Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 15 148
Apply for HRSA 15 148
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.300 National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 9, 2015 and posted on Jun 9, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 23, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $900,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- An eligible applicant is either a State, a State workforce investment board, a public health or health professions school, or an appropriate public or private nonprofit entity. Although the HWRC shall be a comprised of a consortium of organizations, the applicant is ultimately responsible for the quality and accuracy of all research submitted to the Federal Government supervision and administrative activities as well as the overall management of Federal grant funds. The HWRC must represent a purposeful group of organizations and staff that work together on research projects rather than a collection of loosely affiliated individual researchers. The HWRC shall not act as an entity whose purpose is to disburse funds to individual researchers that work independently either in the same or a different geographical location as the applicant. To this end, the application must include memoranda of understanding (MOU) from partner organizations that, if awarded, will constitute the consortium required for this cooperative agreement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC) Program is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) intended to build a single, focused research center that can improve how governments understand and plan for the behavioral health workforce in the United States. The program is specifically geared toward rigorous, policy-oriented health services research, meaning it supports the collection, analysis, and reporting of workforce data and related research findings. It does not fund clinical or biomedical research, and it does not pay for direct service delivery. The main purpose is to generate practical, policy-relevant evidence that can inform workforce decisions at both the state and federal levels, especially as demand for mental health and substance use services continues to grow.
At the center of this opportunity is the creation of an HWRC that will function as a coordinated consortium rather than a loose network of independent researchers. The applicant organization remains fully responsible for the quality, accuracy, oversight, administration, and fiscal management of the cooperative agreement, while partner organizations must be meaningfully integrated into the work. Applications must include memoranda of understanding from partners that will make up the consortium. The research agenda is expected to focus on the behavioral health workforce broadly and, when it makes substantive sense, pay added attention to workforce issues in underserved areas and communities, efforts to strengthen diversity in the behavioral health workforce, and the role of team-based care models in behavioral health settings. A key expectation is that the center will not only conduct research but also disseminate findings so they can be used by policymakers and other stakeholders.
The grant requires applicants to propose research projects across three interrelated focus areas. The first focus area is the development groundwork for a Behavioral Health Workforce Minimum Data Set (MDS). HRSA highlights that states currently collect and report workforce data in inconsistent ways, which makes it difficult to compare workforce supply, distribution, and characteristics across jurisdictions or to plan effectively at a national level. Under this focus area, the HWRC is expected to assess the need for a standardized MDS and explore how it could be used by state and federal decision-makers. The center is expected to engage stakeholders to define what information the MDS should include, what technical requirements would be necessary to implement it, what existing data sources could feed into it, and what barriers or challenges might arise (for example, differences in licensing systems or reporting practices). The deliverables should include practical implementation pathways, including short-term options achievable in under five years and longer-term strategies that might take more than five years.
The second focus area addresses a gap that a minimum data set alone cannot fill: deeper understanding of workforce characteristics and practice settings. HRSA notes that while an MDS can provide baseline policy-level information, it will not answer more complex questions about who is providing behavioral health services, what services they provide, in what settings, and with what roles and competencies. The HWRC is therefore expected to conduct research that more clearly defines the behavioral health workforce and maps the range of professionals and paraprofessionals involved in substance use prevention, substance use treatment, and mental health services. This includes generating more detailed information about worker demographics, training backgrounds, job roles, and the environments where care is delivered. The goal is to give policymakers and educators better insight into whether the pipeline of training and credentialing is aligned with real-world service needs and whether the workforce is positioned to meet demand.
The third focus area concentrates on scopes of practice (SOP) across states. HRSA frames this as a crucial policy issue because scope of practice determines what different occupations are legally allowed to do, and changes in SOP are often discussed as a strategy to expand access when demand is rising faster than workforce growth. The HWRC is expected to research and document current scope-of-practice rules by state for a broad range of occupations that deliver behavioral health-related services, spanning traditional licensed professions (such as medicine and nursing as well as behavioral health professions) and paraprofessionals (such as community health workers and prevention specialists). A key product of this work is identifying overlaps and gaps across states, which can help clarify where certain services may be constrained, duplicated, or left uncovered due to regulatory differences.
Structurally, this opportunity was offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial federal involvement or partnership during the project. The funding opportunity number is HRSA-15-148, administered under CFDA 93.300 through the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. HRSA anticipated making one award with an estimated total funding amount of $900,000, with no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants include states, state workforce investment boards, public health or health professions schools, and appropriate public or private nonprofit entities, provided they can form the required consortium and manage the work as an integrated center. The original posting date was June 9, 2015, with a closing date of July 23, 2015, and the announcement was later archived on September 21, 2015. Contact for the opportunity was Michelle Washko at HRSA.
Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC) Program (HRSA-15-148) FAQs
1) What is the Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC) Program?
The HWRC Program is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to build a single, focused research center that strengthens how governments understand and plan for the behavioral health workforce in the United States.
2) What is the main goal of this funding opportunity?
The main goal is to generate practical, policy-relevant evidence that can inform behavioral health workforce decisions at state and federal levels, especially as demand for mental health and substance use services grows.
3) What type of research does the program support?
The program supports rigorous, policy-oriented health services research focused on collecting, analyzing, and reporting behavioral health workforce data and related research findings.
4) What activities are not funded under this opportunity?
The opportunity does not fund clinical or biomedical research, and it does not pay for direct service delivery.
5) Is this funding intended to create one center or multiple centers?
It is intended to build a single, focused research center rather than multiple independent centers.
6) What does HRSA mean by a coordinated consortium?
The HWRC is expected to function as an integrated consortium, not a loose network of independent researchers. Partner organizations must be meaningfully integrated into the work.
7) Who is responsible for the cooperative agreement’s oversight and management?
The applicant organization remains fully responsible for quality, accuracy, oversight, administration, and fiscal management of the cooperative agreement.
8) Are partner organizations required, and what documentation is needed?
Yes. Applications must include memoranda of understanding (MOUs) from partner organizations that will make up the consortium.
9) What topics should the research agenda focus on?
The research agenda is expected to focus on the behavioral health workforce broadly. When it makes substantive sense, it should also pay added attention to workforce issues in underserved areas and communities, efforts to strengthen diversity in the behavioral health workforce, and the role of team-based care models in behavioral health settings.
10) Is dissemination of findings required?
Yes. A key expectation is that the center will disseminate findings so policymakers and other stakeholders can use the results.
11) What are the three required focus areas for proposed research?
Applicants must propose research projects across three interrelated focus areas: (1) groundwork for a Behavioral Health Workforce Minimum Data Set (MDS), (2) deeper understanding of workforce characteristics and practice settings, and (3) research on scopes of practice (SOP) across states.
12) Focus Area 1: What is the Behavioral Health Workforce Minimum Data Set (MDS) groundwork?
This focus area addresses the inconsistency in how states collect and report workforce data. The center is expected to assess the need for a standardized MDS and explore how it could be used by state and federal decision-makers.
13) Focus Area 1: What is the center expected to do to support MDS development?
The center is expected to engage stakeholders to define what information the MDS should include, identify technical requirements to implement it, explore what existing data sources could feed into it, and examine barriers and challenges (such as differences in licensing systems or reporting practices).
14) Focus Area 1: What deliverables are expected related to MDS implementation?
Deliverables should include practical implementation pathways, including short-term options achievable in under five years and longer-term strategies that may take more than five years.
15) Focus Area 2: Why is additional workforce research needed beyond an MDS?
HRSA notes that an MDS can provide baseline policy-level information but will not answer more complex questions about who provides behavioral health services, what services they provide, where they work, and what roles and competencies they have.
16) Focus Area 2: What kinds of workforce questions should be addressed?
The center is expected to conduct research that more clearly defines the behavioral health workforce and maps the range of professionals and paraprofessionals involved in substance use prevention, substance use treatment, and mental health services.
17) Focus Area 2: What types of worker details are within scope?
This work includes generating more detailed information about worker demographics, training backgrounds, job roles, and the environments where care is delivered.
18) Focus Area 2: What is the policy purpose of this deeper workforce characterization?
The goal is to help policymakers and educators understand whether training and credentialing pipelines align with real-world service needs and whether the workforce is positioned to meet demand.
19) Focus Area 3: What is the scope-of-practice (SOP) research requirement?
The center is expected to research and document current scope-of-practice rules by state for a broad range of occupations that deliver behavioral health-related services.
20) Focus Area 3: Which occupations should be included in SOP research?
The SOP work spans traditional licensed professions (including medicine and nursing as well as behavioral health professions) and paraprofessionals (such as community health workers and prevention specialists).
21) Focus Area 3: What is a key product of the SOP work?
A key product is identifying overlaps and gaps across states, which can clarify where services may be constrained, duplicated, or left uncovered due to regulatory differences.
22) What award mechanism is used for this opportunity?
This opportunity was offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial federal involvement or partnership during the project.
23) What is the funding opportunity number and CFDA listing?
The funding opportunity number is HRSA-15-148. It is administered under CFDA 93.300 through the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.
24) How many awards were anticipated and what was the estimated funding amount?
HRSA anticipated making one award with an estimated total funding amount of $900,000.
25) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
26) Who was eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants included states, state workforce investment boards, public health or health professions schools, and appropriate public or private nonprofit entities, provided they could form the required consortium and manage the work as an integrated center.
27) When was the opportunity posted and when was it due?
The original posting date was June 9, 2015, and the closing date was July 23, 2015.
28) Was this announcement later archived?
Yes. The announcement was archived on September 21, 2015.
29) Who was the HRSA contact listed for this opportunity?
The contact listed was Michelle Washko at HRSA.
30) What is the intended impact of the HWRC’s work?
The intended impact is to improve behavioral health workforce planning by producing standardized data groundwork, deeper workforce definitions and practice-setting insights, and cross-state scope-of-practice documentation that can be used by policymakers and other stakeholders.
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