Did You Know Facts – All

• Grants
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 3,076 distinct grantees with active grants.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 7,267 active grants.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has awarded a total of $ 1,017,264,256 to active grants during this current Fiscal Year.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has awarded a total of $ 7,575,889,680 to active grants during the prior Fiscal Year.
• Get the snapshot of fiscal year 2010 Grants awarded by key program or state here.
• HRSA awarded over $7 1/2 Billion in over 7,500 grants to almost 4,000 grantees during fiscal year 2010.
• Health Care Sites
• As of 2011, there were 14,444,384 low income patients served by 1,196 HRSA grantees providing affordable primary and preventive care at clinics and mobile medical vans.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA health center grantees operate 1,175 School sites.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA health center grantees operate 114 Nursing Home sites.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA health center grantees operate 45 Correctional Facility sites.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA health center grantees operate 68 Domestic Violence sites.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA health center grantees operate 89 Hospital sites.
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA health center grantees operate 99 Tribal sites.
• HRSA brings comprehensive primary and preventive health care services to inner-city and rural communities that otherwise would be without them.
• Nationwide, 1,135 health center grantees operate more than 8,200 clinics and mobile medical vans, providing affordable primary and preventive care on a sliding fee scale to nearly 19 million children and adults.
• Health Information Technology
• As of March 31, 2011, there are 74 Health Center Controlled Networks with locations in 40 states which provide technical assistance.
• Health information technology (health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information.
• Health Information Technology includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records to maintain people's health information.
• Health Professions
• HRSA safeguards the foundations of the U.S. health care system by targeting grants to academic institutions to support post-graduate faculty retention; administering scholarships to increase staff in critical specialties, such as nursing.
• In exchange for financial assistance through National Health Service Corps scholarships and student loan repayment programs, more than 28,000 clinicians have served in economically deprived and geographically isolated communities in America over the past 35 years.
• Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) may be a whole county or a group of contiguous counties, a group of county or civil divisions or a group of urban census tracts in which residents have a shortage of personal health services.
• Healthcare Systems
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 400 active Healthcare Systems Program grants awarded to 316 grantees for a total award amount of $560,456,202
• Home
• As of February 18, 2013, the HRSA Data Warehouse has 236 formatted reports available, of these 141 are customizable by applying filters.
• HRSA Data Warehouse has widgets like NHSC Jobs Opportunities Locator that is the most popular tool in the HRSA Data Warehouse that you can add to your website.
• HRSA Data Warehouse routinely refreshes the data. For the refresh schedule, please visit data refresh dates .
• HRSA In Your State
• HRSA In your State is an interactive tool that offers overviews of HRSA programs and current information such as the number and amount of grants awarded down to the County level.
• HRSA Nationwide
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 7,260 active grants awarded to 3,074 grantees for a total award amount of $15,057,882,711
• As of February 18, 2013, HRSA has 3,619 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) grants awarded to 1,669 grantees for a total award amount of $2,204,270,419
• Maternal and Child Health
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 1,116 active Maternal and Child Health Program grants awarded to 500 grantees for a total award amount of $2,187,916,680
• Among the most successful public health initiatives in U.S. history, HRSA's maternal and child health programs annually serve more than 34 million people.
• Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant include Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Traumatic Brain Injury, Healthy Start, Sickle Cell Service Demonstrations, Family to Family Health Information Centers, Emergency Medical Services for Children, and autism.
• The Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant includes State Formula Block Grants, Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS), and Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) projects.
• The Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to States, supports local efforts to reduce infant mortality and childhood illness and control costs associated with poor pre- and neo-natal care.
• National Health Service Corps
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 1,190 active Dental Care National Health Service Corps (NHSC) clinicians caring for people who live in areas where health care is hard to find, which are known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 1,606 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Primary Care: Physician job openings.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 112 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Mental Health: Health Service Psychologist job openings.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 228 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Primary Care: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant job openings.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 250 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Dental Care: Dentist job openings.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 3,675 open National Health Service Corps (NHSC) jobs.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 3,895 active Primary Care National Health Service Corps (NHSC) clinicians caring for people who live in areas where health care is hard to find, which are known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 333 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Primary Care: Nurse Practitioner job openings.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 39 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Mental Health: Psychiatric Nurse Specialist job openings.
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 523 active National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholar clinicians caring for people who live in areas where health care is hard to find (to support their service, these clinicians receive scholarship support).
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 8,223 active National Health Service Corps (NHSC) clinicians caring for people who live in areas where health care is hard to find, which are known as Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
• As of February 17, 2013, there are 92 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Primary Care: Physician Assistant job openings.
• Since 1972, more than 30,000 clinicians have served in the Corps, expanding access to health care services and improving the health of people who live in urban and rural areas where health care is scarce.
• The National Health Service Corps (NHSC), through scholarship and loan repayment programs, helps Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in the U.S. get the medical, dental, and mental health providers they need to meet their tremendous need for health care.
• Organ Donation and Transplantation
• HRSA grant programs support to allocation of donated organs for transplantation, in 2009 there were 27,505 residents of 55 states or territories who received transplants (as of February 10, 2011).
• The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network tool allows you to search for Organ Procurement Organizations and Organ Transplant Programs by an address, State or County.
• Primary Health Care
• HRSA-supported health centers treated nearly 19 million people in 2009, approximately two-thirds of whom are members of minority groups. Forty percent have no health insurance; a third are children.
• The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) funds Health Centers in underserved communities, providing access to high quality, family oriented, comprehensive primary and preventive health care for people who are low-income, uninsured or face other obstacles to getting health care.
• The Free Clinics Medical Malpractice Program insures physicians and other clinicians who contribute free health care services in the communities, relieving them of the burden of paying for private liability coverage.
• The National Hansen’s Disease Program is the major source of direct patient care, clinician training and research in the field of Hansen’s Disease and related leprous conditions.
• Rural Health
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 544 active Rural Health Program grants awarded to 383 grantees for a total award amount of $383,973,520
• Office of Rural Health Policy administers grant programs designed to build health care capacity at both the local and State levels.
• Office of Rural Health Policy also oversees the Black Lung Clinics grant program and the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education grant program.
• Office of Rural Health Policy grants provide funds to 50 State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) to support on-going improvements in care, and to rural hospitals through the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant (Flex).
• Ryan White HIV/AIDS
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA has 896 active Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants awarded to 576 grantees for a total award amount of $3,863,575,668
• Find Ryan White HIV/AIDS Medical Care Providers by an address, State or County.
• The Ryan White HIV/AIDS program funds training, technical assistance and demonstration projects designed to slow the spread of the epidemic in high-risk populations.
• The Ryan White HIV/AIDS program services avert more costly in-patient care and improve the quality of life for those living with the virus.
• Shortage Areas
• As of February 17, 2013, HRSA designated 4,163 Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA or MUP) where residents have a shortage of health services or include groups of persons with economic, cultural, or linguistic barriers to health care.
• As of January 9, 2013, HRSA has designated 14,289 Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). These are areas where health care is hard to find and are defined for the disciplines of Dental Care, Mental Health, and Primary Care.
• As of January 9, 2013, there are a total of 3,825 HRSA designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) for Mental Health.
• As of January 9, 2013, there are a total of 4,600 HRSA designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) for Dental Care.
• As of January 9, 2013, there are a total of 5,864 HRSA designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) for Primary Care.
• A Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) is an area where the need is acute and may be designated as having a shortage of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers.
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