Zdrowie i gospodarka · 1.10.2012
Single Source Award; Exception to Competition
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s Bureau of Health Professions is issuing a non-competitive single source award to the Texas AHEC East--University of Texas Medical Branch, an AHEC program grantee, to add a Behavioral Health component to a Community Health Worker (CHW) curriculum, pilot and evaluate it in primary care settings, and disseminate the curriculum. This project shall be titled: Community Health Worker (CHW) Behavioral Health Primary Care Integration Project. In fiscal year (FY) 2012, $486,394 will be available to fully fund this cooperative agreement with a single project/budget period of four years. The Texas AHEC East is uniquely qualified and has the capacity, capability, expertise, experience, and infrastructure to expeditiously, effectively, and efficiently implement the CHW Behavioral Health Primary Care Integration Project within their existing educational programming, and disseminate the tested model nationally. CHWs play an important role in increasing access to services for vulnerable populations, and increasing support for direct service workers, including community health workers, which is a priority for the Department of Health and Hum