Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-15-154 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.145Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: Jul 15, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 8Creation Date: Jun 15, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This announcement solicits applications for the Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC), a component of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part F AETC Program.  The mission of the AETC Program is to increase the number of health care professionals who are educated to counsel, diagnose, treat, and medically manage people living with HIV (PLWH), and to help prevent high-risk behaviors that lead to HIV transmission. Regional AETCs will provide education, training, consultation, and clinical decision support to health care providers, allied health professionals, and health care support staff, hereafter referred to as a group as health care professionals, who care for PLWH or at high risk of HIV.  Training, education, and technical assistance will focus on developing the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of health care professionals within three competency areas: 1) Clinical Care; 2) Teamwork; and 3) Organization and Systems Management. Each Regional AETC will link experts in the diagnosis, treatment, an...
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