Allied Health Special Projects (93.191)
Program
93.191 Allied Health Special Projects
Federal Agency
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 755, 42 U.S.C. 294e, as amended; Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998, Public Law 105-392.
Program Number
93.191
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
Grants are awarded to meet the costs of projects to plan, develop, operate, or maintain graduate psychology education programs in behavioral and mental health to train graduate psychologists to work with underserved populations. These programs are expected to foster an integrated approach to health care services and address access for underserved populations.
Types of Assistance
PROJECT GRANTS
Uses and Use Restrictions
Funds may be used for predoctoral and postdoctoral stipend support of students. Funds may not be used for student tuition or fees or for direct health care service delivery.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible entities are accredited health profession schools, university, and other public or private nonprofit entities, including faith-based organizations and community-based organizations. Only applicants whose training program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and who provide such documentation can be funded. The eligible entity must demonstrate that the training within an accredited psychology training program will occur in collaboration with one or more disciplines other than psychology. Disciplines include, but are not limited to, family medicine, general internal medicine, and pediatrics. Funding is available for accredited doctoral programs, internships, and post-doctoral training programs.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Public or private nonprofit schools, universities, or other educational entities which provide for graduate psychology education and training or other public or private nonprofit entities capable, as determined by the Secretary, of carrying out the objectives of the project.
Credentials/Documentation
Applicants should review the individual HRSA Guidance documents issued under this CFDA program for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted prior to or simultaneous with submission of an application package. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov.
All qualified applications will be forwarded to an objective review committee. Based on the advice of the objective review committee, the HRSA program official with delegated authority is responsible for final selection and funding decisions.
Award Procedure
Notification is made in writing by a Notice of Grant Award.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
From 4 to 6 months after receipt of applications.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
At the end of the initial project period, competing continuation applications may be submitted for up to three years of support.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program does not have MOE requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Project periods are for 3 years. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Grantee drawdown funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
No program reports are required. No cash reports are required. A uniform summary progress report must be submitted annually. Financial status reports are required within 90 days after the end of each budget period. A final progress report and final financial status report must be submitted within 90 days after the end of the project period. No expenditure reports are required. No performance monitoring is required.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the date they submit the FSR. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the award has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2008: In FY 2008, 18 continuation awards were made. Fiscal Year 2009: In FY 2009, 18 continuation awards will be made. Fiscal Year 2010: It is anticipated that 18 new awards will be made in FY 2010.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0350-0-1-550.
Obligations
(Project Grants) FY 08 $1,850,754; FY 09 est $1,884,098; FY 10 est $1,810,000
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
$70,000 to $150,000; $105,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR Part 92 for State, local and tribal governments and 45 CFR Part 74 for institutions of higher education, hospitals, other nonprofit organizations and commercial organizations, as applicable.
Related Programs
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Program Officer, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9A-21, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-7271, and E-mail: jglass@hrsa.gov.
Headquarters Office
Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-21, Rockville, Maryland 20857 Phone: (301) 443-7271
Web Site Address
Examples of Funded Projects
Fiscal Year 2008: Funded projects include interdisciplinary training for graduate psychology students in settings where psychologists are part of a team of primary health care practitioners. Training opportunities are varied but focus on learning how to provide behavioral and mental health services to underserved populations. Some examples of at-risk populations have included individuals who are disadvantaged, elderly, abused, homeless, or disabled. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
All applications will be evaluated by an Objective Review Committee to determine the extent to which the applicant documents the following criteria: (1) Need: the extent to which application describes the problem and associated contributing factors to the problem; (2) Response: the extent to which the proposed project responds to the "Purpose" included in the program description; the clarity of the proposed goals and objectives and their relationship to the identified project; the extent to which the activities (scientific or other) described in the application are capable of addressing the problem and attaining the project objectives; (3) Evaluative Measures: the effectiveness of the method proposed to monitor and evaluate the project results. Evaluative measures must be able to assess to what extent the program objectives have been met and; to what extent these can be attributed to the project; (4) Impact: the extent and effectiveness of plans for dissemination of project results and/or; the extent to which project results may be national in scope and/or the degree to which a community is impacted by delivery of health services, and/or the degree to which the project activities are replicable and/or the sustainability of the program beyond Federal funding; (5) Resources/Capabilities: the extent to which project personnel are qualified by training and/or experience to implement and carry out the project; the capabilities of the applicant organization, and quality and availability of facilities and personnel to fulfill the needs and requirements of the proposed project; and for competing continuations grant, past performance will be considered; (6) Support Requested: the reasonableness of the proposed budget in relation to the objectives, the complexity of the activities, and the anticipated results.
In making awards of grants under this section, preference will be given to any qualified applicant that (A) has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically underserved communities; or (B) during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. Applicants should review the HRSA Guidance documents issued under this CFDA program for preference requirements.
