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An Overview of:

An Overview of:. Federal Funding Opportunities for Oral Health Yvonne Knight, J.D. Senior Vice President Advocacy and Governmental Relations ADEA Policy Center. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). HRSA’s Oral Health Initiatives.

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  1. An Overview of: Federal Funding Opportunities for Oral Health Yvonne Knight, J.D. Senior Vice President Advocacy and Governmental Relations ADEA Policy Center

  2. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

  3. 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

  4. Oral Health Funding Opportunities

  5. Pre-doctoral Training Programs • Funding supports 15 programs • FY 2012 $4.3 million

  6. Post-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry • FY 2012 $9.3 million in commitments • Funding supports 27 programs

  7. Faculty Development in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene • FY 2012 total funding, $4.5 million • Funding supports 8 programs

  8. Dental Faculty Loan Repayment • FY 2012 $1.1 million was paid out • Funding supports 6 programs

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) • FY 2011 provided services to 4 million patients in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

  13. GME-Children’s Hospitals

  14. GME-Children’s Hospitals • FY 2011 $8.4 million • Program supported 22 pediatric dental residency programs • 165 pediatric dentistry residents

  15. Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students

  16. 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

  17. National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

  18. 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.

  19. National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program

  20. National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program FY 2012 the program supported: • 222 awards (212 new and 10 continuation contracts) totaling $42 million.

  21. Health Professions Student Loan

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs

  25. 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”

  26. ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals - Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry - Residency

  27. 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

  28. Thank You!

  29. HRSA Grants

  30. HRSA Grants

  31. HRSA Grants

  32. HRSA Grants

  33. HRSA Grants

  34. HRSA Grants 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.

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