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The Regional Public Health Training Center program improves the Nation's public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competencies of the current and future public health workforce through the provision of education, training and consultation services. The Regional PHTC Programs together comprise a national program that serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the six U.S. Pacific Jurisdictions. Ten regions are funded to ensure that the U.S. and its jurisdictions all have access to public health workforce education and training. The work of the Regional PHTCs will be accomplished through the provision of tailored training and technical assistance (TA) through collaborative community-based projects. Training curricula will provide skill-based, interactive instruction and quality education using multiple modalities (e.g., synchronous, asynchronous, distance-based, bi-directional video, and in-person), underscoring the current eight cross-cutting core public health competency domains in the primary areas of (1) analytical/assessment, (2) policy development/ program planning, (3) communication skills, (4) cultural competency, (5) community dimension of practice, (6) public health sciences, (7) financial planning and management and, (8) leadership and systems thinking. Each Regional PHTC will develop training in at least three primary areas listed above and may develop trainings in the sub competencies and beyond based on local health needs assessments. Regional PHTCs seek to develop current and future public health leaders though Leadership Institutes. Moreover, the program aims to establish and enhance collaborative partnerships among state and local health departments, primary care providers, and related organizations (to include non-traditional partners) as they work together to address critical local public health needs. The Community Health Woker Training Program (CHWTP) expands the public health workforce through the training of new Community Health Workers (CHWs) and health support workers and to extend the knowledge and skills of current CHWs and other health support workers. Through this program, HRSA plans to train 13,000 new and current CHWs and other health support workers to support essential public health services and to focus on experiential training and employment through registered apprenticeships and job placements. The CHWTP aims to increase access to care, improve public health emergency response, and address the public health needs of underserved communities. Individuals trained through the program will acquire knowledge, skills, and expertise to respond to public health needs and public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, in underserved communities through a network of partnerships. The Public Health Scholarship Program (PHSP) to strengthens the public health workforce by providing support to organizations to develop scholarship programs that incentivize individuals to pursue training and careers in public health. Through the PHSP, scholarship recipients will gain the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, prepare for, and respond to recovery activities related to COVID–19, as well as other public health emergencies. This program will provide funds to State or local governments, including state, local, territorial or tribal public health departments, health professions schools, academic health centers, and public or private nonprofit entities with a public health focus. Award recipients will provide scholarships to individuals, including grant recipient employees, receiving public health training in professional, graduate, degree, and/or certificate programs.
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In Academic Year 2017-2018, Regional PHTCs partnered with 190 sites to provide more than 239 clinical training experiences to student trainees (e.g., local health departments, academic institutions, and community-based organizations). Approximately 63 percent of these training sites were located in medically underserved communities and 22 percent were located in rural areas. With regard to the continuing education (CE) of the current workforce, PHTC grantees delivered 2,462 unique CE courses to 191,665 trainees during the academic year, approximately 28 percent of whom were practicing professionals concurrently employed in medically underserved communities. The total number of instructional hours for continuing education was 12,036
In Academic Year 2017-2018, Regional PHTCs partnered with 190 sites to provide more than 239 clinical training experiences to student trainees (e.g., local health departments, academic institutions, and community-based organizations). Approximately 63 percent of these training sites were located in medically underserved communities and 22 percent were located in rural areas. With regard to the continuing education (CE) of the current workforce, PHTC grantees delivered 2,462 unique CE courses to 191,665 trainees during the academic year, approximately 28 percent of whom were practicing professionals concurrently employed in medically underserved communities. The total number of instructional hours for continuing education was 12,036.
Awardees developed and delivered more than 2,350 continuing education courses to nearly 170,000 practicing professionals, 22 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 241 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 75 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
In Academic Year 2020-2021, PHTC awardees developed and delivered more than 2,901 continuing education courses to nearly 343,887 practicing professionals, 28 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 248 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 73 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
No data available for the Community Health Worker Training Program and Community Health Worker Training Program-Technical Assistance Center. The Public Health Scholarship Program is to be awarded in September 2022.
PHTC: In Academic Year 2020-2021, the last year for which information is currently available, PHTC awardees developed and delivered more than 2,901 continuing education courses to nearly 343,887 practicing professionals, 28 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 248 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 73 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
Community Health Worker Training Program: No data available
PHTC: In Academic Year 2022-2023 the last year for which information is currently available, PHTC awardees developed and delivered more than 2,957 continuing education courses to nearly 321,765 practicing professionals, 24 percent of whom indicated employment in medically underserved communities, and collaborated with 241 training sites to provide public health students with clinical training experiences, 75 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
Community Health Worker Training Program: In Academic Year 2022-2023 the CHWTP program supported 2,848 participants nationwide and 1,098 graduates nationwide. In Academic Year 2022-2023, CHWTP awardees had 422 training sites, 73 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
Public Health Scholarship Program: In Academic Year 2022-2023, the last year for which information is currently available, the PHSP program supported 840 trainees and 98 graduates in the PHSP. In Academic Year 2022-2023, had 217 training sites nationwide, 69 percent of which were located in medically underserved communities.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
