April 26 – Earlier this month, Administrator Johnson testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education. The Administrator spoke to the need to extend mandatory funding for the National Health Service Corps, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, and other workforce programs before the end of the fiscal year, as well as highlighted HRSA’s FY 24 Budget proposals. Listen to the hearing here: “Oversight Hearing – Provider Relief Fund and Healthcare Workforce Shortages.”

April 27 – HRSA awarded more than $147 million to 49 recipients to advance the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, which is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States by at least 90 percent by 2030. This funding will help states and metropolitan areas with the highest levels of HIV transmission link people with HIV to essential care, support, and treatment, as well as support training and other resources for these jurisdictions.

Read the release.

Are you a provider or health care professional working to ensure the health and well-being of women during and after pregnancy?

Join us on Monday, May 22, 1-2 p.m. ET as HRSA MCHB Associate Administrator Michael Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Project Director Tiffany J. Williams present an overview of the Hotline and how its 24/7, free confidential service can benefit your patients.

The webinar will also provide key metrics from the Hotline's first year of operations.

Our Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs is hosting the 2023 Maternal Health Webinar Series.

Join us on Thursday, May 18, noon-1 p.m. ET for the first webinar in the series. Presenters will highlight Maternal Mental Health Month, HRSA’s National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, and how two Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grantees in Illinois and Minnesota are addressing maternal mental health. 

During National Nurses Week, check out the HRSA Workforce Funding Opportunities for Nursing Students and Nurses webinar on Wednesday, May 10, 2:30-4:30 p.m. ET to learn about funding opportunities available to nursing students, practicing nurses, and nursing programs.

This collaborative webinar will provide the eligibility requirements for nursing training grants, school administered nursing loans, scholarship programs, and loan repayment programs.

Register and share with your networks.

In 2023, we are presenting the Healthy Grants Workshop as a web series, with presentations on our most requested topics.

The workshops help you manage your grant.

Here is what you need to know:

• Register for as many sessions as you like.
• A Healthy Grants Workshop Schedule is available.
• The first session is Wednesday, May 17, followed by a new session every month through August.
• There is no cost to attend.
• Find more information - including recordings of our past sessions - on our webpage.

Join our Office of Women’s Health, Bureau of Health Workforce, Bureau of Primary Health Care, and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy for a webinar, Connecting Women to Healthcare Through HRSA’s Programs.

Join us on Wednesday, May 17, 1-2 p.m. ET in celebration of National Women’s Health Week.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is hosting a three-part series on community-based housing options for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).

The webinars explore barriers people with I/DD face in securing housing, highlight the limited range of housing options, and feature innovative strategies, resources, partners, and funding streams to help create more housing options for people with I/DD.

Join us on Thursday, May 11 at 4 p.m. ET for the second webinar in the series, which will provide an overview of:

• Federal programs that advance community living for people with I/DD.
• How one State has responded and made good use of these options.
• A self-advocate’s story on successful housing options.