| September 18, 2007 |
Contact:
HRSA Press Office
301-443-3376 |
HRSA Awards $8.8 Million to Support Clinicians in Medically Underserved Areas
HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke today announced $8.8 million in grants to increase the number of primary care clinicians serving in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and to improve behavioral health services for the medically underserved.
Twenty-four awards worth $7 million under HRSA's Grants to States for Loan Repayment Program will help state health departments and other state entities administer loan repayment programs to support primary care providers who serve in HPSAs. Federal dollars generally provide up to 50 percent of program funds; states or communities match the federal contribution and may contribute more. In FY 2006, 622 clinicians representing 11 health care disciplines were supported through the program, created in 1987 (Section 338I of the Public Health Service Act). Full-time primary care health providers in public or non-profit facilities located in HPSAs can apply.
In addition, 18 awards under the Graduate Psychology Education Program totaling $1.8 million went to universities and medical institutions to train psychologists in behavioral and mental health to work with individuals and families in medically underserved areas. The program focuses on an integrated approach to health care services.
These grant programs are administered by HRSA's Bureau of Health Professions.
Grants to States for Loan Repayment, FY 2007 Awards
| Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
| Arizona Department of Health Services |
Phoenix |
Ariz. |
$100,000.00 |
| California Office of Health Planning & Development |
Sacramento |
Calif. |
$1,000,000.00 |
| University of Colorado HSC |
Aurora |
Colo. |
$100,000.00 |
| Connecticut Department of Health |
Hartford |
Conn. |
$240,000.00 |
| Delaware Health Care Commission |
Dover |
Del. |
$100,000.00 |
| Iowa Department of Public Health |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
$150,000.00 |
| Illinois Department of Public Health |
Springfield |
Ill. |
$400,000.00 |
| University of Kentucky, Research Foundation |
Lexington |
Ky. |
$270,000.00 |
| Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals |
Baton Rouge |
La. |
$423,000.00 |
| Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
Baltimore |
Md. |
$250,000.00 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College |
Boston |
Mass. |
$250,000.00 |
| Michigan Department of Community Health |
Lansing |
Mich. |
$745,400.00 |
| Minnesota Department of Health State Treasurer |
Saint Paul |
Minn. |
$100,000.00 |
| Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services |
Jefferson City |
Mo. |
$150,000.00 |
| Board of Regents, University of Nevada Reno |
Reno |
Nev. |
$376,800.00 |
| New Mexico Commission on Higher Education |
Santa Fe |
N.M. |
$200,000.00 |
| Ohio Department of Health |
Columbus |
Ohio |
$300,000.00 |
| Pennsylvania Department of Public Health and Human Services |
Harrisburg |
Pa. |
$312,000.00 |
| South Dakota Department of Health |
Pierre |
S.D. |
$102,500.00 |
| Utah Department of Health |
Salt Lake City |
Utah |
$270,000.00 |
| Virginia Department of Health |
Richmond |
Va. |
$150,471.89 |
| Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board |
Olympia |
Wash. |
$525,000.00 |
| Wisconsin Department of Commerce |
Madison |
Wis. |
$300,000.00 |
| West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources |
Charleston |
W.Va. |
$150,000.00 |
| TOTAL: |
|
|
$6,965,171.89 |
Graduate Psychology Education Program, FY 2007 Awards
| Organization |
City |
State |
Award |
| The Wright Institute |
Berkeley |
Calif. |
$93,289 |
| University of Colorado at Denver & HSC |
Aurora |
Colo. |
$93,120 |
| Yale University |
New Haven |
Conn. |
$106,989 |
| Alfred I. Dupont Institute |
Wilmington |
Del. |
$95,782 |
| Howard University |
Washington |
D.C. |
$136,676 |
| Medical College of Georgia, Research Institute Inc. |
Augusta |
Ga. |
$89,906 |
| University of Chicago |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$104,113 |
| Saint Louis University |
St. Louis |
Mo. |
$91,158 |
| Board of Regents/Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr |
Omaha |
Neb. |
$94,530 |
| The Regents of New Mexico State University |
Las Cruces |
N.M. |
$110,200 |
| Lutheran Medical Center |
Brooklyn |
N.Y. |
$90,000 |
| University of Rochester Medical Center |
Rochester |
N.Y. |
$115,865 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
Greensboro |
N.C. |
$147,344 |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
Oklahoma City |
Okla. |
$92,002 |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Philadelphia |
Pa. |
$91,821 |
| Cherokee Health Systems |
Knoxville |
Tenn. |
$70,000 |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School |
Norfolk |
Va. |
$89,962 |
| Marshall University Research Corporation |
Huntington |
W.Va. |
$89,314 |
| TOTAL: |
|
|
$1,802,071 |
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