The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Regional Public Health Training Centers (PHTC) Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration
Country: U.S., the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $9,100,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce, enhance the quality of such workforce, and improve the ability of the workforce to meet national, state, and local health care needs.
This program aims to strengthen the public health workforce through tailored training and technical assistance (TA) through collaborative community-based projects involving state and local health departments, primary care providers, and related organizations (to include nontraditional partners) to help address critical local public health needs.
The Regional PHTC Program seeks to increase the number of individuals in the public health workforce, enhance the quality of such workforce, and improve the ability of this workforce to meet national, state, and local health care needs. Specifically, this program aims to strengthen the public health workforce through tailored training and technical assistance (TA) through collaborative community-based projects. Training curricula will provide skill-based, interactive instruction and quality education using multiple modalities (e.g., synchronous, asynchronous, distance-based, bi-directional video, and in-person), underscoring the current eight cross-cutting core public health competency domains in the primary areas of (1) analytical/assessment, (2) policy development/ program planning, (3) communication skills, (4) cultural competency, (5) community dimension of practice, (6) public health sciences, (7) financial planning and management and, (8) leadership and systems thinking. Each Regional PHTC must develop training in at least three primary areas listed above and may develop trainings in the sub competencies and beyond based on local health needs assessments. Regional PHTCs seek to develop current and future public health leaders though Leadership Institutes.
Program Goals
The goals of this program are to:
- Increase the supply and diversity of public health professionals;
- Enhance the quality of the public health workforce through student field placements, emphasizing placements with rural and/or medically underserved communities; and
- Provide tailored quality training to address current and emerging public health needs.
Program Objectives
- Establish and/or expand regional Public Health Leadership Institutes that support enhanced training for a diverse cohort in public health and primary care leadership emphasizing the core public health competencies;
- Assess the public health staffing needs at all levels in the regions in which the centers will develop and plan quality trainings that meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Quality Training Standards4 and/or Quality Standards for Training and Delivery5 that focus on core competencies, including real-time public health issues such as pandemic preparedness, chronic disease prevention and treatment, social determinants of health (SDOH), public health emergencies, health equity data collection, public health data and analytics/crowdsourcing, and other training gaps as identified in the assessment;
- Establish and/or strengthen relationships with entities such as Primary Care Associations (PCA), and local and state health departments, to collaborate and address critical local public health needs. This collaboration may include assisting in the formulation of workforce development plans, working with PCAs to maximize the primary care health workforce, and addressing other community needs;
- Establish or strengthen field placements for students at public or nonprofit private health agencies or organizations, including hospitals, community-based health care facilities, and non-traditional health care settings. In order to address health disparities and improve health equity, encourage students who are underrepresented minorities, or from disadvantaged background6 for placements with rural and/or medically underserved communities. Additionally, applicants are encouraged to expand field placements for preventive medicine resident at state or local health departments, community college students in the US Pacific Islands, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) as applicable;
- Designate a geographic area or medically underserved population to be served by the Center in a location removed from the main location of the teaching facility of the school that is participating in the program with such center; and
- Involve faculty members and students in collaborative projects to enhance public health services to rural and/or medically underserved communities to better address issues related to the social determinants of health.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $9,100,000 to be available annually to fund up to 10 recipients.
- The period of performance is July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026 (4 years).
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants include an accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit private entity accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health. Faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible. In addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau may apply. Tribes and tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible. Foreign entities are not eligible for this HRSA award.
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