Affordable Care Act (aca) Nursing And Home Health Aides Training Program

 

Infrastructure training grants are awarded to eligible applicant organizations for projects to strengthen and enhance the capacity of nursing and home health aide training programs. This program will enable individuals to enter into a nursing or home health aide position and gain entry into the nursing career ladder. Training programs can be offered on-campus, at alternate sites, or through distance education.

Deleted 02/05/2016 (Archived.) 93.503 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration Project Grants Not Applicable. Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 831, 42 U.S.C. 296p, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P. L. 111-148); Conference Report, H. Rept. 111-366, Division D, Title II at 997 (referencing S. Rept. 111-66), accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, P.L. 111-117. Grants may be made to colleges or community-based training programs for the development, evaluation, and demonstration of training programs on-campus, at alternative sites, and through telehealth methodologies. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible. Beneficiary Eligibility: Students, the general public, etc. Applicants should review the individual HRSA funding opportunity announcement 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. 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. All applicants are required 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 (electronic) by a Notice of Award. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. From 90 to 120 days. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. Approval of an application will be based on an analysis of the factors set forth in the application. See the section on Application Review in the funding opportunity announcement. In making awards of grants under this section, preference will be given to any qualified applicant with a project that will substantially benefit rural or underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in State in local health departments. Funds may be used for the development, testing, and demonstration of training programs for nursing home aides and home health aides on-campus, at alternate sites, and through distance education. Restricted Uses: Indirect costs under training grants to organizations other than state, local or Indian tribal governments will be budgeted and reimbursed at 8 percent of modified total direct costs rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement, and are not subject to upward or downward adjustment. The awardee will be required to submit performance and progress reports as well as status-federal financial reports (see the program announcement and notice of award for details for each required report). 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) according to the following schedule: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/manage/technicalassistance/federalfinancialreport/ffrschedule.pdf. A final report is due within 90 days after the project period ends. If applicable, the awardee must submit a Tangible Personal Property Report (SF-428) and any related forms within 90 days after the project period ends. New awards (“Type 1”) issued under this funding opportunity announcement are subject to the reporting requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–282), as amended by section 6202 of Public Law 110–252, and implemented by 2 CFR Part 170. Grant and cooperative agreement recipients must report information for each first-tier subaward of $25,000 or more in federal funds and executive total compensation for the recipient’s and subrecipient’s five most highly compensated executives as outlined in Appendix A to 2 CFR Part 170 (FFATA details are available online at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/ffata.html). Competing continuation awardees, etc. may be subject to this requirement and will be so notified in the Notice of Award. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. 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 three 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 three year period, whichever is later. This program has no statutory formula.
This program has no matching requirements.
This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Competing and competing continuation grant applications are submitted for three (3) years of support. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Grantees draw down funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards. See Regional Agency Offices. Kirk Koyama Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-89, Rockville, Maryland 20857 Email: kkoyama@hrsa.gov Phone: (301) 443-4926 http://www.hrsa.gov 75-0321-0-1-550. (Project Grants) FY 13 $0; FY 14 est $0; and FY 15 est $0 FY 10 awards:
Range: $186,623 (min) - $250,000 (max)
Average: $241,196

FY 11 awards:
Range: $152,089 (min) - $250,000 (max)
Average: $238,069

FY12 awards:
$139,350 (min) - $350,000(max)*
Average: $277,750
*Note: $399,074 in supplemental funding was made available and awarded during FY12.

FY13 awards:
No awards were made during this period. This program will not have any future competitions. 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.

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.