Category: Funding

New Funding Opportunity: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals – HRSA-25-068

October 28, 2024

New Funding Opportunity: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals – HRSA-25-068

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to improve access to behavioral health services.

The purpose of the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce. The program has a specific focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders.

The BHWET Program for Professionals prepares the workforce by emphasizing interprofessional team-based models of care, integrating behavioral health training in primary care settings and recruiting a diverse workforce interested in serving high need and high demand areas. The program also invests increasing the number of clinical supervisors.

Eligible Applicants

  • Public and private institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Hospitals and rural health clinics
  • State and local governments
  • Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations
  • Tribal governments and organizations

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 21, 2025

Click Here to Apply

New Funding Opportunity: Graduate Psychology Education Program

October 25, 2024

New Funding Opportunity: Graduate Psychology Education Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase access to behavioral health services in high demand areas.

The Graduate Psychology Education Program (GPE) -HRSA-25-067 provides training to  doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and post-doctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program will prepare trainees to provide behavioral health services in community-based primary care settings. The program also supports faculty development in health service psychology.

HRSA will award approximately $22.8 million to up to 50 grantees over a period of three years through this opportunity.

Eligible Applicants:

  • Public and private institutions of higher education
  • Hospitals and rural health clinics
  • HRSA-funded health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • State and local governments
  • Tribal governments and organizations

Applications are due by January 21, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET

Click Here to learn more and apply

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) is now accepting Health Professional Loan Repayment Program Applications, Apply by November 1

October 8, 2024

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) is now accepting Health Professional Loan Repayment Program Applications, Apply by November 1

The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care is now accepting applications for the Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (HPLRP). HPLRP awards funding for educational loan repayment to eligible health care, mental health, and public health professionals in exchange for service in Missouri areas with a shortage of health professionals. Recipients must use funds towards their educational debt.

Loan Award Amount:

  • Up to $65,000 loan award for:
    • Licensed cardiologists
    • Physical therapists
    • Occupational therapists
    • Respiratory therapists
    • Professional counselors
    • Behavior analysts or,
    • Psychologists with a doctoral degree
  • Up to $35,000 loan award for:
    • Licensed physical therapists
    • Occupational therapists
    • Respiratory therapists
    • Professional counselors
    • Behavior analysts or,
    • Psychologists with a bachelor or master degree
  • Up to $20,000 loan award for public health nurses with a bachelor degree
  • Up to $10,000 loan award for public health nurses with an associate degree

Qualifications

  • Missouri Resident
  • U.S. citizen
  • No conflicting service obligation
  • Must engage in qualifying employment

Forgiveness

Applications accepted September 1 to November 1

Program Contact information:

Click Here to Learn More and Apply

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) is now accepting Student Loan and Loan Repayment Applications, Apply by November 1

October 8, 2024

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) is now accepting Student Loan and Loan Repayment Applications, Apply by November 1

The Office of Rural Health and Primary Care is now accepting applications for the Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP). SLRP awards funding for educational loan repayment to Missouri licensed, practicing psychiatric, medical, and dental professionals. Recipients must use funds towards their educational debt.

Loan Award Amount:

  • Up to $50,000 loan award for:
    • Primary care physicians
    • Psychiatrists
    • Dentists
  • An additional $10,000 may be awarded for these qualifying services:
    • SUD Treatment
    • OUD Treatment
    • Behavioral and Mental Health Services
    • Telehealth Services

Qualifications

  • Missouri license (MD, DO, DDS, DMD)
  • Primary care specialties include:
    • General or Family Practice
    • Internal Medicine
    • Pediatrics
    • Obstetrics & Gynecology
    • Psychiatry
    • General Dentistry
    • Pediatric Dentistry
  • Missouri resident
  • U.S. citizen
  • No conflicting service obligation
  • Must engage in qualifying employment.

Forgiveness

Applications accepted September 1 to November 1

Program Contact information:

Click Here to Learn More and Apply

 

Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP) – apply by November 7

October 4, 2024

Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP) – apply by November 7

Eligible students in the last year of medical, nursing, or dental school can receive loan repayment assistance from the National Health Service Corp (NHSC) Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (NHSC S2S LRP).

In return, they provide at least three years of full-time service at an NHSC-approved site in a designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).

Click Here for S2S LRP Application Checklist

Call for Applications: HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Learning Collaborative

September 17, 2024

Call for Applications: HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Learning Collaborative

Designed to assist health centers that anticipate conducting a capital project during the next one to three years and are considering the benefits of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Facility loan Guarantee Program (LGP).

This learning collaborative will address the application, approval, and loan closing process along with key steps for successful capital project planning and financing.

Through a series of interactive learning sessions facilitated by Capital Link Project Consultant, Samantha Schmitt during October 2024, the HRSA LGP Learning Collaborative will provide participants with guidance on all key elements and requirements for submitting a HRSA LGP application, including exercises and customizable planning templates that participants can adapt for their individual organization and projects.

Applications are due on September 27, 2024 to Samantha Schmitt, Project Consultant, at sschmitt@caplink.org

Learn more about the collaborative Here

2025 Students to Service Loan Repayment Program – Apply by November 7

August 29, 2024

2025 Students to Service Loan Repayment Program – Apply by November 7

Eligible students in the last year of medical, nursing, or dental school can receive loan repayment assistance from the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (NHSC S2S LRP). In return, they provide at least three years of full-time service at an NHSC-approved site in a designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).

A Maternity Care Target Area Supplemental Award of an additional $40,000 is available to physicians specializing in obstetrics, gynecology, or family medicine physicians who practice obstetrics on a regular basis, as well as certified nurse midwives.

Click Here to Learn More and Apply Here

Missouri Telehealth Resources – Missouri Rural Citizens Access to Telehealth (RCAT) Funding Available

August 16, 2024

Missouri Telehealth Resources – Missouri Rural Citizens Access to Telehealth (RCAT) Funding Available

The Rural Citizens Access to Telehealth project is a partnership between the Missouri Telehealth Network and the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division.

The project is currently providing American Rescue Plan funding to eligible partners, to introduce or enhance existing telehealth services for rural providers accepting Medicaid patients.

Additional information is available Here and includes a link to the survey to get started.

Grant applications need to be submitted by mid-November of this year with funding through December of 2026.

Please contact Dan Lund, lunddr@health.missouri.edu with any questions.

View More Information Here

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period 7

August 9, 2024

Provider Relief Fund Reporting Period 7

The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Portal opened July 1 and will remain open until September 30, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Providers who received one or more PRF (General or Targeted) and/or American Rescue Plan Rural payments exceeding $10,000, in the aggregate, from January 1 to June 30, 2023 must report on their use of funds during Reporting Period 7 to comply with PRF Reporting Requirements.

More information and resources can be found on the PRF Reporting webpage.