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Healthy Oregon Workforce Training Opportunity (HOWTO) Grant Program

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

Sponsors
Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Health Policy Board
Deadlines
Jun 30, 2023
Purpose

The Healthy Oregon Workforce Training Opportunity (HOWTO) Grant Program provides grants to support innovative, transformative, community-based health professional training initiatives in Oregon that will address identified local healthcare workforce shortages and expand the diversity of the health professional workforce.

Proposed projects should:

  • Support greater trauma-informed, ethnic, racial, and linguistic diversity and inclusion in Oregon's healthcare workforce
  • Address health inequities and social determinants of health
  • Expand current and/or develop new health professional training in a local area

Applications may be given priority based on specialty populations and region served by the project, including rural regions.

Eligibility

Applications are accepted from Oregon community‐based educational institutions, consortia, healthcare service organizations, community-based organizations (CBOs), and others seeking funding to help launch new, innovative training initiatives to address documented shortages in specific areas of their local healthcare workforce.

Geographic coverage
Oregon
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Estimated total program funding: $3,000,000

Funding may be requested for up to 3 years. Up to $1 million of the total funding will be designated to support community-based organizations for projects under $300,000.

Application process

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Tagged as
Community and faith-based initiatives · Graduate medical education · Health disparities · Health workforce education and training · Racial and ethnic groups · Social determinants of health · Trauma-informed care · Oregon

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