Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

PPHF Geriatric Education Centers (93.969)

Also known as Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$200 million
• Grant awards117
• Typical award$2.0 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$39.2 million
• Size rank603 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements

Key findings

• Annual funding was roughly flat, $37.5 million in fiscal 2021 and $39.2 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 603rd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 46% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 44 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purpose of this program is to educate and train the health care and supportive care workforces to care for older adults by collaborating with community partners. GWEPs must maximize patient and family engagement to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework. The goal of this program is to educate and train the primary care and geriatrics workforces and other appropriate specialties to provide age-friendly and dementia-friendly care for older adults in integrated geriatrics and primary care sites/delivery systems. Program objectives are: 1) to develop reciprocal partnerships between academia, primary care sites/delivery systems (including nursing homes), and community organizations, to transform clinical training environments into integrated geriatrics and primary care sites/delivery systems that are age-friendly and dementia-friendly, 2) to provide interprofessional geriatrics clinical training and education to students, residents, fellows, faculty, and preceptors in Tribal, Tribal Organizations, Underserved and/or Rural (TTOUR) primary care sites/delivery systems with the intent to have them practice in these sites upon completion of their program, and 3) to establish and/or maintain education and training programs in TTOUR primary care sites/delivery systems that provide the supportive care workforce, direct care workers, and the primary care workforce with the knowledge and skills to improve the care of older adults, including persons living with dementia, by using innovative technology and methods.

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

Eligible applicants are accredited health professions schools and programs. The following entities are eligible applicants: Schools of Allopathic Medicine; Schools of Veterinary Medicine; Schools of Dentistry; Schools of Public Health; Schools of Osteopathic Medicine; Schools of Chiropractic; Schools of Pharmacy; Physician Assistant Education Programs; Schools of Optometry; Schools of Allied Health; Schools of Podiatric Medicine; and Schools of Nursing The following accredited graduate programs are also eligible applicants: Health Administration; and Behavioral Health and Mental Health Practice, including: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Social Work, Professional Counseling, and Marriage and Family Therapy. In addition, these are also eligible entities under GWEP: a health care facility, a program leading to certification as a certified nurse assistant, a partnership of a school of nursing and health care facility, or a partnership of a program leading to certification as a certified nurse assistant and a health care facility. Faith-based and community-based organizations, Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments and Native American Organizations may apply if otherwise eligible.

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What the money can and cannot pay for

Projects must develop collaborations with at least one community organization, one academic institution, and one primary care longitudinal clinical rotation site to ensure integrated delivery systems. Grantees must use funds for the following activities: 1. Develop reciprocal partnerships between applicant and a) academic schools of health professions, b) TTOUR primary care sites/delivery systems, and c) community organizations to transform primary care sites/delivery systems that provide age-friendly and dementia-friendly care for older adults; 2. Train the health care workforce in TTOUR primary care sites/delivery systems to provide age-friendly and dementia-friendly health care for older adults and achieve and maintain Level 1 and/or Level 2 Age-Friendly Health System recognition; 3. Provide students, residents, and/or fellows with a minimum of eight weeks per year of longitudinal clinical rotations in TTOUR primary care sites/delivery systems including nursing homes. Provide support to students, residents and/or fellows while they are in clinical rotation(s) at TTOUR primary care sites/delivery systems; 4. Provide faculty and preceptors with the knowledge and skills to educate the health care workforce to provide age-friendly and dementia-friendly care to older adults in TTOUR primary care sites/delivery systems; 5.

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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. See NOFO for further details.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

FY 23 Range: $674,124 to $872,011; Average Award: $866,610 FY 24 Range: $831,813 to $1,001,742 Average Award: $996,406 FY 25 Range Est: $699,666 to $1,000,000; Average Award: $991,221

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

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.