Project Grant P031X220002

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Montana State University under the Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program for Indians (CFDA 93.971). The project aims to increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) nursing students, in order to expand the culturally competent AI/AN healthcare workforce serving tribal communities. Key strategies include targeted...

This $960,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service under the Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program for Indians (CFDA 93.971) supports the University of Arizona's "Indians in Nursing: Career Advancement and Transition Scholars II (INCATS II)" project. The key objectives are to: Develop and implement a Collaborative Nursing Education Program (CNEP) to provide a more affordable pathway to a Bachelor of Science...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $402,028 Project Grant to the MHA Health Research & Educational Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization, to implement the MS EARN pilot program. This program provided paid, three-semester nursing student externships at the South Sunflower County Hospital, a rural Mississippi hospital, over the 2024-25 academic year. The grant aimed to increase nurse staffing, equip staff to...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service has awarded a $791,086 five-year Cooperative Agreement to Northeastern State University (NSU) in Oklahoma under the Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program for Indians (CFDA 93.971). The funding will support the "Northeast Oklahoma Recruitment and Advancement of Native Americans into Nursing Program (NEORAAIN)," which aims to increase the representation of American Indian and Alaska Native students in...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) program, titled "REACH (Rural Education and Community Health) for PA Students", aims to enhance physician assistant (PA) training in behavioral health and rural primary care. The $841,667 award to Touro University California will fund the following key activities over a 5-year period from July 2024 to June 2029: Expand longitudinal rural primary care...

The Regents of the University of Michigan - Flint (UM-Flint) received a $999,425 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Grants Program (CFDA 93.359). The purpose of the UM-FERN project is to increase the number of nurses practicing in acute and long-term care facilities in Michigan's rural Thumb region by expanding nursing education opportunities...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the Virginia Rural Health Association a $4.635 million Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) for the period of August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025. The grant will support the Virginia Rural Health Workforce Collaborative to train approximately 110 individuals in...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to Partnership For Public Health, Inc. under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The grant, titled "Rural Northern Border Region Outreach Program," aims to enhance healthcare delivery in rural communities along the northern U.S....

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,797,468.00 Project Grant to Native Health, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving the urban American Indian and Alaska Native population in Maricopa County, Arizona. This grant, funded under HRSA's Community Health Centers program (CFDA 93.224), will enable Native Health to expand its current substance use and mental health services by adding prevention,...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Payment Program (CFDA 93.530), awarded a $887,849 project grant to the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) to support its Internal Medicine Rural and Tribal Health Track Residency Program. This program aims to expand the primary care workforce, particularly in rural and underserved communities in Western North Carolina, by providing comprehensive training experiences...