HRSA Grant Opportunities for Nurses
Submitted by bakinwole on Jul 12, 2010
Jul 12, 2010 | Announcement
Abstract
A complete list of the program details and applications are located on the Health Resources and Services Agency (HRSA) website. Selected programs are listed below.
HRSA-10-282 Affordable Care Act (ACA): Nurse Managed Health Clinics
The purpose of this initiative will be to provide federal funding to support the development and operation of Nurse-Managed Health Clinics (NMHC) to: 1) improve access to primary health care, disease prevention and health promotion in medically underserved areas (including enhancements of outreach strategies); 2) enhance nursing practice by increasing the number of structured clinical teaching sites for undergraduate and graduate nursing students; and 3) enhance electronic processes for establishing effective patient and workforce data collection systems. Under this program, the focus would support the training and practice development site for nurse practitioners to build the capacity of primary care provider workforce.
HRSA-10-276 Affordable Care Act (ACA): School-Based Health Centers Capital Program
The goal of the program is to award funds made available by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that will support school-based health center efforts to expand capacity to provide primary healthcare services to school-aged children. Eligible organizations shall be a school-based health center or a sponsoring facility of a school-based health center: A school-based health center is defined as a health clinic that: 1.Is located in or near a school facility of a school district or board of an Indian tribe or tribal organization; 2.Is organized through school, community, and health provider relationships; 3.Is administered by a sponsoring facility; 4.Provides through health professionals primary health services to children in accordance with State and local law, including laws relating to licensure and certification; and 5.Satisfies such other requirements as a State may establish for the operation of such a clinic. A sponsoring facility includes any of the following: 1.A hospital 2.A public health department 3.A community health center 4.A non-profit health care agency 5.A school or school system 6.A program administered by the Indian Health Service or the Bureau of Indian Affairs or operated by an Indian tribe or a tribal organization. Please see funding guidance for further details.
HRSA-10-281 Affordable Care Act (ACA): Advanced Nursing Education Expansion Program
The Advanced Nurse Education Expansion initiative's two purposes are to increase the number of students enrolled full time in accredited primary care Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwifery programs and to accelerate the graduation of part time students in such programs by encouraging full time enrollment. The program provides master's, post master's, and, on a limited basis, doctor of nursing practice students with stipends, educational expenses, or other reasonable living expenses for $22,000 per year, for a maximum of two years per student.Eligible applicants are collegiate schools of nursing, academic health centers, and other private or public entities accredited by a national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education that offer and have students enrolled in a primary care nurse practitioner program and/or an accredited nurse-midwifery program.
