Public Health Training Centers Program

 

The Regional Public Health Training Center program improves the Nation's public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competencies of the current and future public health workforce through the provision of education, training and consultation services. The Regional PHTC Programs together comprise a national program that serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the six U.S. Pacific Jurisdictions. Ten regions are funded to ensure that the U.S. and its jurisdictions all have access to public health workforce education and training. The work of the Regional PHTCs will be accomplished through the provision of tailored training and technical assistance (TA) through collaborative community-based projects. Training curricula will provide skill-based, interactive instruction and quality education using multiple modalities (e.g., synchronous, asynchronous, distance-based, bi-directional video, and in-person), underscoring the current eight cross-cutting core public health competency domains in the primary areas of (1) analytical/assessment, (2) policy development/ program planning, (3) communication skills, (4) cultural competency, (5) community dimension of practice, (6) public health sciences, (7) financial planning and management and, (8) leadership and systems thinking. Each Regional PHTC will develop training in at least three primary areas listed above and may develop trainings in the sub competencies and beyond based on local health needs assessments. Regional PHTCs seek to develop current and future public health leaders though Leadership Institutes. Moreover, the program aims to establish and enhance collaborative partnerships among state and local health departments, primary care providers, and related organizations (to include non-traditional partners) as they work together to address critical local public health needs. The Community Health Woker Training Program (CHWTP) expands the public health workforce through the training of new Community Health Workers (CHWs) and health support workers and to extend the knowledge and skills of current CHWs and other health support workers. Through this program, HRSA plans to train 13,000 new and current CHWs and other health support workers to support essential public health services and to focus on experiential training and employment through registered apprenticeships and job placements. The CHWTP aims to increase access to care, improve public health emergency response, and address the public health needs of underserved communities. Individuals trained through the program will acquire knowledge, skills, and expertise to respond to public health needs and public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, in underserved communities through a network of partnerships. The Public Health Scholarship Program (PHSP) to strengthens the public health workforce by providing support to organizations to develop scholarship programs that incentivize individuals to pursue training and careers in public health. Through the PHSP, scholarship recipients will gain the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID19, as well as other public health emergencies. This program will provide funds to State or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments, health professions schools, academic health centers, and public or private nonprofit entities with a public health focus. Award recipients will provide scholarships to individuals, including grant recipient employees, receiving public health training in professional, graduate, degree, and/or certificate programs.

Active 93.516 Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2018 In Academic Year 2017-2018, Regional PHTCs partnered with 190 sites to provide more than 239 clinical training experiences to student trainees (e.g., local health departments, academic institutions, and community-based organizations). Approximately 63 percent of these training sites were located in medically underserved communities and 22 percent were located in rural areas. With regard to the continuing education (CE) of the current workforce, PHTC grantees delivered 2,462 unique CE courses to 191,665 trainees during the academic year, approximately 28 percent of whom were practicing professionals concurrently employed in medically underserved communities. The total number of instructional hours for continuing education was 12,036
Fiscal Year 2019 In Academic Year 2017-2018, Regional PHTCs partnered with 190 sites to provide more than 239 clinical training experiences to student trainees (e.g., local health departments, academic institutions, and community-based organizations). Approximately 63 percent of these training sites were located in medically underserved communities and 22 percent were located in rural areas. With regard to the continuing education (CE) of the current workforce, PHTC grantees delivered 2,462 unique CE courses to 191,665 trainees during the academic year, approximately 28 percent of whom were practicing professionals concurrently employed in medically underserved communities. The total number of instructional hours for continuing education was 12,036.
Fiscal Year 2020 Awardees developed and delivered more than 2,350 continuing education courses to nearly 170,000 practicing professionals, 22 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 241 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 75 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
Fiscal Year 2021 In Academic Year 2020-2021, PHTC awardees developed and delivered more than 2,901 continuing education courses to nearly 343,887 practicing professionals, 28 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 248 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 73 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities. No data available for the Community Health Worker Training Program and Community Health Worker Training Program-Technical Assistance Center. The Public Health Scholarship Program is to be awarded in September 2022.
Fiscal Year 2022 PHTC: In Academic Year 2020-2021, the last year for which information is currently available, PHTC awardees developed and delivered more than 2,901 continuing education courses to nearly 343,887 practicing professionals, 28 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 248 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 73 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities. Community Health Worker Training Program: No data available Regional PHTC, Title Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295 and 295a), Section 765 and 766
CHWTP, Title Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 295), Section 765
Public Health Scholarship Program: (Section 765 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 295)), Title American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), Section 2501 PHTC: Accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit private institution accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health. This program also includes a statutory funding preference for accredited schools of public health. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible. Community Health Worker Training Program: Health professions schools, including accredited schools or programs of public health, health administration, preventive medicine, or dental public health or schools providing health management programs; Academic health centers; State or local governments including state, local and territorial public health departments; or Any other appropriate public or private non-profit entity such as, but not limited to: community colleges, community health centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and community-based organizations, and tribal entities that train public and allied health workers. Public Health Scholarship Program: State or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments; Health professions schools, including accredited schools or programs of public health, health administration, preventive medicine, or dental public health or schools providing health management programs; academic health centers; and any other appropriate public or private nonprofit entity that has a public health focus and is capable of carrying out the purpose of the program. Each trainee receiving stipend support must be a citizen of the United States, a non-citizen U.S. national, or a foreign national having in his or her possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. Public Health Training Center: Graduate and doctoral students pursuing a degree in a health profession (including public health, psychology, sociology and social work); Undergraduate juniors or seniors enrolled in a health profession degree program (e.g., public health, psychology, sociology, and social work); Preventive Medicine Resident (PMR) and College students in the U.S. Pacific Islands, and TCU enrolled in a health professional degree program (e.g., allied health, community health worker). Each trainee receiving scholarship funds must be a citizen of the United States, a non-citizen U.S. national, or a foreign national having in his or her possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. CHWTP: Eligible trainees are individuals with a minimum of a high school diploma or GED certificate. Trainees receiving support from grant funds must be a citizen of the United States or a foreign national having in his/her possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. Trainees supported by CHWTP receiving financial support, must be enrolled full- or part-time in the school or program receiving the CHWTP grant funding. Public Health Scholarship Program: Award recipient employees and students, residents, and fellows of health professions schools, academic health centers, and public or private nonprofit entities with a public health focus. receiving public health training in professional, graduate, degree, and/or certificate programs. Each trainee receiving scholarship funds must be a citizen of the United States, a non-citizen U.S. national, or a foreign national having in his or her possession a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. Applicants should review the individual Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) documents issued under this assistance listing for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted with an application package. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov. All eligible, 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. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov. All eligible, 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 of award is made in writing (electronic) by a Notice of Award. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 120 to 180 days. Approximately 120 - 180 days after receipt of applications. Not applicable. Depending on Agency priorities and availability of funding, during the final budget year of the approved project period competing continuation applications may be solicited from interested applicants. Procedures for assessing the technical merit of applications have been instituted to provide for 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 Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed selection criteria. Grant funds may support salaries, stipends, consultant costs, equipment, and travel as requested to develop and implement the program. Applicants are expected to leverage their resources to create enhanced training opportunities through partnerships and collaboration. Indirect costs under training awards to organizations other than State, local or American 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. Grant funds may support scholarships for costs of the public health training program’s tuition, fees, and other educational costs in the form of a scholarship. A minimum amount of 90 percent of the total requested budget per year must be provided for trainee scholarships. Stipends for trainees are not an allowable cost. Ten percent or less of the total requested budget per year may be provided for administrative costs including salaries, equipment, and travel as requested to develop and implement the program. Not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503. Recipients are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the date they submit the Federal Financial Report (FSR). 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 formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Additional Information: The recipient must agree to maintain non-federal funding for grant activities at a level which is not less than expenditures for such activities during the fiscal year prior to receiving the award. PHTC: This funding opportunity provides support for a 4-year project period. CHWTP and Public Health Scholarship Programs - These funding opportunities provides support for a 3-year project period. Recipients draw down funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS), the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards. Public Health Scholarship Program (PHSP): Cynthia Harne, Chief, Medical Training and Geriatrics Branch Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane, 15N118 Rockville, MD 20857 Telephone: (301) 443-7661 Email: charne@hrsa.gov Caroline Ayong, (PHTC) Project Officer, Behavioral and Public Health Branch, Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce
Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services 5600 Fishers Lane, 11N94D
Rockville, MD 20857 US
cayong@hrsa.gov
Phone: 301-287-0230

Marian Smithey, (CHWTP) Division of Nursing and Public Health
Bureau of Health Workforce
Rockville, MD 20857 USA
msmithey@hrsa.gov
Phone: 301-443-3831 http://www.hrsa.gov 75-0353-0-1-552 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$8,947,545.00; FY 23 est $9,395,711.00; FY 24 est $9,100,000.00; FY 21$9,100,000.00; FY 20$9,100,000.00; FY 19$9,100,000.00; FY 18$8,250,000.00; FY 17$8,250,000.00; FY 16$8,250,000.00; - Regional Public Health Training Centers (Cooperative Agreements)(Project Grants) FY 22$222,799,488.00; FY 23 est $2,623,630.00; FY 24 est $0.00; FY 21$0.00; - Community Health Worker Training Program (Program Grants)(Project Grants) FY 22$40,724,000.00; FY 23 est $329,899.00; FY 24 est $0.00; - Program Health Scholarship Program (Program Grants) Regional PHTCs FY 22 Range: $768,804 to $1,089,138 Average: $891,881 FY 23 est Range: $768,804 to $1,089,138 Average: $891,881 FY 24 est Range: $768,804 to $1,089,138 Average: $891,881 Community Health Worker Training Program FY 22 Range: $374,550 to $3,000,000 Average: $2,685,476.19 FY 23 N/A FY 24: N/A Public Health Scholarship Program FY 22 Range: $397,172 to $1,503,518: Average $1,415,651 FY 23: NA FY 24: NA All administrative and audit requirements and the cost principles that govern Federal monies associated with this activity will be subject to the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 as codified by HHS at 45 CFR 75. HRSA awards are also 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/hhsgrantspolicy.pdf. Not applicable.