Funding-Limited Submission- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – Reaching Practicing MCH Professionals in Underserved Areas Through Education and Training Program (HRSA-14-078); March 4, 2014

Description: This announcement solicits applications for grant funds to plan, develop, and implement the Reaching Practicing Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Professionals in Underserved Areas Through Education and Training Program. This program is designed to address and strengthen the nation’s (59 states and jurisdictions) MCH Public Health system by developing the public health workforce through innovative strategies that address the special educational needs of diverse public health professionals who provide MCH public health services in isolated, underserved, communities, including rural and frontier areas, U.S. jurisdictions, and Indian reservations. Targeting this training to diverse MCH public health professionals will help close the gap on availability of quality health care to low income, uninsured, isolated, vulnerable and special needs populations and meet their unique health care needs.  

Because there are many areas of the country where public health workers lack access to affordable public health training to meet their needs, this program is intended to assist working maternal and child public health professionals to obtain training that focuses on MCH content and skills development while maintaining their responsibilities to their family and work. Innovative programs will emphasize flexible schedules; work closely with employers of MCH public health professionals to identify, recruit and select students who would benefit from the acquisition of new or expanded knowledge; and utilize distance methods.  

Full Program Announcement: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=251295

Institutional Limit: Multiple applications from an organization are not allowable.

Internal Competition:  Because HRSA limits the number of proposals to one per applicant per program, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process.  Prospective applicants interested in responding to this program should send the following information to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, February 25, 2014:

1. Names and departments of the Project Director and project personnel;
2. Title of the program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;

3. Provide a brief abstract (2 pages max) of the proposed project.

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Kathy Stanwix-Hay in the Office of the Vice President for Research (stanwix@email.uky.edu or 257-5090).

HRSA Deadline: March 21, 2014