Family Planning-Personnel Training (93.260)
Program
93.260 Family Planning-Personnel Training
Federal Agency
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, as amended, Title X, Section 1003, 42 U.S.C. 300a-1; Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970, Section 6(c), Public Law 91-572, 84 Stat. 1507, as amended; Appropriation Act of 1991, Public Law 101-517.
Program Number
93.260
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
To provide job specific training for personnel to improve the delivery of family planning services.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Grants are awarded to provide training to Title X project staffs; to improve utilization and career development of paraprofessional and paramedical manpower in family planning services, particularly in rural areas. Funds may not be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Any public entity (including city, county, local, regional, or State government) or nonprofit private entity located in a State (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau) is eligible to apply for a grant under this program. Faith based organizations are eligible to apply.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Personnel delivering family planning services in Title X projects.
Credentials/Documentation
A nonprofit private entity must provide evidence of its nonprofit status. Allow ability of costs charged to the grant will be determined in accordance with the following Cost Principles: OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions, OMB Circular No. A-87 for state and local governments, and OMB Circular No.A-122 for non-profit organizations.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
There are no requirements for coordination. Informal preapplication consultation between prospective applicants and Office of Population Affairs staff is available upon request. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.
Application Procedure
Applications and instructions may be obtained from the Office of Grants Management For Family Planning Services, 1301 Young St. NW., Suite 766, Dallas, TX 75202. The standard application forms, as furnished by PHS and required by 45 CFR 74 (for institutions of higher education, hospitals and other non-profit organizations), and 45 CFR 92 ( for state and local governments), must be used for this program. This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR 74, and 45 CFR 92, as well as OMB Circular No. A-102 (Administrative Guidelines and Standards for States and Local Governments), and OMB Circular No. A-110 (administrative guidelines and standards for institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations).
Award Procedure
The Regional Health Administrator, DHHS, makes the final decision(s) to approve, hold, or reject individual applications. Applicants are notified regarding the final decision on each application. All projects funded are issued a Notice of Grant Award.
Deadlines
Contact the Office of Grants Management for Family Planning Services, Dallas, TX, for application deadlines.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
None. Applicants may rework grant applications through consultation with headquarters staff.
Renewals
Projects are renewed, as required, based on submission of an application including a progress report and evidence of plan compliance.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Grants are generally approved for a project period of 3-5 years.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Expenditure report on annual basis. Progress report to be submitted with continuation application. Special reports as requested.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
HHS and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their authorized representatives, shall have the right of access to any books, documents, papers, or other records of a grantee, subgrantee, contractor, or subcontractor, which are pertinent to the HHS grant, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts and transcripts. In accordance with 45 CFR, Part 74.53, and 45 CFR, Part 92, grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the end of a budget period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the record 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
The program has shifted administration of the general training grants to the regions in 1998, to more efficiently address the training needs of each individual region. Support was given to 11 family planning training grantees in fiscal year 2001, and it is estimated that support will be given to 11 grantees in fiscal year 2002 and fiscal year 2003.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0350-0-1-550.
Obligations
(Grants) FY 02 $7,771,000; FY 03 est $8,442,000; and FY 04 est $8,442,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
The range is from $238,000 to $472,000; $355,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
42 CFR 59, 45 CFR 74, and 45 CFR 92. PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.) April 1, 1994.
Related Programs
93.217, Family Planning_Services; 93.974, Family Planning_Service Delivery Improvement Research Grants.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Regional Health Administrator, DHHS Regional Offices. (See Appendix IV of the Catalog for addresses.)
Headquarters Office
Program Contact: Ms. Susan Moskosky, Director, Office of Family Planning, Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: (301) 594-4008. Grants Management Contact: Grants Management Officer for Family Planning Services, 1301 Young St., NW., Suite 766, Dallas, TX. Telephone: (214) 767-3401.
Web Site Address
http://www.opa.osophs.dhhs.gov
Examples of Funded Projects
(1) Short-term family planning personnel training; (2) brief workshops on specific topics; and (3) family planning/women's health specialty training continuing education course for health care practitioners.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Proposals will be evaluated to determine which would best promote the purposes of the authorizing legislation, taking into account: (1) The increase in delivery of services to people, particularly low-income groups, with a high percentage of unmet need for family planning services; (2) the promise of the program to fulfill the family planning services needs of the area to be served; (3) capacity to use assistance rapidly and effectively; (4) the administrative and management capability and competence of the applicant; (5) competence of the project staff; and (6) compliance with pertinent regulations and guidelines.
