ARRA Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care
Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: Information on funded projects can be accessed via ONC s website at http://healthit.hhs.gov.
Fiscal Year 2011: No Current Data Available
- Workforce Training to Educate Health Care Professionals in Health Information Technology
- Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Competency Examination for Individuals
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Information Technology Professionals in Health Care: Training Grants Furnishing Academic Program Development Assistance for University-Based Training of Health Information Technology Professionals
- Recovery Act: Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals
The Department of Health and Human Services is the Federal government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially to those who are least able to help themselves.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Activities for which assistance may be provided include the following:
(1) Developing and revising curricula in medical health informatics and related disciplines.
(2) Recruiting and retaining students to the program involved.
(3) Acquiring equipment necessary for student instruction in these programs, including the installation of testbed networks for student use.
(4) Establishing or enhancing bridge programs in the health informatics fields between community colleges and universities.
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in ARRA may be used by an state or local government, or any private entity, for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool.
(ARRA Sec.
1604).
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Financial assistance to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to rapidly develop a health information technology workforce.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Financial assistance to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to rapidly develop a health information technology workforce.
Credentials/Documentation
No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. Application procedures will be specified in individual funding opportunity announcements. Applicants may consult with the office or official designated as the contact in the funding opportunity announcement for additional information on the application procedures.
Award Procedures
Following objective review of applications, those applicants whose applications have been selected for funding will receive a Notice of Award signed by an HHS Grants Management Officer. The Notice of Award, which is sent to the applicant s Authorized Organizational Representative, is the only official notification of award. Unsuccessful applicants will be advised by letter.
Deadlines
Jan 25, 2010: Competency Examination Program. Application deadlines for each program were established in the funding opportunity announcement for each American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Information Technology Professionals in Health Care program, as follows:
Curriculum Development Centers - January 14, 2010
Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals - January 22, 2010
Competency Examination Program - January 25, 2010
Program of Assistance for University-Based Training - January 25, 2010.
Authorization
Section 3016 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), as added by Section 13301 within Title XIII in Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, Public Law 111-5.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
From 60 to 90 days.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Not Applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Awards were made for program periods ranging from 2 to 4 years. Individual programs" funding opportunity announcements should be consulted for specific information. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Program reports, if required, will be identified in individual funding opportunity announcements.
Cash reports, if required, will be identified in individual funding opportunity announcements.
Progress and financial reporting requirements will be identified in individual funding opportunity announcements.
In addition, recipients of Federal awards from funds authorized under Division A of the ARRA must comply with all requirements specified in Division A of the ARRA (Public Law 111-5), including reporting requirements outlined in Section 1512 of the Act.
ARRA reports will be required quarterly.
Expenditure reports, if required, will be identified in individual funding opportunity announcements.
Performance monitoring, if required, will be identified in individual funding opportunity announcements.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
Grantees are required to maintain grant records for a minimum of 3 years from the submission date of the final financial report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the record has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until the completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0130-0-1-551.
Obigations
(Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 09 $0; FY 10 est $83,725,950; FY 11 est $0
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Awards range from approximately $1,000,000 - $11,000,000.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR part 74 and the HHS Grants Policy Statement located at: http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/adminis/gpd/index.htm and ARRA terms and conditions: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/grantscontracts/recoverytermsconditions.html
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
Chitra Mohla 200 Independence Avenue, SW
Suite 729D, Washington , District of Columbia 20201 Email: HealthITEducation@hhs.gov Phone: 202-205-0690
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Specific, detailed criteria for determining the merit of applications are available in the program-specific funding opportunity announcements for this program. In general, all applicants were required to demonstrate capability to achieve the goals, purposes, and objectives of the program consistent with applicable statutory provisions.
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