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Content provided by the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
93.824 Area Health Education Centers Infrastructure Development Awards AUTHORIZATION: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 751(a)(l), as amended; Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 2010, Public Law 105-392.
The Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers (BAHEC) Program and Model State Supported Area Health Education Centers (MAHEC) Program goals are to assist schools to improve the distribution, diversity, supply, and quality of health personnel in the health services delivery system, and to attract and retain health personnel in underserved areas. The AHEC Program awardees link the academic resources of medical schools and participating health professions schools with local educational and clinical sites, and thereby establish a network of community-based training sites to provide educational services to health professions students, faculty-preceptors and health care providers in underserved areas, and ultimately, to improve the delivery of health care in an underserved region or in an entire state. Emphasis is placed on community-based training of health professions students, primary care-oriented medical residents, local providers, and also 9-12 grade students. The BAHEC program assists schools in the initial planning, development and implementation of community-based Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) which assist schools and organize the training of at least three health professions disciplines at training-service delivery sites in rural and underserved areas, of a region or an entire state. Schools which complete Basic AHEC Program development, then compete for Model AHEC Program awards in partnership with affiliated (contracted) AHEC Centers to maintain and enhance/expand training programs and training sites responsive to local, State and Federal needs and priorities. The BAHEC and MAHEC programs embrace the goal of increasing the number of health professions graduates who ultimately practice in underserved areas. Both AHEC programs carry out health careers recruitment and enhancement activities to attract high school students from underserved areas into health careers. TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:
USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: Cooperative Agreements may not be used for construction, patient services, nor student tuition or stipends.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility: Eligible applicants for Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program cooperative agreements under Section 751(a)(1) include public or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine and incorporated consortia made up of such schools, or the parent institutions of such schools. Also, in States in which no AHEC program is in operation, an accredited school of nursing is an eligible applicant.
Pre-application Coordination: Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Formula and Matching Requirements: POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: It is expected that 15 awards will be made in FY 10. Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available 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. INFORMATION CONTACTS: Regional or Local Office: See Regional Agency Offices. Jamie Weng, Project Officer, Health Careers Pipeline Branch, Division of Health Careers and Financial Support , Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 9C-15, Rockville, MD 20857, Email: JWeng@hrsa.gov, Phone: (301) 443-6950. EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS: Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS: Procedures for assessing the technical merit of grant applications have been instituted to provide an objective review of applications and to assist the applicant in understanding the standards against which each application will be judged. Critical indicators have been developed for each review criterion to assist the applicant in presenting pertinent information related to that criterion and to provide the reviewer with a standard for evaluation. Competing applications are reviewed by non-Federal expert consultant(s) for technical merit recommendations. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated against the following criteria: (1) Purpose and Need; (2) Response to Program Purpose; (3) Impact; (4) Organizational Information, Resources and Capabilities; and (5) Support Requested. See the most recent Funding Opportunity Announcement for detailed selection criteria.
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