PPHF Geriatric Education Centers

 

The purpose of this program is to improve health outcomes for older adults by developing a healthcare workforce that maximizes patient and family engagement, and by integrating geriatrics and primary care. The goals of this program are: 1) to educate and train the primary care and geriatrics workforce to care for older adults in integrated geriatrics and primary care models, and 2) to partner with community based organizations (CBOs) to address gaps in healthcare for older adults, promote age-friendly health systems and dementia-friendly communities, and address the social determinants of health.

Active 93.969 Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2018 In Academic Year 2017-2018, GWEP grantees provided training for 49,381 students and fellows participating in a variety of geriatrics-focused degree programs, field placements, and fellowships. Of these trainees, 26,966 graduated or completed their training during the current academic year. GWEP grantees partnered with 316 health care delivery sites (e.g., hospitals, long-term care facilities, and academic institutions) to provide clinical training experiences to trainees. Approximately 43 percent of these sites were located in medically underserved communities, and 53 percent were situated in primary care settings. With regard to the continuing education of the current workforce, 212,444 faculty and practicing professionals participated in 1,564 unique continuing education courses offered by GWEP 120 grantees,
Fiscal Year 2019 In Academic Year 2018-2019, GWEP grantees provided training for 39,585 students and fellows participating in a variety of geriatrics-focused degree programs, field placements, and fellowships. Of these trainees, 31,522 graduated or completed their training during the current academic year. GWEP grantees partnered with 307 health care delivery sites (e.g., hospitals, long-term care facilities, and academic institutions) to provide clinical training experiences to trainees. Approximately 56 percent of these sites were located in medically underserved communities, and 54 percent were primary care settings. With regard to the continuing education of the current workforce, 187,955 faculty and practicing professionals participated in 1,342 unique continuing education courses offered by GWEP grantees, 445 of which were specifically focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, just missing the target of 500. In addition, GWEP grantees developed or enhanced and implemented 4,313 different curricular activities. Most of these were new continuing education courses, academic courses, and workshops, which together reached 142,022 people. Finally, with regard to faculty development, results showed that GWEP grantees supported 372 different faculty-focused training programs and activities during the academic year, reaching 11,406 faculty-level trainees.
Fiscal Year 2020 All 48 GWEP grantees have worked with primary care clinics, academic school of health professions, and community-based organizations to promote telehealth for home-bound older adults, nursing home residents, their families and their caregivers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiscal Year 2021 In Academic Year 2020-2021, GWEP awardees provided training for 69,518 students and fellows participating in a variety of geriatrics-focused degree programs, field placements, and fellowships. Of these trainees, 61,994 graduated or completed their training during this time frame. GWEP awardees partnered with 262 health care delivery sites (e.g., hospitals, long-term care facilities, and academic institutions) to provide clinical training experiences to trainees. Approximately 52 percent of these sites were located in medically underserved communities, 48 percent were in primary care settings, and 29 percent were in rural areas. Sixty-three percent of sites offered COVID-19 related services, 61 percent offered telehealth services, and 30 percent provided integrated behavioral health services in a primary care setting. Awardees also developed or enhanced 5,967 courses, which reached over 720,000 students. Courses covered topics such as Alzheimer’s disease/dementia (23 percent), geriatric health (22 percent), and evidence-based practice in a clinical setting (7 percent). In addition, GWEP awardees supported health care professionals by providing over 4,500 hours of training across 1,857 continuing education courses. Nearly 520,000 health care professionals participated in GWEP-sponsored continuing education courses and approximately 16 percent of these professionals were employed in medically underserved communities. Thirty-nine percent of GWEP continuing education courses focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. Furthermore, GWEP awardees supported 483 faculty-focused training programs and activities, reaching 9,912 faculty-level trainees. GWEP significantly outperformed nearly all of its targets this year, sponsoring 721 Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related educational offerings (6.I.C.12), training 180,938 individuals through Alzheimer’s disease and dementia-related educational offerings (6.I.C.13), reaching 519,356 geriatrics professionals through continuing education programs (6.I.C.32), and providing 69,518 students with geriatric-focused training in settings across the care continuum (6.I.C.33). The targets were 150; 10,000; 50,000; and 10,000 respectively. Awardees also reached 721,148 trainees through curricula related to treating health problems in elderly individuals, exceeding the FY 2020 target (not depicted in the program activity table) of 140,000 trainees. This shift occurred because awardees moved to online courses for health care professionals and to telehealth-based training for students unable to access clinical training sites. Awardees also established new relationships with the nation’s 15,000+ nursing homes, in response to COVID-19’s impact on nursing homes and geriatric patients. These awardees leveraged the new delivery modes and relationships to expand their activities, such as offering online continuing education courses on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia to nursing home-based health care providers. In FY 2021, the GWEP program received an additional $2 million in annual appropriations. The funding provided COVID-19 specific education and training to the nursing home workforce in order to improve care to nursing home residents. GWEP awardees used COVID-19 supplemental funding to offer a variety of courses and continuing education classes to help students and professionals respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this supplemental funding, awardees developed or enhanced 979 courses for nearly 470,000 students, including 149 courses on geriatric health and 74 courses on telehealth in clinical settings. GWEP awardees also offered nearly 3,000 hours of continuing education across 668 classes, reaching over 360,000 individuals. Fifty-four percent of these trainings addressed issues related to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Awardees also reached 4,501 faculty-level trainees through 129 faculty-focused training programs and activities.
Fiscal Year 2022 In Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022, the most recent year for which performance data is available, GWEP trained over one million health care professionals, students, patients, and caregivers through 7,160 courses that awardees developed or enhanced with GWEP funding. GWEP’s geriatrics-related training included 1,889 continuing education courses, which reached 501,431 individuals and provided 4,825 hours of training. A total of 673 continuing education courses (36 percent) focused on Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. This subset of courses trained 130,012 health care professionals, students, patients, and caregivers. GWEP’s trainees included 71,870 health professions students who received geriatric-focused training in settings across the care continuum. Forty-five percent of these trainees were underrepresented minorities and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds. By the end of the academic year, 64,152 students completed a GWEP program. Public Health Service Act, Section 750 and 753(a)
Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998
Public Health Service Act, Section 865
Public Law Public Law 105-392 as amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Public Law No: 116-13- Eligible applicants are accredited health professions schools and programs. The following entities are eligible applicants: Schools of Allopathic Medicine; Schools of Veterinary Medicine; Schools of Dentistry; Schools of Public Health; Schools of Osteopathic Medicine; Schools of Chiropractic; Schools of Pharmacy; Physician Assistant Programs; Schools of Optometry; Schools of Allied Health; Schools of Podiatric Medicine; and Schools of Nursing The following accredited graduate programs are also eligible applicants: Health Administration; and Behavioral Health and Mental Health Practice, including: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Social Work, Professional Counseling, and Marriage and Family Therapy. In addition these are also eligible entities under GWEP: a health care facility, a program leading to certification as a certified nurse assistant, a partnership of a school of nursing such and facility, or a partnership of such a program and facility Faith-based and community-based organizations, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments and Native American Organizations may apply if otherwise eligible. Applicants must be located in the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia. Accredited health professions schools and programs. Applicants should review the individual HRSA Notice of Funding Opportunity 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. Notification is made in writing by a Notice of Award. Notification of award is made in writing (electronic) through 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 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 Notice of Funding Opportunity for detailed selection criteria. Projects must develop collaborations with at least one community organization, one academic institution, and one primary care clinical site to ensure integrated delivery systems. Grantees must use funds for the following activities: 1. Develop and implement integrated geriatrics and primary care health care delivery systems to provide clinical experiences for trainees with the goal of improving comprehensive, coordinated care for older adults; 2. Partner with, or create as appropriate, community-based outreach resource centers to address the learning and support needs of older adults, their families and their caregivers. Such programs must address local needs, taking into account available care settings, social resources, and community culture. Topics in addressing psychosocial needs, mental health issues, disease self-management, patient engagement, telehealth technology, and population health are encouraged and should be taught within the context of the 4Ms (Mentation, Medication, What Matters and Mobility) as they apply to age-friendly health systems and dementia-friendly communities ; and 3. Provide training to individuals who will provide care to older adults within the context of the above focus areas. Categories of individuals may include: patients, families, caregivers, direct care providers, primary care providers, students, residents, fellows, and faculty. 4. In addition, projects may include Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias education and training for patients, families, caregivers, direct care providers, and health professions students, faculty, and providers. Not applicable. Not applicable. Recipients 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. 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. This funding opportunity provides support for a five-year project period. Recipients draw down funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS), the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards. None/Not specified. Nina Tumosa, Ph.D., Medical Training and Geriatrics Branch
Division of Medicine and Dentistry
Bureau of Health Workforce
Rockville, MD 20857 US
ntumosa@hrsa.gov
Phone: 301-443-5626 http://www.hrsa.gov 75-0350-0-1-550 (Project Grants) FY 22$40,304,913.00; FY 23 est $41,597,262.00; FY 24 est $430,000,000.00; FY 21$37,786,353.00; FY 20$35,915,181.00; FY 19$35,653,437.00; - GWEP(Project Grants) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 FY 21 est $2,000,000.00; FY 20$4,350,000.00; FY 19$0.00; - FY2020 GWEP COVID Supplement (T1M) FY 22 Range: $745,141 - $987,179 Average Award: $833,007 FY 23 Range: $668,446 to $866,333; Average Award: $860,932 FY 24 Range: $1,000,000 Average Award: $1,000,000 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.