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What’s New in the Network Development Program?

What’s New in the Network Development Program?. Leticia Manning, MPH U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) August 3, 2010. Presentation Overview. Upcoming Grants Requirements

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What’s New in the Network Development Program?

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  1. What’s New in the Network Development Program? Leticia Manning, MPH U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) August 3, 2010

  2. Presentation Overview • Upcoming Grants Requirements • Federal Financial Report (FFR) • Closeout Process • No-cost extension request • Final closeout reports • Performance Improvement Measurement System (PIMS) • Purpose • Background • PIMS Results • Brainstorm session • Report on session • Questions?

  3. Upcoming Grants Requirements

  4. Federal Financial Report (FFR) • The FFR is the Federal Cash Transaction Report (SF-272) and the Financial Status Report (SF-425) into one form. • Can be accessed through EHB. • For questions on how to fill out the FFR, please contact your GMS. • For technical assistance, please call the HRSA Call Center at 1-877-464-4772. • Due 90 days after budget period ends.

  5. Payment Management System • http://www.dpm.psc.gov

  6. Closeout Process

  7. No-Cost Extension Request • Grantee may request to extend the final budget and project period (no-cost extension) for up to one-year beyond the original project period end date shown on the Notice of Grant Award (NGA). • Grantee must submit the no-cost extension request via the Electronic Handbook (EHB) as a Prior Approval Request at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the project period. • Once the no-cost extension request is approved, grantee will receive an NGA authorizing the expenditure of those funds.

  8. No-Cost Extension Request (con’t.) • No-cost extension request must have the following information: • Original signature of the authorized official listed on the NGA • Grant number • the project activities for which the funds were originally awarded and the reason these activities were not completed prior to the expiration of the project period • Grant project goals and objectives to be completed • Additional time desired (1-12 months) • Federal funds available to complete the goals and objectives

  9. Final Closeout Reports • Grantee needs to submit a final closeout narrative and data report. • Final closeout narrative and data reports are due 90 days after the end of your project period (July 30). • Grantee still needs to submit final closeout narrative and data reports even though they requested a no-cost extension.

  10. Performance Improvement Measurement System (PIMS)

  11. Background • To help quantify the impact of ORHP funding on access to health care, quality of services, and improvement of health outcomes, PIMS—a data collection tool-- was developed to be compatible with HRSA’s Electronic Handbook (EHB). • Data reported through PIMS fulfills the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) requirements, which shares programmatic impact information with Congress.

  12. Background (con’t) • The measures in PIMS were developed by ORHP with input from ORHP grantees over the period of roughly 2 years. • Measures were standardized to allow for comparison across the varied programs within ORHP. • Measures are nationally-accepted.

  13. Purpose • Grantees use the system to track their own performance • ORHP uses the system to improve their programs as a whole; and • ORHP can better explain all of the great activities grantees have accomplished by generating program reports with this data.

  14. PIMS: Network Development Topic Areas • Currently there are 3 sections to the PIMS report: • Demographics • Environment & Technology • Measures • Measures (add to): • Business plan • Education and Public Relations • Program and Services Development • Shared Purchasing

  15. PIMS Brainstorming Session • There should be 5 groups of 10. • Choose a scribe • You have 15 minutes to brainstorm Network Development PIMS measures • Reconvene to report on suggestions.

  16. Expectations • We expect grantees to make a good faith effort to report as much information as possible since we realize that not all of the questions may be applicable for every grantee. • Provide an explanation in the “Comments” section located on the bottom of each report page if there are any answers that needs explanation.

  17. Deadlines • Grantees need to report in PIMS at the end of each budget period. • Data from the reporting period 5/1/2010-4/30/2011 is due by 5/30/2011.

  18. Questions????

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