[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62545-62546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24547]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Health Center Program

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

ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA provided supplemental funding to the Association of 
Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU), a currently funded National 
Training and Technical Assistance Partner award recipient. ACU 
leverages data tools and learning collaboratives to enhance current 
national training and technical

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assistance activities delivered to health centers to improve their 
capacity to recruit, develop, and retain their workforce to address 
national health care workforce shortages.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey Orloff, Strategic Partnerships 
Division Director in the Office of Quality Improvement, at 
[email protected] or 301.443.3197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Intended Recipient of the Award: Association of Clinicians for the 
Underserved, Inc.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $275,000.
    Period of Supplemental Funding: August 2021 to June 2023.
    ALN: 93.129.
    Authority: Section 330(l) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 254b(l).
    Justification: The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis 
estimates a shortage of over 23,000 primary care physician positions by 
2025. Recruitment and retention programs are needed for health centers 
to address health care workforce shortages, which limit their ability 
to deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high quality primary 
health care services.
    ACU has unique experience developing learning collaboratives and 
can leverage their Solutions, Training, and Assistance for Recruitment 
and Retention Center and the Health Center Recruitment & Retention Data 
Profile Dashboard to advance in-scope training and technical assistance 
activities focused on enhancing health centers' ability to recruit, 
retain, and upskill their workforce. Supplemental funding is critical 
to ensure the timely expansion of the Solutions, Training, and 
Assistance for Recruitment and Retention Center and dashboard 
activities that enable health centers to conduct workforce data 
analysis, develop strategic plans, and enhance recruitment processes to 
attract and retain providers. ACU has the organizational capacity, 
expertise, and partnerships with Primary Care Associations, Health 
Center Controlled Networks, and other National Training and Technical 
Assistance Partners in place to immediately disseminate resources, 
tools, and strategies to improve workforce shortages at health centers.

Diana Espinosa,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021-24547 Filed 11-9-21; 8:45 am]
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