1. 2020

   In the first project year, more than 25 webinars and publications, such as toolkits, policy briefs, and blog posts, relevant to HRSA programs, were released and distributed to stakeholders through the NOSLO Program. Recent NOSLO products include: • A blog post on how states are preparing to incorporate children into their COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans; • A webinar highlighting state policy options to enhance access to long-term services and supports (LTSS) and keep older adults and people with disabilities safe during the COVID-19 pandemic; • A case study on how Rhode Island is using peers to provide substance use disorder treatment in their emergency departments, and a webinar on engaging community health workers in emergency response; and • A journal supplement highlighting work being undertaken by preventive medicine residents funded through BHW’s Preventive Medicine Program.

2. 2021

   In the second project year, the NOSLO awardees released and distributed a variety of publications and resources to stakeholders through the NOSLO Program. Example NOSLO products include: a blog post outlining how investments in the community health worker workforce can help meet the health and social needs of marginalized communities; an article highlighting why some rural and underserved patients continue to have disparities in use and access to telehealth services; two maps, an issue brief, and an accompanying chart highlighting key characteristics of states’ Medicaid programs serving children and youth in foster care; a toolkit examining Medicaid payment strategies that four states use to improve SUD treatment for Medicaid beneficiaries; and a blog summarizing the actions many states have taken from March 2020 through December 2021 to support school mental health systems.

3. 2022

   In the third project year, the NOSLO awardees released and distributed a variety of publications and resources to stakeholders through the NOSLO Program. Example NOSLO products include: a brief outlining state approaches to developing Community Health Worker certification programs, reports about language utilized in states’ Medicaid Managed Care contracts to address social determinants of health, a blog about how states are expanding telebehavioral health to increase access to behavioral health professionals, an issue brief and accompanying map outlining how state Medicaid programs benefit children and youth in foster care, a value-based payment toolkit examining how states are improving substance use disorder services for Medicaid beneficiaries, and a magazine article about how state Medicaid programs are coordinating basic health and social needs to improve health outcomes and cut program costs.

4. 2023

   In the first project year, the NOSLO awardees released and distributed a variety of publications and resources to stakeholders thro ugh the NOSLO Program. Example NOSLO products include:

   Convenings:

   HHS Chairs Meeting: Project staff hosted a national seminar for 27 health and human services (HHS) committee chairs across 19 states to learn about various issues relating to HRSA priority areas.
   Health Workforce Workshop: Project staff brought together 17 state legislators from around the country to learn and strategize about health care workforce priorities.
   Behavioral Health Workforce Policy Academy: Engaged Alaska, Kansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Oregon in this policy academy as an opportunity to provide technical assistance on improving the behavioral health workforce — with a special focus on the adult continuum of services and supports.

   Children’s Behavioral Health Policy Academy: Engaged Delaware, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Wyoming and strengthened the continuum of care for children and youth who are at risk of or have serious behavioral health needs.

   Technical Assistance: Project staff delivered technical assistance to 26 jurisdictions on HRSA priorities, including maternal health, health workforce, and behavioral health.

   Publications:

   Briefs on allied health professions, “Allied Health Professions: Considerations for State Legislatures.”

   Health Costs, Coverage and Delivery State Legislation Database (Medicaid, telehealth and rural emergency hospitals topics only)

   Housing and Homelessness Legislation Database (health category only)

   Scope of Practice Legislation Database (all topics): Scope of Practice Legislation Database,

   Substance Use Disorder Treatment Legislative Database (all topics)

   Health Costs, Coverage and Delivery State Legislation Database (Medicaid, telehealth and rural emergency hospitals topics only)

   Housing and Homelessness Legislation Database (health category only)

   Behavioral health paraprofessionals brief provides state regulatory approaches for peer specialists, community health workers, and behavioral health technicians/aides

   State Strategies to Address the Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal and Child Populations

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

1. Sections 311(a) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended.