Cooperative Agreement 90FX0037

This $3.1 million project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration, under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912), will support workforce development efforts in rural Oregon through July 2025. The Oregon Health & Science University will coordinate training 127 community health workers across six rural counties to expand...

Wayne State University will receive $5.2 million over three years from the Health Resources and Services Administration under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to launch the Community Health Worker Academy workforce development project. The project will certify 140 trainees as community health workers through comprehensive foundational and specialized trainings, and place them in registered apprenticeships and internships on integrated care teams. At least 60% of...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) to the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization, Inc. (FDRHPO), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in Watertown, New York. The 3-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund the...

The Medical Care Development Inc. (MCD) was awarded a $5.9 million project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). The grant will support MCD's Community Health Worker Training Program to recruit, train, and enhance the skills of 255 community health workers over the three-year period from September 2022 to September 2025. At least 191...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals awarded Vanderbilt University $6 million under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to implement a Community Health Worker Training Program. Vanderbilt will partner with the Tennessee Community Health Worker Association to develop standardized curriculum and train up to 90 new or existing community health workers annually. Trainees will receive didactic...

The Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) was awarded a $6 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). The grant will support IPHI's Community Health Worker Academy initiative to develop the community health worker workforce and address health inequities in Washington D.C. and surrounding counties through September 2025....

This Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support the Holyoke Health Center, Inc. in renovating the second floor of an existing building to create a new Regional Health Professions Education and Training Center. The goal is to expand the pipeline for trained healthcare support staff, including dental assistants, medical assistants, pharmacists,...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals provides $749,100 to Ochsner Clinic Foundation under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The funding will support Ochsner Health System's expansion and enhancement of its existing community health worker (CHW) training program and apprenticeship in Louisiana. Key deliverables...

The Tufts University School of Medicine will provide a Community Health Worker Training Program titled "Community Health Workers Engaging in Integrated Care" (COHERE) through this $4,999,888 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals. The three-year grant period began on September 15, 2022. The program aims to increase diversity among community health workers and improve healthcare...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was awarded a $6 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516). UAMS will implement the Community Health Worker Training and Apprenticeship Program to train and place 270 community health workers and health support workers over three years. The program aims to expand the public health workforce and address...