Pilot Program for National and State Background Checks--Direct Patient Access for Long-Term Care

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services operates the Pilot Program for National and State Background Checks—Direct Patient Access for Long-Term Care (CFDA 93.785) to establish efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long-term care facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees, with the most recent grant award issued on July 1, 2006.

This program is dormant and not worth pursuing. No grant awards have been disbursed in the past 20 years. The last funding cycle occurred in 2006, when four awards were made; prior activity in 2004 produced six awards. The program's entire documented history spans a two-year funding window (2004–2006) with 10 total Project Grants and $5.5 million in combined federal dollars obligated. No recent grant opportunities are present in the source.

All funding came exclusively from CMS, which obligated $5.5 million across 10 Project Grants. The portfolio consisted entirely of Project Grants. Recent award values ranged from $7,459 to $1.7 million, with several awards in the $600 thousand to $1 million range. Among awards with clear project descriptions, one 2004 grant obligated $1.7 million to support an unspecified initiative over a three-year period (October 2004–September 2007); another 2004 award of $1 million covered similar scope. Several 2006 awards, each obligating between $178 thousand and $450 thousand, were designated to enforce child support payments, indicating scope drift or cross-listing with different program activity.

The substantial gap between 2006 and the present, combined with absence of any recent opportunities in the source, signals that this pilot program has not actively solicited applications in two decades. Organizations should not allocate resources to pursuing funding under this Assistance Listing.