[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 54256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21339]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Careers Opportunity Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Program Expansion Supplements to 
Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Grantees To Develop or 
Enhance Educational Pipeline Strategies With Behavioral Health 
Professions.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is issuing non-competitive program expansion supplements 
to all 17 fiscal year (FY) 2013 HCOP grantees to include 
interprofessional health educational activities focused on careers in 
behavioral health, such as a graduate degree in Clinical or Counseling 
Psychology, Clinical Social Work, and/or Marriage and Family Therapy. 
This expanded focus could be formed through collaboration with a 
Behavioral Health Department/School or Program that is within the 
current HCOP academic institution or accessible within the 
institution's geographic region. Approximately $1,900,000 will be 
available for this effort. HCOP grantees currently have the expertise, 
experience, and infrastructure to quickly and efficiently implement the 
behavioral health supplemental initiative within their existing 
educational programming. The program expansion supplements will allow 
the Bureau of Health Professions to consolidate resources and meet the 
growing need for and access to skilled and culturally competent 
behavioral health professionals within a currently existing grant 
program.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipients of the Award: 17 FY 2013 HCOP awardees, as 
follows:

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                                                            Anticipated
                                                              FY 2013
           Grant No.            Institution name   State   supplemental
                                                              amount
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D18HP23034....................  University of     AL            $111,764
                                 Alabama
                                 Birmingham.
D18HP23007....................  University of     AZ             111,764
                                 Arizona.
D18HP10623....................  University of     CA             111,764
                                 California, San
                                 Diego.
D18HP23028....................  D'Youville        NY             111,764
                                 College.
D18HP10617....................  Marquette         WI             111,764
                                 University.
D18HP05283....................  Meharry Medical   TN             111,764
                                 College.
D18HP23030....................  Michigan State    MI             111,764
                                 University.
D18HP10625....................  University of     MI             111,764
                                 Michigan-Flint.
D18HP10627....................  Mount Sinai       NY             111,764
                                 School of
                                 Medicine.
D18HP23032....................  University of     TX             111,764
                                 Texas Medical
                                 Branch.
D18HP23014....................  Research          NY             111,764
                                 Foundation of
                                 the State
                                 University of
                                 New York.
D18HP23023....................  Howard            DC             111,764
                                 University.
D18HP23019....................  St. Vincent       IN             111,764
                                 Health.
D18HP23031....................  Northeastern      VT             111,764
                                 Vermont AHEC.
D18HP10618....................  University of     MN             111,764
                                 Minnesota.
D18HP24087....................  University of     MI             111,764
                                 Detroit Mercy.
D18HP24088....................  University of     NM             111,764
                                 New Mexico
                                 Health Sciences
                                 Center.
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    Amount of Award: $111,764 per grantee.
    Project Period: September 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014.
    CFDA Number: 93.822.

    Authority: Title VII, Section 739 of the Public Health Service 
(PHS) Act, as amended by Section 5402 of the Affordable Care Act.

    Justification: A diverse health professions workforce is critical 
to achieving greater health equity and ensuring access to quality 
health care services for underrepresented and underserved populations. 
The increasing diversity of the U.S. population requires a health care 
workforce that is reflective of the population, knowledgeable, and 
culturally competent to care for a growing range of health care needs 
and to serve populations in hard to reach places. HRSA's HCOP grant 
program serves as a pipeline program by encouraging, cultivating, and 
supporting students from economically and academically disadvantaged 
backgrounds to enter health care fields. To date, HCOP has primarily 
focused on exposure to careers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and 
allied health. With the growing need for mental health and substance 
abuse services (behavioral health), there is an opportunity to expand 
the HCOP focus to include opportunities in the behavioral health 
professions (i.e., social work, psychology, marriage and family 
therapy).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia-Nicole Leak, Ph.D., Division of 
Public Health and Interdisciplinary Education, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 9C-26, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or email [email protected].

    Dated: August 27, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-21339 Filed 8-30-13; 8:45 am]
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