In June, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced 48 Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Programs (GWEP) in 35 states and 2 territories. HRSA provided grants to GWEP sites that improve health care for older adults and maximize patient and family engagement to health professions schools, health care facilities, and programs leading to certification as a certified nursing assistant. The focus is on transforming clinical training environments into integrated geriatrics and primary care systems with increased community engagement.
In the last funding cycling, HRSA awarded 44 GWEPs in 29 states. This announcement increases the number of GWEPs by 4, and expands into more states and territories. Below is the full list of the new 2019 GWEPs (Click here for a full list, including 2018 awardees):
Arkansas
University of Arkansas System
California
University of Southern California
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
San Diego State University Foundation
San Diego, CA
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Colorado
Metro Community Provider Network, Inc.
Englewood, CO
Illinois
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Indiana
Trustees of Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN
Iowa
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Kentucky
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Maine
University of New England
Biddeford, ME
New Hampshire
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
Lebanon, NH
New Jersey
RU School of Osteopathic Medicine
Stratford, NJ
New York
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
Brooklyn, NY
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
North Dakota
University Of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
Ohio
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Rootstown, OH
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Washington
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY