The Health Resources and Services Administration is seeking applications under “Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program”. The purpose of the AHEC Program is to develop and enhance education and training networks within communities, academic institutions, and community-based organizations. In turn, these networks seek to increase diversity among health professionals, broaden the distribution of the health workforce, enhance health care quality, and improve health care delivery to rural and underserved areas and populations.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration
Country: U.S.
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/06/2022
Grant Size: $250,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) seeks to improve the health of underserved and vulnerable populations by strengthening the health workforce and connecting skilled professionals to communities in need. The AHEC Program supports the following three (3) overarching goals:
- Diversity: Preparing a diverse, culturally competent primary care workforce that can address the needs of the communities they serve;
- Distribution: Improving workforce distribution throughout the nation, particularly among rural and underserved areas and populations; and
- Practice Transformation: Developing and maintaining a health care workforce that is prepared to deliver high quality care in a transforming health care delivery system with an emphasis on rural and underserved areas and communities.
Program Objectives
The AHEC Program contributes toward the HRSA mission to increase access to care for underserved individuals and communities through their academic and community partnerships that create training opportunities for health professions students and health care professionals. The AHEC Programs must carry out the following activities:
- Develop and implement strategies to recruit individuals from underrepresented minority populations and from disadvantaged and rural backgrounds into health professions, and support such individuals in attaining such careers;
- Develop and implement strategies to foster and provide community-based training and education to individuals seeking careers in health professions within underserved areas for the purpose of developing and maintaining a diverse health care workforce that is prepared to deliver high-quality primary care in underserved areas or for health disparity populations, in collaboration with other Federal, State, and local health care workforce development agencies and programs in health care safety net sites;
- Conduct and participate in interdisciplinary training that involves physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists, optometrists, community health workers (CHW), public and allied health professionals, or other health professionals, as practicable;
- Facilitate continuing education and information dissemination for health care professionals, with an emphasis on providing care in underserved areas and for health disparity populations;
- Propose and implement effective program and outcomes measurement and evaluation strategies; and
- Establish a youth public health program to expose and recruit high school students into health careers, with a focus on careers in public health.
Funding Information
- You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $250,000 per year per center for the AHEC ID phase (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs).
- The period of performance is September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2027 (5 years).
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible to apply are public or nonprofit private accredited schools of allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine, an incorporated consortia made up of such schools, or the parent institution (s) of such schools. In states and territories in which no AHEC Program is in operation, an accredited school of nursing is an eligible applicant.
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