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An Overview of:
Federal Funding Opportunities for Oral Health
Yvonne Knight, J.D.Senior Vice President
Advocacy and Governmental RelationsADEA Policy Center
Federal Funding Opportunities for Oral Health
Yvonne Knight, J.D.Senior Vice President
Advocacy and Governmental RelationsADEA Policy Center
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA’s Oral Health Initiatives
HRSA’s oral health workforce programs support:•Students, residents and practitioners•FY 2011 HRSA’s Bureau of Health Professions awarded $31.1 million in new and continuing grants
Oral Health Funding Opportunities
Pre-doctoral Training Programs
• Funding supports 15 programs• FY 2012 $4.3 million
Post-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry
• FY 2012 $9.3 million in commitments• Funding supports 27 programs
Faculty Development in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
• FY 2012 total funding, $4.5 million • Funding supports 8 programs
Dental Faculty Loan Repayment
• FY 2012 $1.1 million was paid out• Funding supports 6 programs
State Oral Health Workforce Program
For FY 2012:•Funding of $2.2 million annually (3-year grant) •Grant supports 26 programs and 7 dental schools
Residency Training in General and Pediatric Dentistry*
• Funds the planning, development, operation of, and participation (including financial assistance to residents) in approved residency and advanced education programs in general or pediatric dentistry
Geriatric Training for Dentists
• Program supports 13 grantees with more than $8 million through fellowships and other training efforts
• Through this program 4,073 older adults received dental care in academic year 2009-2010
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME)
• FY 2011 provided services to 4 million patients in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
GME-Children’s Hospitals
GME-Children’s Hospitals
• FY 2011 $8.4 million • Program supported 22 pediatric dental
residency programs• 165 pediatric dentistry residents
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)
• FY 2011 approximately $44 million • Program supported 25 schools in the dentistry
discipline• Program supported 11 schools in the dental
hygiene discipline
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program
FY 2012 the program supported:•4,267 awards (2,342 new and 1,925 continuation contracts) •Total, $169 million.
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program
FY 2012 the program supported:•222 awards (212 new and 10 continuation contracts) totaling $42 million.
Health Professions Student Loan
Health Professions Student Loan
• Program supports participating institutions that provide long-term, low interest loans to full-time students with financial need to pursue a degree in a medical discipline, including dentistry
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME)
The Affordable Care Act (ACA):•Grants awarded under this Act are for a term of not more than 3 years and the maximum award may not be more than $500,000
Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs
Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs
• Most dentists will only be eligible to receive incentive payments from the Medicaid Meaningful Use Incentive Program
• Any dentist qualifying for incentives under the Medicaid program must meet the criterion that “the eligible provider must have at least 30 % patient volume attributable to those who are receiving Medicaid”
ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals - Training in Primary Care Medicine and
Dentistry - Residency
ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals- Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
- Residency
This grant program supports:•academic administrative units •residency training •predoctoral training •faculty development training•general and pediatric dental residency training program areas
Thank You!
HRSA Grants
Program DescriptionGrant Totals
Pre-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
Grant program supports 15 programs to plan, develop, and operate, or participate in an approved professional training program in the field of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, public health dentistry, or dental hygiene for dental students, dental hygiene students, dental hygienists, or other approved primary care dental trainees.
$4.3million
Post-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry
The program supports grants to plan, develop, and operate, or participate in approved professional training programs in the field of general, pediatric, and public health dentistry as well as financial support for dental residents, practicing dentists, or other approved primary care dental trainees.
$9.3 million
ProgramDescription
Grant Totals
Faculty Development in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
Grant program supports initiatives focused on the development of existing or future dental faculty members, including training, educational activities, and learning systems.
$4.5 million
Dental Faculty Loan Repayment
Grant program supports full-time faculty members and aids in the retention and recruitment of faculty.
$1.1 million
HRSA Grants
HRSA GrantsProgram
Description
Grant Totals
State Oral Health Workforce Program
Program directly supports states' efforts to improve oral health access through various workforce programs. Activities through this grant program include: loan forgiveness and repayment, recruitment and retention efforts, grants and low-or no-interest loans, establishment or expansion of dental residency programs, expansion of oral health services in shortage areas, placement and support of dental trainees, continuing education, teledentistry, community-based prevention, promotion of oral health professions among youth, faculty recruitment programs, and developing or augmenting a state's dental director office.
$2.2 million
HRSA Grants
ProgramDescription
Grant Totals
Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals Program
Program provides financial assistance for geriatric training projects to train physicians, dentists, and behavioral and mental health professionals who plan to teach geriatric medicine, geriatric dentistry, or geriatric behavioral and mental health.
$8 million
Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program
Program supports the increased number of primary care residents and dentists trained in community-based ambulatory patient care settings.
$230 million
The Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program
Program provides funding to freestanding children's hospitals to support training of pediatric and other medical and dental residents in graduate medical education programs.
$8.4 million
HRSA GrantsProgram
DescriptionGrant Totals
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
Program promotes diversity among health professions students and practitioners by providing scholarships to full-time, financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled in health professions programs, including oral health programs.
$44 million
Health Professions Student Loan
Program supports participating institutions that provide long-term, low-interest loans to full-time students with financial need to pursue a degree in a medical discipline, including dentistry.
Varies
Loans for Disadvantaged Students
Program supports participating institutions that provide long-term, low-interest loans to full-time students from disadvantaged backgrounds with financial need to pursue a degree in a medical discipline, including dentistry.
Varies
HRSA GrantsProgram
DescriptionGrant Totals
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
Program seeks dentists and dental hygienists to provide culturally competent, interdisciplinary primary health care services to underserved populations located in selected Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
$169 million
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
Program provides scholarships to students who are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in an accredited health care professions academic program pursuing careers in primary care, including dentistry.
$42 million
To learn more about grants, loans, and scholarships available through HRSA please visit http://www.hrsa.gov/index.html and click on “grants” or “loans and scholarships” or contact HRSA, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Student Loans and Scholarships, Campus Based Branch at (301) 443-4776.