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Health
Professions Training for Diversity
Health
Careers Opportunity Program
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FY
2007 Actual |
FY
2008
Enacted |
FY
2009
Estimate |
FY
2009 +/-
FY 2008 |
| BA |
$3,960,000 |
$9,825,000 |
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$9,825,000 |
Authorizing Legislation: Section 739 of the Public
Health Service Act.
| FY
2009 Authorization |
Expired |
| Funding
Allocation |
Competitive
Grant |
Program Description and Accomplishments
The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) was
established in 1972 and provides grants to eligible
accredited schools and public and private non-profit
health educational entities. The goal of the HCOP
Program is to increase the number of individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds entering and graduating
from health and allied health professions programs
in order to increase diversity in the health professions
workforce affecting improved access to health care.
To accomplish this goal, HCOP focuses on intervening
at the earliest level, and throughout the educational
pipeline to develop a sufficient applicant pool of
academically prepared and competitive students, enhancing
their ability to enter and graduate from health and
allied health professions programs.
Four HCOP grants were funded in FY 2006 and 2007.
These grantees reported via the Bureau of Health Professions’
2007 Uniformed Progress Report. In FY 2006, the four
grantees combined have provided academic and social
support throughout the health professions pipeline
to 55 graduates in primary medicine, allied health,
and the behavioral and mental health professions in
Academic Year 2006 – 2007. Additionally, they
benefited 314 disadvantaged students enrolled at their
institutions via HCOP activities and another 367 through
formal academic and research training and programming.
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.
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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 minority/disadvantaged students in structured
programs: |
12,011 |
11,900 |
NA |
379 |
NA |
385 |
570 |
-- |
NA |
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Post-secondary |
8,120 |
7,500 |
NA |
259 |
NA |
265 |
392 |
-- |
NA |
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Secondary
education (K-12) |
3,891 |
3,400 |
NA |
120 |
NA |
120 |
178 |
-- |
NA |
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Number
of matriculants in health and allied health professions
schools |
1,850 |
1,500 |
NA |
140 |
NA |
150 |
222 |
-- |
NA |
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Number
of grants |
84 |
80 |
NA |
4 |
NA |
4 |
11 |
-- |
NA |
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Appropriated
Amount $ Million) |
$36.16
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$35.65 |
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$3.96
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$3.96
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$9.83
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NA - Not Applicable
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