Person: Richard Bohrer, [email protected], 1-301-594-
4300.

Health Care for the Homeless

Authorization
    Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b(h).
Purpose
    The Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program is designed to 
increase the access of homeless populations to cost-effective, case 
managed, and integrated primary care and substance abuse services 
provided by existing community-based programs/providers. It is the 
intent of HRSA to continue to support health services to the homeless 
populations in these areas/locations given the continued need for cost-
effective, community-based primary care services for medically 
underserved populations within these geographic areas. One HCH grantee 
will reach the end of its project period during the second half of FY 
1999.
Eligibility
    Applicants are limited to the currently funded program whose 
project period expires in FY 1999 and new organizations proposing to 
serve the same population currently being served by this existing 
program.
Special Consideration
    Communication with Field Office staff is essential for interested 
parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal funding as an HCH. 
Detailed information about each service area, such as census tracts, 
can be obtained by contacting the appropriate HRSA Field Office listed 
below:

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              City                        State              Deadline
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HRSA Chicago Field Office (312) 353-1715
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Indianapolis...................  IN                           02/01/1999
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Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $350,000.
Estimated Project Period
    1-5 Years.
Application Availability: Continuous

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.151.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: Current grant expiration dates vary by area. 
Applications for competing continuation grants are normally due 120 
days prior to the expiration of the current grant award.
    Contact Person: Jean Hochron, [email protected], 1-301-594-
4430.

Healthy Schools/Healthy Communities

Authorization
    Title III of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.
Purpose
    The Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities (HSHC) program supports 
community-based primary health care providers with experience in this 
area as demonstrated by having entered into partnerships with schools 
or school districts to establish school-based health centers that 
provide comprehensive primary and preventive services. The Bureau of 
Primary Health Care plans to hold one competition during the summer of 
1999 for the funds associated with: (1) the entire group of HSHC 
grantees that will be completing their approved project period on one 
of the two dates listed below, plus (2) a portion of the FY 1999 
increase in funds appropriated to programs supported under the Health 
Centers Consolidation Act that will be used to support new Healthy 
Schools Healthy Communities projects. Any application submitted by a 
currently-funded grantee with a December 1 start date that is 
successful in this competition will be held and awarded early in FY 
2000, subject to the availability of funds.
Eligibility
    Public and private nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Final administrative funding priorities/preferences are included in 
the application materials.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $8,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    40.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 02/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.151A.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999 and 12/1999.
    Contact Person: LaVerne Green, [email protected], 1-301-594-
4450.

Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs

Authorization
    Section 338I of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254q-1.
Purpose
    The purpose of these grant funds is to assist States in operating 
programs for the repayment of educational loans of health professionals 
in return for their practice in federally designated Health 
Professional Shortage Areas to increase the availability of primary 
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services in health professionals shortage areas.
Eligibility
    Any State is eligible to apply for funding.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Matching Requirements
    States seeking support must provide adequate assurance that, with 
respect to the costs of making loan repayments under contracts with 
health professionals, the State will make available (directly or 
through donations from public or private entities) non-Federal 
contributions in cash in an amount equal to not less than $1 for $1 of 
Federal funds provided in the grant. In determining the amount of non-
Federal contributions in cash that a State has to provide, no Federal 
funds may be used in the State's match.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $2,454,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    13.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.165.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Susan Salter, [email protected] 1-301-594-4400.

Black Lung Clinics

Authorization
    Section 427(a) of the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977, 30 
U.S.C. 937(a).
Purpose
    The primary purpose of the Black Lung Clinics grant program is to 
provide treatment and rehabilitation for Black Lung patients and others 
with occupationally-related pulmonary diseases. In addition, individual 
grantee programs are expected to include case finding and outreach, 
preventive and health promotion services, education for patients and 
their families, and testing to determine eligibility for Department of 
Labor or State benefits. Although the number of active coal miners has 
decreased substantially because of mechanization, there has been an 
increase in the number of retired coal miners with the disease and in 
the number of pulmonary patients from other occupations. A current 
objective of the program is to expand outreach so that more of the 
eligible population is made aware of the services offered by the 
grantee clinics.
Eligibility
    Health clinics that serve patients with Black Lung disease and 
other occupationally-related respiratory diseases are eligible to 
apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A priority will be given to clinics that provide a combination of 
services, i.e., outreach, testing, treatment and rehabilitation.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $5,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    15.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/04/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.965.
    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Remy Arnoff, [email protected], 1-301-594-4450.

New Delivery Sites and New Starts in Programs Funded Under the Health 
Centers Consolidation Act

Authorization
    Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b, 
254b(g), 254b(h) and 254d
Purpose
    The HRSA will support the establishment of new service delivery 
sites for existing centers and/or new health centers in some or all of 
the following programs: Community and Migrant Health Centers, Health 
Care for the Homeless and Public Housing Primary Care. The purpose of 
the Community/Migrant Health Centers programs is to extend preventive 
and primary health services to populations currently without such 
services and to improve the health status of medically underserved 
individuals by supporting the establishment of new points of access to 
care. The Health Care for the Homeless program is designed to increase 
the homeless population's access to cost-effective community-based 
programs/providers. The Public Housing Primary Care program increases 
access to health care and improves the health status of public housing 
residents by providing comprehensive primary health care services in or 
near public housing projects, directly or through collaborative 
arrangements with existing community based programs/providers.
Eligibility
    Public and private nonprofit entities are eligible to apply.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Final priorities and/or preferences are included in the application 
materials.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kits.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $25,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    75-100.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 11/01/1998

To Obtain These Application Kits

CFDA Numbers:
    93.224  Community Health Centers
    93.246  Migrant Health Centers
    93.151  Health Care for the Homeless
    93.927  Public Housing

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
Contact Persons
93.224  Dick Bohrer ([email protected]) 1-301-594-4300
93.246  Jack Egan ([email protected]) 1-301-594-4303
93.151  Jean Hochron ([email protected]) 1-301-594-4430
93.927  Sherilyn Pruitt ([email protected]) 1-301-594-4430

HIV/AIDS Programs

    Grants Management Office: 1-301-443-2280

Aids Education and Training Centers

Authorization
    Section 2692(a) of the Public Health Service Act, 42.U.S.C. 300ff-
11.

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Purpose
    The purpose of this competition is to provide funding to public and 
private nonprofit entities and schools and academic health science 
centers in meeting the costs of projects--training health personnel, 
including practitioners under this title and other community providers 
in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HIV disease, including 
the prevention of perinatal transmission of the disease and including 
measures for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections; 
to train the faculty of schools and graduate departments or programs of 
medicine, nursing, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, public health, 
allied health, and mental health practice to teach health professions 
students to provide for the health care needs of individuals with HIV 
disease; and to develop and disseminate curricula and resource 
materials relating to the care and treatment of individuals with such 
disease and the prevention of the disease among the individuals who are 
at risk of contracting the disease.
Eligibility
    Eligible organizations are public and nonprofit private entities 
and schools and academic health science centers.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to projects which will: (A) train or 
result in the training of health professionals who will provide 
treatment for minority individuals with HIV disease and other 
individuals who are at high risk of contracting such disease; and (B) 
train, or result in the training of, minority health professionals and 
minority allied health professionals to provide treatment for 
individuals with such disease.
Special Considerations
    Special consideration will be given to projects that are 
consistent, logical, geographical or epidemiological conformations and 
those projects that can demonstrate educational outcomes or clinical 
impact of their projects.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $17,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    5-10.
Estimated Project Period
    1-3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/04/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.145

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Person: Joan Holloway, [email protected], 1-301-443-
9091.

Ryan White Title III HIV Early Intervention Services Grants

    Part C of Title XXVI of The Public Health Service Act, as amended 
by the Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-146, 42 
U.S.C. 300ff-51--300ff-67.
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to provide, on an outpatient basis, 
high quality early intervention services/primary care to individuals 
with HIV infection. This is accomplished by increasing the present 
capacity and capability of eligible ambulatory health service entities. 
These expanded services become a part of a continuum of HIV prevention 
and care for individuals who are at risk for HIV infection or are HIV 
infected. All Title III programs must provide: HIV counseling and 
testing; counseling and education on living with HIV; appropriate 
medical evaluation and clinical care; and other essential services such 
as oral health care, outpatient mental health services and nutritional 
services, and appropriate referrals for specialty services.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entities that 
are: Section 330 Health Centers; grantees funded under Section 1001 
regarding Family Planning; Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and 
Treatment Centers; Federally Qualified Health Centers; or nonprofit 
private entities that provide comprehensive primary care services to 
populations at risk of HIV disease.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    In awarding these grants, priority will be given to approved/
unfunded applicants who submitted an application for funding in FY 
1998.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria will be included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $6,400,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    20.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/30/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93-918A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich, [email protected], 1-301-443-
0735.

Ryan White Title III HIV Early Intervention Services Planning Grants

    Part C of Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, as amended 
by The Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-146, 42 
U.S.C. 300ff-51--300ff-67.
Purpose
    The purpose of this grant program is to support communities and 
health care service entities in their planning efforts to develop a 
high quality and broad scope of primary health care services for people 
in their service areas who are living with HIV or at risk of infection. 
Applications must propose planning activities which will lead to the 
establishment of comprehensive outpatient HIV primary care services. 
This grant program supports activities of the planning process and does 
not fund any service delivery or patient care.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entities; 
applicants can not be current Ryan White Title III Early Intervention 
Service Program grant recipients.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    In awarding these grants, priority will be given to: 1) applicants 
located in rural or underserved areas where emerging or ongoing HIV 
primary health care needs have not been adequately met and 2) 
applicants proposing to build HIV primary care capacity of indigenous 
organizations serving African American populations.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $3,943,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    79.
Estimated Project Period
    1 or 2 Years.

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Application Availability: 02/28/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.918B

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 06/18/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich, [email protected], 1-301-443-
0735.

Ryan White Title IV: Existing Geographic Areas

Authorization
    Section 2671 of The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-71.
Purpose
    The purpose of the Title IV funding is to improve access to primary 
medical care, research, and support services for children, youth, women 
and families infected with HIV. Funded projects will link clinical 
research and other research with comprehensive care systems, and 
improve and expand the coordination of a system of comprehensive care 
for women, infants, children and youth who are infected/affected by 
HIV. Funds will be used to support programs that: (1) cross established 
systems of care to coordinate service delivery, HIV prevention efforts, 
and clinical research and other research activities; and (2) address 
the intensity of service needs, high costs, and other complex barriers 
to comprehensive care and research experienced by underserved at-risk 
and limited populations. Activities under these grants should address 
the goals of: enrolling and maintaining clients in HIV primary care; 
increasing client access to research by linking HIV/AIDS clinical 
research trials and activities with comprehensive care; fostering the 
development and support of comprehensive, community-based and family 
centered care infrastructures, and emphasizing prevention within the 
care system including the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission.
Eligibility
    Eligible organizations are public or private nonprofit entities 
that are currently funded Title IV programs whose project periods 
expire in FY 1999 and new organizations proposing to serve the same 
populations currently being served by these existing projects. These 
areas are:

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             State                                Areas
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AL.............................  Birmingham/Montgomery.
CA.............................  LaJolla/San Diego.
                                 San Francisco.
CT.............................  Hartford/New London/New Haven.
                                 Bridgeport/Stamford.
DC.............................  Washington.
FL.............................  Orlando.
MD.............................  Statewide.
MI.............................  Detroit.
NC.............................  Charlotte/Durham.
NH.............................  Statewide.
NY.............................  Manhattan.
                                 Stony Brook.
                                 Queens.
PA.............................  Philadelphia.
SC.............................  Statewide.
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Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funding priority in this category will be given to projects that 
support a comprehensive, coordinated system of HIV care serving 
children, youth, women and families and are linked with or have 
initiated activities to link with clinical trials or other research.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $9,400,000.
Estimated Number of Projects
    16.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 02/26/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.153A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/30/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Wayne Sauseda, [email protected], 1-301-443-
9051.

Ryan White Title IV: New Geographic Areas

Authorization
    Section 2671 of The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-71.
Purpose
    Organizations should be able to demonstrate expertise in the 
coordination or provision of comprehensive medical and social services 
to children, youth, women and families. The purpose of the Title IV 
funding is to improve access to primary medical care, research and 
support services for children, youth, women and families infected with 
HIV. Funded projects will link clinical research and other research 
with comprehensive care systems, and improve and expand the 
coordination of a system of comprehensive care for women, infants, 
children and youth who are infected/affected by HIV. Funds will be used 
to support programs that: (1) Cross established systems of care to 
coordinate service delivery, HIV prevention efforts, and clinical 
research and other research activities; and (2) address the intensity 
of service needs, high costs, and other complex barriers to 
comprehensive care and research experienced by underserved, at-risk and 
limited populations. Activities under these grants should address the 
goals of: enrolling and maintaining clients in HIV primary care; 
increasing client access to research by linking HIV/AIDS clinical 
research trials and activities with comprehensive care; fostering the 
development and support of comprehensive, community-based and family 
centered care infrastructures; and, emphasizing prevention within the 
care system including the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission.
Eligibility
    Eligible organizations are public or private nonprofit entities 
that provide or arrange for primary care.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference for funding may be given to applicants which help to 
achieve an equitable geographical distribution of programs across all 
States and Territories, especially programs that provide services in 
rural or underserved communities where the HIV/AIDS epidemic is 
increasing.
Special Consideration
    This initiative is targeted to applicants in geographic areas where 
the HIV/AIDS epidemic is increasing among women, children and 
adolescents and where other resources targeted to these populations are 
limited or non-existent. These grants are for geographic areas not 
listed below.

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             State                                Areas
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AZ.............................  Phoenix.
CA.............................  Los Angeles.
                                 Oakland.
CO.............................  Denver.
FL.............................  Tampa/St. Petersburg.
                                 Ft. Lauderdale.
                                 Miami.
                                 Jacksonville.
GA.............................  Atlanta.
IL.............................  Chicago.
LA.............................  New Orleans.
MA.............................  Statewide.
MO.............................  St. Louis.
NC.............................  Washington.
NJ.............................  Statewide.
NV.............................  Las Vegas.
NY.............................  Albany.
                                 Bronx.
                                 Brooklyn.

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OH.............................  Columbus.
PR.............................  Statewide.
RI.............................  Statewide.
TN.............................  Memphis.
TX.............................  Dallas.
                                 Fort Worth.
                                 Houston.
                                 San Antonio.
WA.............................  Seattle.
WI.............................  Statewide.
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Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $1,450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    5.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 02/26/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.153B

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/30/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Wayne Sauseda, [email protected], 1-301-443-
9051.

HIV/AIDS Program Notes

    The Bureau of HIV/AIDS anticipates the announcement of the Fiscal 
Year 1999 Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program 
later in the Summer 1999 HRSA Preview.

Maternal and Child Health Programs

    Grants Management Office: 1-301-443-1440.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
    (a) With the exception of training and research, as described in 
paragraph (b) of this section, any public or private entity, including 
Indian tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at 25 
U.S.C. 450b) is eligible to apply for Federal funding under this Part; 
(b) Only public or nonprofit private institutions of higher learning 
may apply for training grants. Only public or nonprofit institutions of 
higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies engaged in 
research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or 
services for children with special health care needs may apply for 
grants, contracts or cooperative agreements for research in maternal 
and child health services or in services for children with special 
health care needs.

Genetic Services

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program supports a cooperative agreement to develop 
standardized guidelines for vision screening for the preschool child. 
Funds will be used to promote: (1) development and maintenance of 
systems of care that ensure early identification of children with 
special health care needs, including those with genetic conditions, (2) 
development and demonstration of linkages between screening programs 
and medical homes for timely and appropriate intervention, (3) creative 
approaches for provider and consumer genetics education, and (4) 
strategies for developing and tracking quality indicators that focus on 
the structure of delivery and outcome of care. Such information will 
provide the basis for needs assessment, policy development and quality 
improvement efforts. Federal involvement will be specified in the 
application materials.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Special consideration for funding will be given to organizations 
with special knowledge and expertise of vision screening programs at 
the State and local level.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    1 Year.
Application Availability: 01/11/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/23/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Michele Lloyd-Puryear, [email protected] 1-
301-443-1080.

Genetic Services--Integrated Services For Children With Genetic 
Conditions

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded for projects that coordinate care and integrate 
community services for individuals with genetic conditions such as 
individuals with thalassemia and infants with sickle cell disease 
identified through State newborn screening programs.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Special consideration for funding will be given to: (1) projects 
that evaluate the impact of early intervention on morbidity and 
mortality of infants with disease detected by State newborn screening 
programs, (2) public and private community based entities; community/
State agency partnerships; and community coalitions.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    4-7.
Estimated Project Period
    1-3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/11/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/23/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Michele Lloyd-Puryear, [email protected], 1-
301-443-1080.

Genetic Services--Newborn Screening

Authorization
    Title V of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    Grants are awarded for projects that develop and demonstrate the 
use of information systems for the integration of State newborn 
screening programs with population based, community based and family 
centered early intervention programs that are tied to outcome driven 
systems of service to families with special health needs.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Priority will be given to Community/State agency partnerships in 
coalition

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with public and private community based providers.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $700,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    8-12.
Estimated Project Period
    1-3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/11/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/23/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Michele Lloyd-Puryear, [email protected], 1-
301-443-1080.

Genetic Services--National Genetic Resource Center

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support a national 
policy center to outline national policy to improve the quality, 
accessibility and utilization of genetic services at the national, 
State, and community level. The center's activities would include: (1) 
provide assistance to implement strategic planning to assure the 
availability of genetic services at the State and community level, (2) 
collect and analyze State newborn screening data to provide information 
at the State and community level, (3) address relevant issues pertinent 
to the utilization of genetic medicine and technologies at regional and 
national conferences, (4) develop, coordinate, and promote genetics 
educational activities for primary care providers and consumers, and 
(5) form a newborn screening expert panel to respond to state requests 
for consultation and technical assistance. Federal involvement will be 
specified in the application materials.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preferences will be given to national organizations with expertise 
in the arena of newborn screening and genetics and with an existing 
infrastructure for policy analysis at the national level on issues 
related to genetics.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of Tthis Competition
    $350,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    1-3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/11/1999

To Obtain This Aapplication Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/23/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Michele Lloyd-Puryear, [email protected], 1-
301-443-1080.

Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic & Treatment Centers

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program supports the provision of comprehensive care to people 
with hemophilia and their families through an integrated regional 
network of centers of excellence in the diagnosis and treatment of 
hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. Funds will be used to 
promote: (1) maintenance and enhancement of comprehensive care teams to 
meet the medical, psychosocial, peer support, genetic counseling, and 
financial support needs of patients and their families, (2) continued 
outreach to unserved and underserved people with congenital bleeding 
disorders, (3) collaboration with the prevention and peer support and 
education activities funded at these centers by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDCP), (4) continued collaboration with 
hemophilia treatment centers within the defined Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau (MCHB) regions and promotion of family-centered care 
within the patient population.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Special consideration for funding will be given to: (1) previously 
funded Regional grantees who have developed, maintained, and improved 
the network of integrated treatment centers within their respective 
MCHB regions; (2) public and private organizations that can demonstrate 
the ability to organize and administer a regional network of affiliated 
treatment centers, meeting the standards and criteria for comprehensive 
care centers of the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) and the 
requirements of the MCHB Hemophilia Program Guidance for 1999.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $5,300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    12.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 03/19/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110B

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/15/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Patrick McGuckin, [email protected], 1-301-
443-1080.

Partnership For Information and Communications (PIC)

Authorization
    Title V of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program supports cooperative agreements with governmental, 
professional and private organizations represented by leaders concerned 
with issues related to maternal and child health and involved in 
sustaining systems of care and/or providing family support to persons 
affected by severe illness or injury.
    Further, these partnerships will promote attention to issues 
related to services across the continuum of care, including training, 
prevention and service delivery enhancement, through direct 
communication with and information sharing among the MCHB and other 
affiliated stakeholders. Federal involvement will be specified in the 
guidance.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    For FY 1999, preference will be given to national membership 
organizations

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representing survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI), providing 
emergency medical care for children, and representing State TBI and 
Emergency Medical Service programs.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    4.
Estimated Project Period
    5 Years.
Application Availability: 01/04/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110G

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/23/1999.
    Project Award Date: 04/1999.
    Contact Person: David Heppel, [email protected] 1-301-443-2250.

Maternal and Child Health Research

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to seek new knowledge and support 
applied research to improve maternal and child health which has the 
potential for ready transfer of findings to State and community health 
care delivery programs.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and or Preferences
    A comprehensive research agenda based upon the needs of children 
and families is part of the application guidance. Special consideration 
will be given to projects which emphasize the need for new knowledge 
for: assuring access to quality care through outreach and removal of 
barriers to care for low-income, hard-to-reach and at-risk populations 
particularly in inner-city and rural areas; eliminating racial and 
ethnic child health status disparities; preventing preterm delivery and 
low birth weight, and enhancing the content and quality of pre- and 
postnatal care, including overcoming barriers to prenatal care and 
factors influencing decision-making and care seeking behavior; the role 
that fathers play in caring for and nurturing the health, growth, and 
development of children; the effects of health care reform and managed 
care on access to, and use of, maternal and child health services.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $866,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    10.
Estimated Project Period
    1 Year
Application Availability: 11/01/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110RS

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Gontran Lamberty, [email protected], 1-301-
443-2190.

Training--Continuing education/Collaboration Pediatrics/Child 
Psychiatry

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to foster joint pediatrics-child 
psychiatry continuing education in the psychosocial-developmental 
aspects of child health, utilizing a study group approach that 
emphasizes the practical challenges confronted by community-based 
practitioners. This program promotes collaboration in education between 
pediatricians and child psychiatrists in order to address unmet needs 
for enhanced attention to psychosocial-developmental aspects of child 
health. This objective reflects the need for reduction of adolescent 
suicide, integration of mental health services into health homes and 
assurance of the health and well being of MCH target populations. These 
developments should lead to more integration of health/mental health 
care with concomitant gains, especially in health promotion and primary 
and secondary prevention of psychosocial problems and disorders.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition.
    $150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    10-12.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 02/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110TN

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Person: Shelley Benjamin,
    [email protected], 1-301-443-2190.

Training--Continuing Education and Development--Training Institute

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    Continuing Education and Development (CED) focuses on increasing 
leadership skills of MCH professionals; facilitating timely transfer 
and application of new information, research findings and technology 
related to MCH; and updating and improving the knowledge and skills of 
health and related professionals in programs serving mothers and 
children. The CED program will support conduct of short-term, non-
degree related courses, workshops, conferences, symposia, institutes, 
and distance learning strategies and/or; development of curricula, 
guidelines, standards of practice, and educational tools/strategies 
intended to assure quality health care for the MCH population.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $275,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.

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Application Availability: 04/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110TO

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 06/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Diana Rule, [email protected] 1-301-443-2190.

Children With Special Health Care Needs: Adolescent Transition

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program supports ongoing efforts to develop comprehensive, 
culturally competent, community-based, family-centered, coordinated 
care systems for adolescents with special health care needs and their 
families. The funds are intended to establish public/private 
partnerships to: (1) establish models of coordination and transition 
between tertiary and specialty care providers and community providers 
in the pediatric and adult health care field; (2) strengthen the 
community provider network for adolescents and young adults with 
special health care needs; (3) establish medical homes, through 
pediatric/adult stages, for adolescents with special health care needs; 
and (4) maximize potential for employment with adequate health 
benefits. These efforts are based, in part, on the work of the Federal 
SSI/CSHCN workgroup, the Academy of Pediatrics, Shriners Hospitals, and 
the Healthy and Ready to Work Network, which have identified barriers 
faced by adolescents with special health care needs.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to entities with national expertise and 
established capacity in addressing the goals of this priority. The 
application must, at a minimum, include State Title V CSHCN programs, 
community based pediatric and adult health care providers, and tertiary 
and specialty care networks.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    4 Years.
Application Availability: 10/30/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110D

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Person: Tom Gloss, [email protected], 1-301-443-2370.

Children With Special Health Care Needs Institute

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program will fund a grant to support a Children with Special 
Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Institute. The purpose of the Institute is to 
provide technical assistance and training for the leadership in State 
Title V CSHCN Programs. The Institute will build on the legislative 
requirements for Title V CSHCN Programs and will provide 2-3 sessions 
yearly on new critical issues. The funds will be used to address such 
issues as: (1) State standardization of definitions of CSHCNs; (2) 
improved performance measurement using core national indicators; and 
(3) interpretation and implementation of Title V statutory 
requirements.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to entities with clearly demonstrated 
national expertise and capacity in addressing issues related to 
children with special health care needs and State Title V CSHCN 
programs.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $200,000
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    4 Years.
Application Availability: 10/30/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110E

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Person: Diana Denboba, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2370.

Children With Special Health Care Needs: Medical Home Cooperative 
Agreement

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program will fund a cooperative agreement to support the 
activities of the MCHB CSHCN Integrated Services: Medical Home 
Initiative. The agreement will: (1) provide a forum for interaction 
between medical home grantees and other organizations regarding policy 
initiatives related to the establishment of medical homes for children 
and adolescents with special health care needs; (2) establish and 
implement a strategy to enhance timely interactive communication, 
including telecommunication, among pediatricians, health care 
providers, community leaders and policy-makers concerned with access, 
appropriateness, and coordination of primary care with specialty care 
and the array of other services required for this population of 
children and families; (3) expand and enhance the capacity to collect, 
analyze, and use quantitative and qualitative data to promote medical 
homes for children with special health care needs; and (4) coordinate 
the activities of a National Medical Home Network. Federal involvement 
will be specified in the application materials.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to entities with clearly demonstrated 
national expertise and capacity in addressing issues related to medical 
homes and children with special care needs and their families.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $700,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    5 Years.
Application Availability: 10/30/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110F

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.

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    Contact Person: Irene Forsman, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2370.

Health Care Information and Education For Families of Children With 
Special Health Care Needs

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This proposal supports a cooperative agreement for planning, and 
piloting a strategy for the establishment of a national network to 
provide health care information and education for families of children 
with special health care needs. This network will be planned and 
administered by families, and will provide capacity at policy and 
program level to insure that children have access to early 
identification/intervention, medical homes, adequate insurance, and 
organized and easily accessible network of services.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3*.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to nationally recognized family 
organizations with clearly demonstrated national expertise and capacity 
in addressing health issues related to children with special health 
care needs and their families, and to applicants building upon current 
family/professional partnership, family training and empowerment 
activities in collaboration with the Title V Block Grant and 
discretionary grant efforts. Federal involvement will be specified in 
the application materials.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    1 Year.
Application Availability: 12/15/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110S

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 07/1999.
    Contact Persons: Bonnie Strickland ([email protected]), 
Diana Denboba ([email protected]), 1-301-443-2370.

Early Discharge (DATA)

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This program will continue the research on the myriad of issues 
related to early discharge of neonates and their mothers. As part of 
the VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (P.L. 104-
204), Title VI (Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996) 
requires the Department of Health and Human Services to support and 
conduct studies on the factors affecting newborns and their mothers. 
Studies must be able to answer the following questions: (1) What are 
the ``Best Practices'' to be recommended for postnatal and postpartum 
care?; (2) What postnatal/postpartum services are actually being 
received by newborns and mothers?; (3) What have been the effects of 
the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act?; (4) What are the 
unmet needs of mothers and newborns who lack both public and private 
insurance?; (5) What are the essential health services that mothers 
should receive around the 3rd or 4th postpartum day?; and (6) 
Development of a practical risk assessment instrument(s).
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3*.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A funding priority will be given to institutions of higher learning 
with extensive experience in early discharge research, linkage with the 
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, published research 
and recognition in the relevant field.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $275,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    5 Years.
Application Availability: 02/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110U

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: Michele Kiely, [email protected], 1-301-443-
8041.

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to support projects for mothers and 
children that improve access to health services and utilize preventive 
strategies. The initiative encourages additional support from the 
private sector and from foundations to form community-based 
partnerships to coordinate health resources for pregnant women, infants 
and children.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Matching Requirement
    The applicant must demonstrate the capability to meet cost 
participation goals by securing matching funds for the second through 
fifth year of the project. The specific requirements are detailed in 
the application materials.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    In the interest of equitable geographic distribution, special 
consideration for funding will be given to projects from States without 
a currently funded project in this category. These States are: Arizona, 
Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, 
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, 
Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this competition
    $500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    10.
Estimated Project Period
    5 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110V

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Latricia C. Robertson, [email protected], 1-
301-443-8041.

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Community and School-Based Sealant Grants

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to implement dental sealant programs 
which may be community or school-based. At the end of the project 
period programs should be fully implemented and self sustaining either 
through fees collected or alternate funding. The intent of these grants 
are: (a) to increase access to dental sealants which is an MCH Block 
Grant Performance Measure and a Year 2000 and 2010 Oral Health 
Objective for the Nation; (b) to serve as a vehicle to assure that 
follow up oral health services are provided through the public or 
private sector and (c) to utilize participation in the sealant programs 
as an entry point for enrollment in Medicaid and Children's Health 
Insurance Program (CHIP).
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3 *.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $140,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    4.
Estimated Project Period
    1 Year.
Application Availability: 03/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110AC

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/03/1999.
    Project Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: John P. Rossetti, [email protected], 1-301-
443-6600.

Oral Health Integrated Systems Development Grants

Authorization
    Title V of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    These are targeted issues grants with the intention of building a 
service and support system infrastructure at the State and Community 
levels to increase access to dental services for CHIP and Medicaid 
eligible children. The grants are to address the findings contained in 
the Office of Inspector General Report: Children's Dental Service Under 
Medicaid Access and Utilization. The grants will also serve as follow 
up to the HRSA/HCFA sponsored conference, Building Partnerships to 
Improve Access to Medicaid Oral Health Issues, to assist States to 
develop and implement comprehensive integrated public and private 
sector services and support systems for dental care to address the 
unmet oral health needs of this population.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3*.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A priority will be given to States or their designee who 
demonstrate participation in national oral health issues, e.g. HRSA/
HCFA Partnership Conference.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    3.
Estimated Project Period
    4 Years.
Application Availability: 03/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110AD

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/03/1999.
    Project Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: John P. Rossetti, [email protected], 1-301-
443-6600.

Child Health Insurance Program Partnership

Authorization
    Title V of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    This grant program is built on recommendations from the National 
Conference on Community Systems Building and Services Integration as 
well as HRSA's mandate to foster development of systems of quality care 
in the community in support of the Children's Health Insurance Program 
(CHIP). The purpose of this program is to enable applicants to use 
their own unique networks, working in each State, across the nation, to 
encourage the development of local systems of quality care in the 
community in support of CHIP.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3*.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A funding priority will be given to applicants who propose 
community integrated systems of care to eliminate barriers to care. A 
priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate participation on a 
national level in community systems building and services integration.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    8.
Estimated Project Period
    4 Years.
Application Availability: 12/30/1998

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110AS

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 02/22/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 05/1999.
    Contact Person: Joe Zogby, [email protected], 1-301-443-4393.

Border Health Initiative

Authorization
    Title V of The Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 701.
Purpose
    The purpose of this effort will be to pilot new, replicate or 
expand existing programs which more effectively communicate information 
on eligibility for the State's CHIP with particular emphasis on 
accurate information concerning citizenship status to immigrant 
populations. The activity is intended as a partnership among border 
State governments, local governments, non-governmental organizations, 
and representatives of the cultural/ethnic/racial groups to be 
targeted. All applicants must describe a dissemination plan to share, 
in collaboration with the appropriate HRSA field office, lessons 
learned and outcomes with other border states CHIP programs.
Eligibility
    42 CFR Part 51a.3*.

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Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funding priority will be given to projects who propose a community 
integrated systems of care which will eliminate barriers to care.
Special Consideration
    Special consideration will be given to applications which 
demonstrate the involvement of or at least the support of the State's 
Department of Health. All applicants must agree to work with their HRSA 
Field Office in sharing lessons learned with other border states.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit
Estimated Amount of This Award
    $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1-2.
Estimated Project Period
    4 Years.
Application Availability: 02/02/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.110L

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 05/03/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 6/1999.
    Contact Person: David Heppel, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2250.

Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), Implementation Grants

Authorization
    Section 1910, Public Health Service Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
    Implementation grants will improve the capacity of a State's EMS 
program to address the particular needs of children. Implementation 
grants are used to assist States in integrating research-based 
knowledge and state-of-the-art systems development approaches into the 
existing State EMS, MCH, and CSHCN systems, using the experience and 
products of previous EMSC grantees. Applicants are encouraged to 
consider activities that: (1) address identified needs within their 
State EMS system and that lay the groundwork for permanent changes in 
that system; (2) develop or monitor pediatric EMS capacity; and (3) 
will be institutionalized within the State EMS system.
Eligibility
    States and Accredited Schools of Medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of this Competition
    $250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1.
Estimated Project Period
    2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

    CFDA Number: 93.127A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/15/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Maria T. Baldi, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2250.

Emergency Medical Services For Children (EMSC), Partnership Grants

Authorization
    Section 1910, Public Health Service Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
    State partnership grants will fund activities that represent the 
next logical step or steps to take to institutionalize EMSC within EMS 
and to continue to improve and refine EMSC. Proposed activities should 
be consistent with documented needs in the State and should reflect a 
logical progression in enhancing pediatric capabilities. For example, 
funding might be used to address problems identified in the course of a 
previous implementation grant; to increase the involvement of families 
in EMSC; to improve linkages between local, regional, or State 
agencies; to promulgate standards developed for one region of the State 
under previous funding to include the entire State; to devise a plan 
for coordinating and funding poison control centers; or to assure 
effective field triage of the child in physical or emotional crisis to 
appropriate facilities and/or other resources.
Eligibility
    States and Accredited Schools of Medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    6.
Estimated Project Period
    2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.127C

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/15/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Maria T. Baldi, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2250.

Emergency Medical Services For Children (EMSC), Targeted Issue Grants

Authorization
    Section 1910, Public Health Service Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
    Targeted issue grants are intended to address specific, focused 
issues related to the development of EMSC knowledge and capacity, with 
the intent of advancing the state-of-the-art, and creating tools or 
knowledge that will be helpful nationally. Proposals must have well-
conceived methodology for analysis and evaluation. Targeted issue 
priorities have been identified based on the EMSC Five Year Plan. The 
targeted issue priorities are: cost-benefit analysis related to EMSC; 
implications of managed care for EMSC; evaluations of EMSC components; 
models for improving the care of culturally distinct populations; 
evaluation of systems for provision of emergency health care within day 
care and/or school settings; and evaluation of family-centered care 
models. Proposals may be submitted on emerging issues that are not 
included in the identified priorities. However, any such proposals must 
demonstrate relevance to the Plan and must make a persuasive argument 
that the issue is particularly critical.
Eligibility
    States and Accredited Schools of Medicine are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $600,000.

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Estimated Number of Awards
    4.
Estimated Project Period
    2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.127D

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/15/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Maria T. Baldi, [email protected], 1-301-443-
2250.

Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC), Native American Project

Authorization
    Section 1910, Public Health Service Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 300w-
9.
Purpose
    Projects will stimulate the development and enhancement of EMSC for 
Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives. Applicants are encouraged to 
consider activities that: (a) identify needs of Native Hawaiian and 
Alaska Native populations; (b) develop or monitor pediatric EMS 
capability, especially as it relates to provisions of services to 
isolated populations; and, (c) develop and evaluate special projects 
designed to address problems related to emergency medical care for 
Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native populations, including prevention, 
prehospital care, hospital services, rehabilitation, and linkages with 
primary care.
Eligibility
    State governments and accredited schools of medicine are eligible 
applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A funding priority will be given to Alaska and Hawaii State 
governments or accredited schools of medicine.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    2.
Estimated Project Period
    2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.127G

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/15/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Jean Athey, [email protected], 1-301-443-2250.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Implementation Grants

Authorization
    Section 1242 of The Public Health Service Act, 42, U.S.C. 300d-42.
Purpose
    The purpose of this grant program is to improve health and other 
services for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). 
Implementation grants provide funding to assist States in moving toward 
Statewide systems that assure access to comprehensive and coordinated 
TBI services.
Eligibility
    State governments are eligible applicants.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Matching Requirement
    The State is required to contribute, in cash, not less than $1 for 
each $2 of Federal funds provided under the grant.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $1,600,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    8.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.234A

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Mark E. Nehring, [email protected], 1-301-443-
3449.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Planning Grants

Authorization
    Section 1242 of The Public Health Service Act, 42, U.S.C. 300d-42.
Purpose
    The purpose of this grant program is to improve health and other 
services for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). 
The State planning grant program provides funds to assist States in 
establishing infrastructure as a prerequisite to implementation 
activities which will move States toward Statewide systems that assure 
access to comprehensive and coordinated TBI services.
Eligibility
    State governments are eligible applicants.
Matching Requirement
    The State is required to contribute, in cash, not less than $1 for 
each $2 of Federal funds provided under the grant.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    None.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $400,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    6.
Estimated Project Period
    2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/01/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.234B

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 03/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 08/1999.
    Contact Person: Mark E. Nehring, [email protected], 1-301-443-
3449.

Improving Screening for Alcohol Use During Pregnancy

Authority
    Section 301, Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. [241].
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to support a three year 
demonstration program targeting identification of the most effective 
methods to increase provider screening for alcohol and/or illicit drug 
use during pregnancy.
Eligibility
    Eligible organizations are public or private nonprofit 
organizations.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to State/Territorial MCH Title V Agencies 
or tribal health agencies. There may be only one application per State.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.

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Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1-2.
Estimated Project Period
    3 Years.
Application Availability: 01/15/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.926G

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: Ellen Hutchins, [email protected], 1-301-443-
5720.

Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in 
Perinatal Health

Authorization
    Section 301, Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. [241].
Purpose
    To enhance a community's service system to address significant 
disparities in perinatal health indicators. Funding would be made 
available to up to five community projects which have existing active 
consortium of stakeholders who can reduce barriers and improve the 
local perinatal system of care so as to eliminate the existing 
disparities. These sites must have or plan to implement/adapt the 
Healthy Start models of consortium, case management, outreach, and 
enhanced clinical services. In addition, they must demonstrate 
established linkages with key State and local services and resource 
systems, such as Title V, Title XIX, Title XXI, WIC, Enterprise 
Communities/Empowerment Zones, federally funded Community and Migrant 
Health Centers, and Indian/Tribal Health Services. For this 
competition, ``Community'' is broadly defined so that a Statewide or 
multi-county project serving racial/ethnic groups (e.g., Hmongs, 
Mexican Hispanics, etc.) would be eligible.
Eligibility
    Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit organizations.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Preference will be given to public or private nonprofit 
organizations, or tribal or other organizations applying on behalf of 
an existing community-based consortium, which have infant mortality 
reduction initiatives already underway; communities with significant 
racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal indicators for the past three 
years for which data is available; border communities; and communities 
in States with no other Federal Healthy Start projects.
Special Consideration
    Current Healthy Start grantees can apply for geographic project 
areas not covered in their current approved grant/cooperative 
agreement. Applications for project areas/communities located within 
currently funded Federal Healthy Start project areas will not be 
accepted.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $5,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    5-7.
Estimated Project Period
    2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/15/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.926E

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: Maribeth Badura, [email protected], 1-301-443-
0543.

Healthy Start Initiative: Infrastructure/Capacity Building Projects

Authorization
    Section 301, Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. [241].
Purpose
    The purpose of this program is to build infrastructure/capacity in 
targeted communities/areas of the State where racial disparities in 
perinatal indicators exist, including among Hispanics, American 
Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and immigrant 
populations, particularly those living in border counties. Funding 
would be made available to up to 13 communities to support the 
development of local plans to fill gaps in and/or expansion of data 
systems to identify and monitor perinatal outcomes, training of 
personnel and strengthening of local reporting systems, establishment 
of networks and links to other systems, assistance in needs assessment, 
consortium/coalition development.
Eligibility
    Public or private nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for 
this program.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Funding priorities will be given to communities with significant 
racial/ethnic disparities in perinatal indicators for the past three 
years for which data is available; communities applying as or on behalf 
of an existing community-based consortium, which have infant mortality 
reduction initiatives already underway; and States with (national) 
border counties.
Special Consideration
    Current Healthy Start grantees can apply for geographic project 
areas not covered in their current approved grant/cooperative 
agreement. Applications for project areas/communities located within 
currently funded Federal Healthy Start project areas will not be 
accepted.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $2,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    Up to 13.
Estimated Project Period
    1 Year.
Application Availability: 01/15/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.926F

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 04/01/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 06/1999.
    Contact Person: Donna Hutten, [email protected], 1-301-443-
0543.

HRSA's Other Program Announcements

Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP)

Authorization
    Section 738(a) of The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293b.
Purpose
    The FLRP encourages expansion of disadvantaged/minority 
representation in health professions faculty positions. The program 
provides loan repayment, in amounts not to exceed $20,000 for each year 
of service, for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who agree to 
serve as members of the faculties of eligible health professions and 
nursing schools. Each recipient of loan repayment must agree to serve 
as a faculty member for at least two years.

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Eligibility
    An individual is eligible to compete for participation in the FLRP 
if the individual is from a disadvantaged background and: (1) has a 
degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, or 
another health profession; (2) is enrolled in an approved graduate 
training program in one of the health professions listed above, or (3) 
is enrolled as a full-time student in the final year of training, 
leading to a degree from an eligible school.
    Eligible schools include schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, 
dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, 
pharmacy, public health, allied health, nursing and graduate programs 
in behavioral and mental health.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    Special consideration will be given, to the extent to which the 
individual meets the intent of the program, to expand disadvantaged/
minority representation in health professions faculty positions.
Review Criteria
    The final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $800,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    25.
Estimated Project Period
    Not less than 2 Years.
Application Availability: 01/02/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.923

    Contact: 1-888-333-HRSA (4772).
    Application Deadline: 06/30/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Person: Shirley Zimmerman, [email protected], 1-301-
443-1700.

Scholarships For Disadvantaged Students (SDS)

Authorization
    Section 737 of The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 293a.
Purpose
    The SDS program contributes to the diversity of the health 
professions student and practitioner populations. The program provides 
funding to eligible health professions and nursing schools to be used 
for scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have 
financial need for scholarships and are enrolled, or accepted for 
enrollment, as full-time students at the eligible schools.
Eligibility
    Schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, 
optometry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, veterinary medicine, public 
health, nursing, chiropractic, graduate programs in behavioral and 
mental health, physician assistants, and allied health are eligible to 
apply. An applicant must provide assurances that preference in 
providing scholarships will be given to students for whom the costs of 
attending the schools would constitute a severe financial hardship, and 
to former recipients of Exceptional Financial Need and Financial 
Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students Scholarships.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    A priority will be given to schools based on the proportion of 
graduating students going into primary care, the proportion of 
underrepresented minority students, and the proportion of graduates 
going into medically underserved communities.
Review Criteria
    Final criteria are included in the application kit.
Estimated Amount of This Competition
    $37,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    1000.
Estimated Project Period
    1 Year.
Application Availability: 03/19/1999

To Obtain This Application Kit

CFDA Number: 93.925

    Contact: 1-301-443-4776.
    Application Deadline: 05/14/1999.
    Projected Award Date: 09/1999.
    Contact Persons: Angela Lacy ([email protected]), Andrea Castle 
([email protected]), 1-301-443-1700.

Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

Authorization
    Section 846(h) of The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 297.
Purpose
    Under the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP), 
registered nurses are offered the opportunity to enter into a 
contractual agreement with the Secretary, under which the Public Health 
Service agrees to repay up to 85 percent of the nurse's indebtedness 
for nursing education loans. In exchange, the nurse agrees to serve for 
a specified period of time in certain types of health facilities 
identified in statute.
Eligibility
    Applicants must have completed all of their training requirements 
for registered nursing and be licensed prior to beginning service. 
Individuals eligible to participate must: a) have received, prior to 
the start of service, a baccalaureate or associate degree in nursing, a 
diploma in nursing, or a graduate degree in nursing; b) have unpaid 
educational loans obtained for nurse training; c) be a citizen or 
national of the U.S.; d) have a current unrestricted license in the 
State in which they intend to practice; and e) agree to be employed for 
not less than two years in a full-time clinical capacity in an Indian 
Health Service health center; a Native Hawaiian health center, a public 
hospital (operated by a State, county, or local government); a health 
center funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act 
(including migrant, homeless, and public housing health centers), a 
rural health clinic (Section 1861 (aa)(2) of the Social Security Act); 
or a public or nonprofit private health facility determined by the 
Secretary to have a critical shortage of nurses.
Funding Priorities and/or Preferences
    In making awards under this Section, preferences will be given to 
qualified applicants: (1) who have the greatest financial need and (2) 
who agree to serve in the types of health facilities described above 
that are located in geographic areas determined by the Secretary to 
have a shortage of and need for nurses.
Review Criteria
    Awards are determined by formula.
Estimated Amount of Competition
    $2,251,000.
Estimated Number of Awards
    200.
Project Award Date: 09/1999
    Contact: (301) 594-4400, (301) 594-4981 (FAX), 1-800-435-6464.
    Application Availability: 11/01/98.
    Application Deadline: 06/30/1999.
    CFDA Number: 93.908.
    Contact Person: Sharley Chen, 4350 East-West Highway, 10th Floor, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20814, [email protected].

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The Year 2000 Approaches, Are You Ready?

    Are you ready for the new millennium? What about your computer 
systems--are they ready for the year 2000?
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has been 
working diligently over the past year, and will continue to work 
through the year 2000, to ensure that our service to you is not 
affected by computer problems. HRSA's five mission critical computer 
systems will be fully operational into the year 2000.
    You've heard the ``gloom-and-doom'' predictions. Let us assure 
you--HRSA is prepared.
    The year 2000 computer problem is an important concern for all 
health care providers. As a HRSA grantee, you are not only responsible 
for the services you provide, but also for the programmatic, 
administrative and financial functions that support these services. As 
a result, you must take all steps necessary to ensure your computer 
systems function properly into the year 2000.
    The problem is simple--many computers use two digits to record the 
date. As a result, they may be unable to recognize the year 2000 when 
it arrives. These computers may, on January 1, 2000, recognize ``00'' 
not as 2000 but as 1900. If left uncorrected, this problem may cause 
computers to stop running or to generate incorrect calculations, 
comparisons or data sorting. In addition to computer systems, this 
``year 2000 problem'' may affect software applications, databases and 
other equipment such as electronic devices that rely on embedded 
microchips.
    Visit HRSA's World Wide Web site at www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/ to learn 
more about the agency's year 2000 activities. Information on other 
Federal agency activities may be found at the General Services 
Administration's web site, www.itpolicy.gsa.gov, or on the President's 
Council on Year 2000 Conversion site at www.y2k.gov.

Look for HRSA at the Following Meetings/Conferences

    Event: Prevention '99 (16th Annual National Preventive Medicine 
Meeting sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine 
and the American College of Preventive Medicine).
    Dates: March 18-21, 1999.
    Location: Washington, DC.
    HRSA POC: Steven Merrill (301) 443-2865.
    Event: National Association of County and City Health Officials 
Annual Meeting.
    Dates: July 14-17, 1999.
    Location: Dearborn, MI.
    HRSA POC: Steven Merrill (301) 443-2865.
    Event: National Association of Local Boards of Health.
    Dates: July 1999 (dates TBD).
    Location: Salt Lake City, UT.
    HRSA POC: Steven Merrill (301) 443-2865.
    Event: National Conference of State Legislatures 25th Annual 
Meeting.
    Dates: July 24-28, 1999.
    Location: Indianapolis, IN.
    HRSA POC: Linda Redmond (301) 443-4568.
    Event: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Annual 
Meeting.
    Dates: September 28-October 1, 1999.
    Location: Savannah. GA.
    HRSA POC: Steven Merrill (301) 443-2865.

    Note: Don't forget to check the Federal Register for grant 
announcements that may appear after the HRSA Preview is issued.

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