Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Public Health Training Centers Program (93.516)

Also known as PHTC, CHWTP, PHSP

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$265 million
• Grant awards113
• Typical award$2.9 million
• Awarded in FY 2025-$1.7 million
• Size rank539 of 1824
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants

Key findings

• It is the 539th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 25% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 44 states and territories.

What the program funds

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. 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 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 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.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations) PHTC: Accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit private institution accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health. This program also includes a statutory funding preference for accredited schools of public health. Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government and Native American Organizations may apply if they are otherwise eligible. Community Health Worker Training Program: Health professions schools, including accredited schools or programs of public health, health administration, preventive medicine, or dental public health or schools providing health management programs; Academic health centers; State or local governments including state, local and territorial public health departments; or Any other appropriate public or private non-profit entity such as, but not limited to: community colleges, community health centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and community-based organizations, and tribal entities that train public and allied health workers.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

What the money can and cannot pay for

Grant funds may support salaries, stipends, consultant costs, equipment, and travel as requested to develop and implement the program. Grant funds may support scholarships for costs of the public health training program’s tuition, fees, and other educational costs in the form of a scholarship. A minimum amount of 90 percent of the total requested budget per year must be provided for trainee scholarships. Scholarships cannot be used to pay salaries for trainees who are employed nor can they be used for release time for trainees to attend training. Indirect costs under training awards will be budgeted and reimbursed at 8 percent of modified total direct costs rather than on the basis of a negotiated rate agreement, and are not subject to upward or downward adjustment.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. The recipient must agree to maintain non-federal funding for grant activities at a level which is not less than expenditures for such activities during the fiscal year prior to receiving the award.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Regional PHTCs FY 23 Range: $768,804 to $1,089,138 Average: $891,881 FY 24 Range: $768,804 to $1,089,138 Average: $891,881 FY 25 est Range: $768,804 to $1,089,138 Average: $891,881 Public Health Scholarship Program FY 23 Range Actual: $3,518 to $231,395; Average Award: $11,376 FY 24: $0 FY 25: $0

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 6.6% of the money, nonprofits 2.1% and tribes 1.1%.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.