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Health
Professions Training for Diversity
Centers of Excellence
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FY
2007 Actual |
FY
2008
Enacted |
FY
2009
Estimate |
FY
2009 +/-
FY 2008 |
BA |
$11,880,000 |
$12,773,000 |
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$12,773,000 |
Authorizing
Legislation: Section 736 of the Public Health Service
Act.
FY
2009 Authorization |
Expired |
Allocation
Method |
Competitive
Grant/Contract |
Program Description and Accomplishments
The Centers of Excellence (COE) Program was enacted
in 1988 under Section 736 of the Public Health Service
Act. The goal of the COE is to assist eligible schools
in supporting programs of excellence in health professions
education for underrepresented minority individuals.
Awards are made competitively to designated health
professions schools. Designated health professions
schools include such schools that meet the required
general conditions regarding: a) certain Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, b) Hispanic individuals,
c) Native American individuals, and d) enrollment
of underrepresented minorities (URM) above the national
average for such enrollments of health professions
schools.
In FYs 2006 and 2007 four (4) COE grants were funded.
These grantees reported via the Bureau of Health Professions’
2007 Uniform Progress Report. In FY 2006, the combined
efforts of these four (4) programs benefited in 215
URM students graduating from health professions schools
and another 1,017 program participants and enrollees
benefiting from program activities such as participation
in research on minority health issues and cultural
competency training to provide quality health care
to diverse populations. Of these graduates and program
participants, 252 practiced or received training at
clinical sites in medically underserved communities.
Most of the Health Professions' Title VII and Title
VIII PHS Act programs were reviewed as a unit in 2002
using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). This
program was included in that assessment. These programs,
in the aggregate, received a rating of ineffective.
See Summary of the Request.
Funding includes costs associated with grant reviews,
processing of grants through the Grants Administration
Tracking and Evaluation System (GATES) and HRSA’s
electronic handbook, and follow-up performance reviews.
Funding History
FY
2004 |
$33,657,000 |
FY
2005 |
$33,609,000 |
FY
2006 |
$11,872,000 |
FY
2007 |
$11,880,000 |
FY
2008 |
$12,773,000
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Budget Request
The FY 2009 Request does not request funding for this
program. The budget focuses on activities that fund
the placement of more doctors, nurses, and other health
care professionals in the regions of the country that
face shortages. In addition, evaluations have not
linked the Health Professions training grants to changes
in supply, distribution, and minority representation
of physicians and other health professionals.
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Key
Outputs |
FY
2004 Actual |
FY
2005
Actual |
FY
2006 |
FY
2007 |
FY
2008 Enacted |
FY
2009 Est |
Out-Year
Target |
Target |
Actual |
Target |
Actual |
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Number of projects |
34 |
34 |
NA |
4 |
NA |
4 |
6 |
-- |
NA |
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Number of URM students participating
in research on minority health issues |
1,010 |
1,010 |
NA |
120 |
NA |
125 |
150 |
-- |
NA |
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Number of URM faculty |
1,850 |
1,850 |
NA |
222 |
NA |
224 |
264 |
-- |
NA |
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Appropriated Amount ($ Million) |
$33.66 |
$33.61 |
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$11.87 |
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$11.88 |
$12.77 |
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NA – Not Applicable
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