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ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced nearly $2.3 million in awards to 12 organizations to increase access to oral health care and to assure the delivery of quality oral health education and preventive and restorative services to children. Funded by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the School-Based Comprehensive Oral Health Services Program supports the integration of oral health care into...

BOSTON, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) today kicks off of "Collaborate for Healthy Weight," a national effort to create multi-faceted, community-based projects to address obesity through innovative partnerships among public health, primary care, and community-based organizations. Teams from ten communities have been selected to participate in a national collaborative, which is holding its first Learning Session in...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HRSA recently awarded $550,000 to the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) to provide training and technical assistance to help HRSA's primary care service delivery programs improve access to high quality oral health services. NNOHA was founded in 1990 by a group of health center dental directors to improve health center oral health programs for underserved populations. NNOHA will use these new funds to support the...

Awards will expand technical assistance and further develop HIV workforce ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced awards of $5.1 million to provide training and technical assistance (TA) as part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides HIV-related services in the United States for those who do not have sufficient health care coverage or financial resources for coping with HIV disease. These...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $28.3 million to 43 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) programs to help improve the health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults with neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders. LEND programs in communities across the United States prepare trainees from a wide...

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care, a comprehensive roadmap for physicians, nurse-practitioners, dentists and other clinicians on how best to manage the long-term care of patients with HIV/AIDS, is now available online. Produced by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the updated volume covers more than 90 topics and provides guidance on a broad range of clinical care issues, including testing and assessment,...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $4.9 million in new and continuing grants to support the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers, primarily non-profit organizations run by and for families with children with special health care needs. Funding for the centers was extended through 2012 by the Affordable Care Act. Created in 2005, the centers are state-wide, family-led organizations that provide information,...

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau publish their findings on health care for children in medical homes in the April issue of Pediatrics. The report, "The Medical Home: Health Care Access and Impact for Children and Youth in the United States," finds only 57 percent of children in the United States have access to a medical home. Children without a medical home are...

Eleven centers will support primary care residency training in community-based settings ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the designation of 11 new Teaching Health Centers in the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program, a 5-year program that will support an increased number of primary care medical and dental residents trained in community-based settings across the country. These Teaching Health Centers...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced up to $10 million in funding for a Health Center Planning Grant (HCPG) opportunity for organizations across the country that would like to become a Community Health Center. The HCPG opportunity is intended to support organizations in the future development of a health center and will support approximately 125 HCPGs in FY 2011. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)...