Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program

Deadline: 30-Aug-21

The Health Resources and Services Administration is seeking applications for its Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program (HPSWRTP) to plan, develop, operate or participate in health professions and nursing training activities using evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies, to reduce and address burnout, suicide, mental health conditions, and substance use disorders and promote resiliency among health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, public safety officers, and employers of such individuals, collectively known as the “Health Workforce,” in rural and underserved communities.

HPSWRTP supports the HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce’s (BHW) priority on behavioral health by improving the quality of training and increasing access to care through partnerships and linkages to reduce and address burnout, suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorders and promote resiliency among health care professionals.

Program Goal

The goal of HPSWRTP is to reduce and address burnout, suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorders and promote resiliency among health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, public safety officers, and employers of such individuals, particularly in rural and medically underserved communities.

Objectives

To plan, develop, operate or participate in health professions and nursing training activities using evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies, to reduce and address burnout, suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorders and promote resiliency among health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, public safety officers, and employers of such individuals, and rapidly deploy those evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies;
To create and advance protocols and system-wide approaches within eligible entities to reduce and address burnout, suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorders and promote resiliency;
To develop innovative sustainability practices/models (i.e., curriculum development) to promote provider resiliency and prevent or reduce clinician burnout;
To reduce financial barriers to health care students, residents, professionals, paraprofessionals, trainees, public safety officers, and employers of such individuals by paying for the cost of training for those who participate in training specifically designed to reduce and address burnout, suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorders, or promote resiliency; and
To address the disproportionate burden of burnout, suicide, mental health conditions and substance use disorders among these professionals in rural and medically underserved communities.

Funding Information

Anticipated Total Annual Available FY 2022 Funding:
- $68,420,000 for 3 year period of performance (decremental funding):
  - $32,380,000 in year 1;
  - $21,270,000 in year 2; and
  - $14,770,000 in year 3
Estimated Number and Type of Award(s): Up to 30 cooperative agreements
Estimated Award Amount:
- Up to $1,079,333 in year 1
- Up to $709,000 in year 2
- Up to $492,333 in year 3

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible applicants include the following:

Health professions schools, academic health centers, state or local governments, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities (or consortia of such entities, including entities promoting multidisciplinary approaches).
Individuals are not eligible to apply under this NOFO. In addition to the 50 states, eligible entities may be located in the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334772