Affordable Care Act: Personal and Home Care Aide State Training Program
This announcement solicits agrant applications for the Personal and Home Care Aide Training (PHCAST) Program, a new demonstration grant program in collaboration with the Administration for Children and Famnilies (ACF) to establish a program to recruit low-income individuals and recipients of public
assistance to train as qualified personal and home care aides.
Grants may be awarded to the States (as defined in the funding opportunity announcement) to conduct demonstration projects for purposes of developing core training competencies and certification programs for personal or home care aides.
It is expected that the training standards established under these State grants would be utilized as a "Gold Standard" for future training of personal and home care aides.
Grants may be awarded to the States (as defined in the funding opportunity announcement) to conduct demonstration projects for purposes of developing core training competencies and certification programs for personal or home care aides.
It is expected that the training standards established under these State grants would be utilized as a "Gold Standard" for future training of personal and home care aides.
Related Programs
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal and Home Care Aide State Training Program (PHCAST)
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Estimated Funding: $5,000,000
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Estimated Funding: $5,000,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=93B61192-C2D7-4C55-8CDE-6EF1FD6D055A
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Grants shall be awarded to eligible applicants from any of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa that are capable of carrying out the legislative purpose of preparing individuals to become personal and home care aides.
States are defined in accordance with Title XIX of the SSA.
Section 2008 (b)(6)(D).
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=93B61192-C2D7-4C55-8CDE-6EF1FD6D055A
Contact:
CallCenter@HRSA.GOVCallCenter@HRSA.GOV
Agency Email Description:
Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772;301-998-7373 or email
Agency Email:
CallCenter@HRSA.GOV
Date Posted:
2010-06-17
Application Due Date:
2010-07-19
Archive Date:
2010-09-17
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