HRSA Grows and Strengthens the Nursing Workforce, Expands Support for Children’s Mental Health Care, Awards $8 Million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Address the HIV Epidemic in Africa, and more

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November 3, 2022

October in Brief: Growing and Strengthening the Nursing Workforce, Expanding Support for Children’s Mental Health Care, Reducing Health Disparities in Maternal Health Care, Releasing the National Survey of Children’s Health and more

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In October 2022, HRSA took action to bolster nursing education and training, improve and expand mental health care for kids, increase access to maternal health care, and enhance understanding of children’s health needs. 

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HRSA Awards $8 Million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Address the HIV Epidemic in Africa

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Meharry Medical College in partnership with Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science will address inequities in HIV care and treatment affecting adolescent girls and young women.

October 31 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced $8 million in funding to Meharry Medical College, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to improve and expand HIV care and treatment in some U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported countries.

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Join us for National Rural Health Day on November 17

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We celebrate National Rural Health Day on Thursday, November 17. Join us for a discussion with HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson and other HHS leaders to hear about what the federal government is doing to increase behavioral health equity in rural communities, including substance use disorder treatment.

HRSA grantees will share best practices from their rural work on strengthening mental health, and other presentations will tackle important topics like intimate partner violence and workplace stress.

View the schedule of virtual events.


New Nursing Workforce Dashboard

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Our Bureau of Health Workforce released a new nursing workforce dashboard. Users can access data from the latest National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) through multiple visualizations that can be customized by nurse type, status, and area, all while experiencing native 508 compliance and accessibility in an intuitive, user-friendly dashboard.


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November

  • Veterans Day (11) 
  • National Rural Health Day (17) 
  • Thanksgiving (24) 

Funding Opportunities

 

Health Workforce


Geriatrics Academic Career Awards - apply by November 3

Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health (PCTE-RTMB) - apply by November 15

Preventive Medicine Residency - apply by November 21

NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program – apply by December 1

Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program - apply by December 12

Health Centers


Service Area Competition (HRSA-23-023) - apply by November 14

Quality Improvement Fund-Maternal Health - apply by December 5

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy


Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) - apply by November 8

Rural Health Network Development Program - apply by November 22

Rural Health Network Development Planning Program - apply by January 6

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Overdose Response - apply by January 19

Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program - apply by January 27

HIV/AIDS Bureau


Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F Community Based Dental Partnership Program - apply by December 16

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Integrated HIV/AIDS Planning and Resource Allocation Cooperative Agreement - apply by January 19

Maternal and Child Health


Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership - apply by November 7

National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Center - apply by November 16

Infant, Child, and Adolescent Preventive Services (ICAPS) Program with Additional Funding for Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Activities -  apply by December 14

Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care - apply by January 3

Children’s Safety Network - apply by January 4

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Training Program - apply by January 19

National Center for a System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs - apply by January 26


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