OAR 409-036-0060: Eligibility Criteria for Community Workforce Assistance Grants

(1) The application cycle is determined by the Authority. (2) Applicants may submit proposals in response to a request for grant proposals (RFGP) or request for grant application (RFGA), as applicable, from the Authority to expand health professional training within Oregon to address current and future shortages in the health care workforce. (3) The purpose of the Community Workforce Assistance Grants is to support community-based training initiatives and expand health professional training within Oregon to address health care workforce shortages and expand diversity for people in: (a) Culturally and linguistically diverse groups; (b) Groups that have been economically and socially marginalized; (c) Tribal communities; (d) Rural communities; (e) Communities experiencing inequities throughout Oregon. (4) In order to be eligible for a Community Workforce Assistance Grant applicants must be launching training initiatives that address documented shortages in the areas outlined in Section (3). The Authority will accept proposals from projects in all or specified disciplines of the health care system, as specified in the RFGP or RFGA. (5) Proposals must be submitted to the Authority in the form and manner identified by the Authority in the RFGP or RFGA. (6) The Authority will only consider timely and complete proposals for possible approval and offering a contract. (7) It is within the Authority’s sole discretion to issue a RFGP or RFGA, review and consider proposals submitted, set the time or extend the time for submission of proposals, and to award grants that, in its best judgment, achieve the purposes of the RFGP or RFGA, ORS 676.454, these rules, and other applicable law.