Arra - Scholarships For Disadvantaged Students

 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) promotes diversity among health professions students and practitioners by providing scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Eligible health professions and nursing schools apply for funds to provide scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have financial need and are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as full-time students at the schools.

Deleted 03/03/2014 (Archived.) 93.407 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration Project Grants Not Applicable. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) , Public Law 111-5. 1) At least 10 percent of the total enrollment (full-time enrolled) of a program during the specified academic year must be students from disadvantaged backgrounds; and
2) At least 10 percent of the total graduates (who were full-time students) of a program during the specified academic year must have been from disadvantaged backgrounds; and
3) A school must have at least one full-time economically disadvantaged student enrolled and graduated during the specified academic year. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled full-time in health professions or nursing schools who are citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico or the Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the American Samoa or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia. 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. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through www.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 of Award is made in writing by a Notice of Award. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. Approximately 6 months. Not Applicable. Annual applications are required for all schools. Applications will be reviewed for completeness, accuracy, and to determine if applicant schools meet minimum program requirements. SDS ARRA funds awarded to schools must be used to award full or partial scholarships to eligible students enrolled in health professions programs on a full-time basis.

Scholarships may only be expended for tuition expenses, other reasonable educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses incurred while in attendance for the year. The Secretary is required to make available at least 16 percent of the funds to schools that will provide scholarships only for nursing students. Schools are required to agree that, in providing scholarships under this program, preference shall be given to students from disadvantaged backgrounds for whom the costs of attending the school would constitute a severe financial hardship and disadvantaged students. The Secretary may not make a grant to a school unless the school is carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds and have met the eligibility criteria of demonstrating the success of outcome measures.

SDS – ARRA funds must be kept separate from regularly appropriated SDS funds and should not be comingled for tracking and reporting purposes. No one student may receive both SDS-ARRA funds and annual SDS appropriated funds in the same budget/project period. All projects funded with ARRA funds are subject to special quarterly reporting requirements as outlined in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act.

The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Performance Report (SDSPR) must be submitted 45 days after the end of the budget period through electronic submission, at http://www.grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/home.asp. In addition, a Federal Financial Report (SF-425 is required within 90 days of the end of the budget period. Cash reports are not applicable. see prior. see prior. 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 3 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 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. This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
This program does not have MOE requirements. Each scholarship award is made for 1 year. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Grantee drawdown funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards. See Regional Agency Offices. Hai Le, Division of Student Loans and Scholarships, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service, Park lawn Building, Room 9-105, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-1541. Use the same numbers for FTS. Hai Le 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9-105, Rockville, Maryland 20857 Phone: (301) 443-1541 http://www.hrsa.gov 75-0351-0-1-550. (Project Grants) FY 11 $0; FY 12 est $0; and FY 13 est $0 - All awards funded in FY10. For FY10: $1,000 to $650,000. Average award amount per discipline in FY10: $39,878. 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.

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.