An Overview of:

Federal Funding Opportunities for Oral Health

Yvonne Knight, J.D.Senior Vice President

Advocacy and Governmental RelationsADEA Policy Center

Federal Funding Opportunities for Oral Health

Yvonne Knight, J.D.Senior Vice President

Advocacy and Governmental RelationsADEA Policy Center

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

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

Oral Health Funding Opportunities

Pre-doctoral Training Programs

• Funding supports 15 programs• FY 2012 $4.3 million

Post-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry

• FY 2012 $9.3 million in commitments• Funding supports 27 programs

Faculty Development in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene

• FY 2012 total funding, $4.5 million • Funding supports 8 programs

Dental Faculty Loan Repayment

• FY 2012 $1.1 million was paid out• Funding supports 6 programs

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

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

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

Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME)

• FY 2011 provided services to 4 million patients in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

GME-Children’s Hospitals

GME-Children’s Hospitals

• FY 2011 $8.4 million • Program supported 22 pediatric dental

residency programs• 165 pediatric dentistry residents

Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students

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

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

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.

National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program

FY 2012 the program supported:•222 awards (212 new and 10 continuation contracts) totaling $42 million.

Health Professions Student Loan

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

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

Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs

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”

ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals - Training in Primary Care Medicine and

Dentistry - Residency

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

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HRSA Grants

Program DescriptionGrant Totals

Pre-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene

Grant program supports 15 programs to plan, develop, and operate, or participate in an approved professional training program in the field of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, public health dentistry, or dental hygiene for dental students, dental hygiene students, dental hygienists, or other approved primary care dental trainees.

$4.3million

Post-doctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry

The program supports grants to plan, develop, and operate, or participate in approved professional training programs in the field of general, pediatric, and public health dentistry as well as financial support for dental residents, practicing dentists, or other approved primary care dental trainees.

$9.3 million

ProgramDescription

Grant Totals

Faculty Development in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry and Dental Hygiene

Grant program supports initiatives focused on the development of existing or future dental faculty members, including training, educational activities, and learning systems.

$4.5 million

Dental Faculty Loan Repayment

Grant program supports full-time faculty members and aids in the retention and recruitment of faculty.

$1.1 million

HRSA Grants

HRSA GrantsProgram

Description

Grant Totals

State Oral Health Workforce Program

Program directly supports states' efforts to improve oral health access through various workforce programs. Activities through this grant program include: loan forgiveness and repayment, recruitment and retention efforts, grants and low-or no-interest loans, establishment or expansion of dental residency programs, expansion of oral health services in shortage areas, placement and support of dental trainees, continuing education, teledentistry, community-based prevention, promotion of oral health professions among youth, faculty recruitment programs, and developing or augmenting a state's dental director office.

$2.2 million

HRSA Grants

ProgramDescription

Grant Totals

Geriatric Training for Physicians, Dentists, and Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals Program

Program provides financial assistance for geriatric training projects to train physicians, dentists, and behavioral and mental health professionals who plan to teach geriatric medicine, geriatric dentistry, or geriatric behavioral and mental health.

$8 million

Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program

Program supports the increased number of primary care residents and dentists trained in community-based ambulatory patient care settings.

$230 million

The Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program

Program provides funding to freestanding children's hospitals to support training of pediatric and other medical and dental residents in graduate medical education programs.

$8.4 million

HRSA GrantsProgram

DescriptionGrant Totals

Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students

Program promotes diversity among health professions students and practitioners by providing scholarships to full-time, financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds enrolled in health professions programs, including oral health programs.

$44 million

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.

Varies

Loans for Disadvantaged Students

Program supports participating institutions that provide long-term, low-interest loans to full-time students from disadvantaged backgrounds with financial need to pursue a degree in a medical discipline, including dentistry.

Varies

HRSA GrantsProgram

DescriptionGrant Totals

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

Program seeks dentists and dental hygienists to provide culturally competent, interdisciplinary primary health care services to underserved populations located in selected Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).

$169 million

National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program

Program provides scholarships to students who are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in an accredited health care professions academic program pursuing careers in primary care, including dentistry.

$42 million

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.