Bureau of Health Workforce Program Update for

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Bureau of Health Workforce Program Update for State Offices of Rural Health September 10, 2014 Kimberly Kleine Bureau of Health Workforce Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Created in May 2014, the Bureau of Health Workforce brings together HRSA’s key workforce programs previously housed in two bureaus: Health Professions and Clinician Recruitment and Service Better meets the need for a well-trained, well-distributed 21st century workforce through realignment and built in connectivity Annual Appropriation of more than $1Billion that supports over 40 workforce programs and a staff of more than 450 people Supports the health care workforce across the entire training continuum – from academic training of nurses, physicians, and other clinicians to clinicians currently providing health care in underserved and rural communities across the United States Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Office of Workforce Development and Analysis Includes the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis; global health affairs; the National Practitioner Data Bank; and grant programs for nursing, public health, behavioral and mental health, medicine, dentistry and geriatrics. Office of Global Health Affairs National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Division of Medicine and Dentistry Division of Nursing and Public Health Division of Practitioner Data Bank Office of Health Careers Includes scholarship and loan repayment through the National Health Service Corps and NURSE Corps; as well as Area Health Centers and the pipeline programs that are important to a diverse health care workforce. Division of National Health Service Corps Division of Health Careers and Financial Support Division of Participant Support and Compliance Division of Regional Operations Workforce Priorities Increase health care workforce and align training and education with changing practice environment Inter-professional training: classroom and clinical Integrate mental and oral health into primary care Diversity and culturally competent care Support placement in underserved communities Increase availability and timeliness of workforce projections and analyses Supporting Rural Workforce Development BHW Programs : Increase clinical training in rural settings Nearly half (10 of 24) of Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training grantees and one third (6 of 16) of Graduate Psychology Education Program grantees focus on serving rural populations Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program redesigned to give priority to health professions schools meeting key workforce development goals, including placement of graduates in underserved areas such as rural communities SDS grantees partnered with over 2,500 different sites across the country to provide