Health Careers Opportunity Program (93.822)

 

Program

93.822 Health Careers Opportunity Program

 

Federal Agency

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

Authorization

Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 739, 42 U.S.C. 293c, as amended; Health Professions Education Partnership Act of 1998, Public Law 105-392.

 

Program Number

93.822

 

Last Known Status

Active

 

Objectives

The HCOP program strives to develop a more competitive applicant pool to build diversity in the health professions. The program's goal is to provide students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to develop the skills needed to successfully compete, enter, and graduate from health professions schools, allied health professions schools, graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, and programs for the training of physician assistants.

 

Types of Assistance

Project Grants.

 

Uses and Use Restrictions

Section 739 provides for assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health or allied health profession. Grant funds may be used for: (1) Development of a more competitive applicant pool, (2) Recruitment, (3) Facilitating entry, (4) Counseling, mentoring and other services, (5) Preliminary education and health research training, (6) Financial aid/information dissemination, (7) Primary care exposure activities, (8) Development of a more competitive applicant pool, and (9) Stipends.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

Eligible applicants include accredited schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, public and nonprofit private schools that offer graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, programs for the training of physician assistants, and other public or private nonprofit health or educational entities.

Beneficiary Eligibility

An individual will be determined to be disadvantaged if he or she comes from a background that has inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to enroll in and graduate from a health professions school or program providing education or training in an allied health profession; or comes from a family with an annual income below a level based on low income thresholds according to family size published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index, and adjusted by the Secretary for use in health professions programs.

Credentials/Documentation

Costs will be determined in accordance with appropriate OMB Circulars. For other grantees, costs will be determined by DHHS Regulations 45 CFR 74, Subpart Q.

 

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

The new URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) Grants Page is bhpr.hrsa.gov/grants. The BHPr uses Adobe Acrobat and Word to publish its grant documents on the Web page. In order to download, view and print Adobe Acrobat documents, you need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This can be obtained without charge from the Internet by going to the Adobe Web page ("http://www.adobe.com") and downloading the version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is appropriate for your operating system, i.e., Windows, Unix, Macintosh, etc. A set of more detailed instructions on how to download and use the Adobe Acrobat Reader can be found on the BHPr Grants Web page under "Notes on this WWW Page." Applicants are encouraged to obtain application materials from the World Wide Web via the Internet.

Award Procedure

Notification is made in writing by a Notice of Grant Award issued from Headquarters Office.

Deadlines

Application deadlines are available on the World Wide Web at address: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/grants.

 

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Appeals

Appeals are available only to grantees.

Renewals

Competitive continuations may be submitted during the final budget period within an approved project period.

 

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

None.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

 

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Audits

Records

 

Program Accomplishments

 

Financial Information

Account Identification

Obligations

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

 

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

 

Related Programs

 

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

Headquarters Office

Web Site Address

 

Examples of Funded Projects

 

Criteria for Selecting Proposals