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Limited Submission Internal Deadline: The Health Resources and Services Administration Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals

November 16, 2020 @ 5:00 pm

Dear Colleagues,

 

After receiving a few requests, we have decided to move the internal deadline forward to provide the selected team additional time to prepare a full application. The revised internal deadline is now 11:59pm, Monday, November 16, 2020.

 

Limited Submissions Team

Office of Research Development

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

308 Bynum Hall

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

(919) 962-7503

 

 

From: Limited Submissions
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 12:15 PM
To: Limited Submissions <limited_submission@unc.edu>
Subject: Limited Submissions Internal Call for Proposals: HRSA 21-089

 

 

 

Limited Submissions: Internal Call for Proposals 

The Health Resources and Services Administration 

Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals 

UNC Internal deadline: 11:59PM, Thursday, December 3, 2020 

                                                                                                                                         

 

*Please distribute to relevant faculty* 

Key Dates

UNC Internal deadline: 11:59PM, Thursday, December 3, 2020 

HRSA Deadline: January 21, 2021

 

Important Information

  • Number of Applications per Institution: 1, Multiple applications from an organization are not allowable. Where multiple programs are interested in applying under this funding announcement, you may collaborate across programs to submit a single application. 

Award Information 

Estimated Award Amount: Up to $480,000 per year. Awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is only required for doctoral level Psychology, Psychiatry, Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychiatric Nursing Internships, where applicable, to cover any student stipend costs beyond $28,352 per geographic reimbursement requirements set by the applicable association (42 U.S.C. § 797(b) of the Public Health Service Act) 

Award Project Period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025 (4 years)

 

To Apply

Submit the following (in ONE .pdf) to Limited_Submission@unc.edu by 11:59PM, Thursday, December 3, 2020.

 

  1. PI/ Team members NIH-formatted biosketch
  2. Project Summary (four-page maximum)
  3. List of potential collaborators (internal and external to UNC) 
  4. Names (along with title, department, and email) of three internal (to UNC) experts who could speak knowledgeably about the candidate’s research and who could potentially serve on an internal review panel. 
    • Please do not include the names of faculty named on the project, chairs, deans, directors, direct reports, or others who have a conflict of interest
    • Please notify all potential internal reviewers before submitting the pre-proposal packet to ORD

 

Program Description 

The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Program Goals: 

  1. Establish relationships with community-based partners (e.g. hospitals, crisis centers, state and local health departments, emergency departments, faith-based organizations, first responders, and judicial systems) to increase access to quality behavioral health services in high need and high demand areas for populations across the lifespan;
  2. Promote collaborative training by utilizing team-based models of care in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral and primary care settings; and
  3. Recruit a workforce that reflects participation in the institutions’ programs of individuals and groups from different racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, linguistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders and sexual orientations, interested in serving high need and high demand areas interested in serving high need and high demand areas.

 

Program Objectives: 

  1. Increase the number of experiential training sites to promote the integration of behavioral health into primary care settings in high need and high demand areas. Experiential placements must include interdisciplinary training of two or more health disciplines using a team-based care approach to provide quality behavioral health services;
  2. Enhance didactic and experiential training activities through the development of competencies in primary and behavioral integrated, interprofessional team-based trauma informed care, for trainees, faculty, and staff;
  3. Establish community partnerships to ensure participation in the institutions’ programs of individuals and groups from different racial, ethnic, cultural, geographic, religious, linguistic, and class backgrounds, and different genders and sexual orientations, opportunities for field placements, community education, career development, and provide job placement services, to increase access to behavioral health services; HRSA-21-089 2
  4. Promote technology integration in the provision of services and training programs, including utilizing telehealth services, implementing strategies to increase digital health literacy, and offering options for distance learning; and
  5. Reduce financial barriers by providing financial support to trainees in the form of stipends and other participant support costs.

HHS and HRSA Priorities: Improving mental health care and access to quality services is a HHS and HRSA clinical priority. The BHWET program seeks to address this priority by increasing the behavioral health workforce across disciplines, in high need and high demand areas, and through the collaboration with community-based partnerships.

Additional Program Areas of Focus: Additionally, the BHWET program welcomes applications that intend to incorporate the following areas of focus into their programs. Please note that that these are not program requirements, but are encouraged activities, and all applications will be given fair and equitable consideration.

  • Health Center Collaboration – HRSA-Supported Health Centers provide culturally competent, comprehensive primary care services in an integrated setting to communities in high need and high demand areas. Applicants can collaborate with these centers to develop experiential training opportunities and leverage partnerships for future employment opportunities for graduates.
  • Violence Prevention –Applications can address the role that intimate partner violence and youth violence play in the behavioral health outcomes of individuals in high need and high demand areas by incorporating plans for didactic and experiential training that recognizes and supports victims through an understanding of trauma-informed care. Behavioral health service delivery will ideally also include the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate care for racial and ethnic minority populations within the community.
  • Loan Repayment Programs – To reduce financial burdens that students and trainees may face, applicants can connect graduates with HRSA-sponsored loan repayment HRSA-21-089 11 programs such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) SUD Workforce Loan Repayment Program or the NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program. Additional information regarding the programs and eligibility can be found at https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loan-repayment/index.html.

Please view the HRSA solicitation for complete program requirements.

Eligibility

For the purposes of this program, eligible applicants include:

  • Accredited institutions of higher education or accredited professional training programs that are establishing or expanding internships or other field placement programs in mental health in psychiatry, psychology, school psychology, HRSA-21-089 6 behavioral pediatrics, psychiatric nursing (which may include master’s and doctoral level programs), social work, school social work, SUD prevention and treatment, marriage and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling, or professional counseling, including such programs with a focus on child and adolescent mental health, trauma, and transitional-age youth;
  • Accredited doctoral, internship, and postdoctoral programs of health service psychology (including clinical psychology, counseling, and school psychology) for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of psychology graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including trauma-informed care and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, as well as the development of faculty in health service psychology.
  • Accredited master’s and doctoral degree programs of social work for the development and implementation of interdisciplinary training of social work graduate students for providing behavioral health services, including trauma-informed care and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services, and the development of faculty in social work.

Internal Review Criteria 

Criterion 1: PROGRAM PURPOSE AND NEED: Demonstrated understanding of the behavioral health needs and risk factors for persons in high need and high demand areas;

  • Significant incidence and prevalence of behavioral health conditions within a clearly defined target population;
  • Measurable gaps in the delivery of behavioral health services for the defined population and specific to the purview of the program described in the proposal;
  • Health status indicators related to the behavioral health problems of persons in high need and high demand areas
  • How technology will be integrated to meet the needs of the trainees and target population;
  • Identification of a level of behavioral health and primary care integration that is sufficient to build upon to support innovative models, including team-based models of care that addresses trauma-informed care; and
  • Described innovative models of care to address intimate partner violence and youth violence, as applicable.

Criterion 2: RESPONSE TO PROGRAM PURPOSE:

  • Work Plan
  • Methodology/Approach
  • Resolution of Challenges

Criterion 3: IMPACT:

  • Evaluation and Technical Support Capacity
  • Project Sustainability

Criterion 4: ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND CAPABILITIES: Corresponds to Section IV’s Organizational Information, Resources, and Capabilities Reviewers will consider the extent to which project personnel are qualified by training and/or experience to implement and carry out the project; this will be evaluated both through the project narrative, as well as through the attachments. See HRSA solicitation for additional details.

Criterion 5: SUPPORT REQUESTED: Reviewers will consider the reasonableness of the proposed budget for each year of the period of performance, in relation to the objectives, the complexity of the activities, and the anticipated results. See HRSA solicitation for additional details.

  • Budget Justification Narrative and SF-424 R&R budget forms

Additional Information 

Full solicitation: Notice of Funding Opportunity

Please contact the Limited Submissions Team with questions at Limited_Submission@unc.edu

 

 

Limited Submissions Team

Office of Research Development

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

308 Bynum Hall

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

(919) 962-7503

Details

Date:
November 16, 2020
Time:
5:00 pm