Arra - Dental Public Health Residency Training Grants

 

To plan and develop new residency training programs and to maintain or improve existing residency training programs in dental public health; and to provide financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled in such programs, as funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Deleted 09/09/2014 (Archived.) 93.404 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration Project Grants Not Applicable. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Public Law 111-5, Public Law 111-5. An entity that offers a Dental Public Health Training Program accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, such as a School of Public Health or Dentistry, is eligible to apply. Same as above. Applicants should review the individual HRSA funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 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. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. 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.
Notification is made in writing by a Notice of Award. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. From 60 to 90 days. Not Applicable. Awards were forwarded funded for three years in FY 09. No additional competition is planned. Competing applications are reviewed by non-federal reviewers for technical merit recommendations. Approval of an application will be based on an analysis of the factors set forth in the application. See the section on Application Procedure above to obtain a copy of the application, and the respective factors delineated in the application. Grants are intended to assist in meeting the costs to plan, develop (including develop curricula), operate or participate in dental public health residency training programs in prevention or public health dentistry, and provide financial assistance to trainees enrolled in the programs. Grants may not be used for construction or for providing direct patient services. All projects funded with ARRA funds are subject to special quarterly reporting requirements as outlined in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. Program reports are required. The awardee will be required to submit yearly performance and progress reports as well as status-federal financial reports (see below for general information on each required report). Cash reports are required. The awardee must submit a quarterly electronic Federal Financial Report (FFR) Cash Transaction Report via the Payment Management System within 30 days of the end of each calendar quarter. A Federal Financial Report (SF-425) is required within 90 days of the end of each budget period. A progress report must be submitted to HRSA on an annual basis. A final report is due within 90 days after the project period ends. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. 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. Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records three years after the date they submit the Federal Financial Report (FFR). 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. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Project periods are for three 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. See Regional Agency Offices. Thomas Vallin, MPH, Public Health Analyst, Oral Health Branch, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-27, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-1307, Fax: 301-443-8890, E-mail: TVallin@hrsa.gov. Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-27, Rockville, Maryland 20857 Phone: (301) 443-6190 Fax: (301) 443-8890 http://www.hrsa.gov 75-0351-0-1-550. (Project Grants) FY 12 $0; FY 13 est $0; and FY 14 est $0 - Prior awards were made under this program in FY 09 for three years. Total award amounts range from $215,321 to $300,000 per grantee. The average total award for the 3 year project period is $270,308. 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.

HRSA awards are subject to the requirements of the HHS Grants Policy Statement (HHS GPS) that are applicable based on recipient type and purpose of award. The HHS GPS is available at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants. Not Applicable.