[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11708]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention--Veteran's 
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of single-source awards for Nurse Education, Practice, 
Quality and Retention--Veteran's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing 
Program.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is providing single-source awards to two cohorts of 
current Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR)--
Veteran's Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (VBSN) Program 
recipients. The purpose of the NEPQR-VBSN program is to provide 
training to veterans and equip them with the tools necessary to 
successfully transition into civilian nurse professional careers. These 
awards will enable NEPQR-VBSN grantees to continue to train the 672 
veteran students who are in the middle of their degree studies. Of this 
number, approximately 120 students are expected to graduate in 2018, 
take the NCLEX-RN licensing exam, and transition as highly skilled BSN 
nurses into the civilian workforce. Approximately $6.2 million is 
available for single-source awards to these NEPQR-VBSN grantees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kasey Farrell, Nursing Education and 
Practice Branch Chief, Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of 
Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, 11N110, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Phone: (301) 443-0188, 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipients of the Awards:

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Florida International University (will receive two awards)
University of South Florida
Jacksonville University
Davenport University
Research Foundation of State University of New York, Stony Brook
University of Texas at Arlington
Hampton University
Shenandoah University
National University
George Washington University
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Kentucky, Lexington
University of Michigan, Flint
University of Southern Mississippi
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Excelsior University
Duquesne University
Francis Marion University

    Amount of Awards: $6,243,412.
    Project Period: July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018 OR September 1, 
2017, to August 31, 2018.
    CFDA Number: 93.359.
    Authority: Sections 831 and 831A of the Public Health Service (PHS) 
Act.
    Justification: One-year awards for NEPQR-VBSN Program recipients 
will enable grant recipients to support the 672 veterans enrolled in 
the program. For the proposed 1-year budget period, the program funds 
shall be used for the same purposes as the grant recipients' current 
statement of work (e.g., supporting, teaching and graduating veteran 
students and developing models for preparing faculty members and other 
personnel to work with and teach veteran students). This single-source 
award will help grantees support the current veteran students enrolled 
in the program and align all NEPQR-VBSN grantee project periods to end 
in 2018.

    Dated: May 30, 2017.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-11708 Filed 6-5-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P