FAQs Update: Community College Workforce Training Program
Accessed from ONC site on Dec 8, 2009.
Please note: Questions are organized by category. ONC FAQ pages are updated frequently, so please check back often.

Question Categories:
     A. Background/General FAQs (Updated 12/8/09)
     B. Application FAQs (Updated 11/25/09)
     C. Award FAQs (Updated 12/8/09)
     D. Funding FAQs (Updated 11/25/09)

QUESTIONS
A. Background/General FAQs (Updated 12/8/09)
A1. What is a Community College Consortium?
A2. What constitutes a health information technology professional?
A3. What is a non-degree program?
A4. How does the CCC relate to other grants being offered by ONC?
A5. Does each Community College Consortium have to grant institutional certificates of completion?
A6. How should the training programs accommodate each trainee’s skill gap?
A7. What level of flexibility (to enable each trainee to enroll in courses) do each Consortium need to display?
A8. Does each Community College have to offer training for all six roles?
A9. What is the role of each Member Community College?
A10. What happens if the Community College cannot begin training before September 30th, 2010?
A11. Where can applicants find modifications to the FOA?
A12. What type of reporting will be required of successful recipients?
A13. Will awardees need to develop the education materials that will be used in this program?
A14.  In section 3016, subsection (c), number (2), it says “Programs designed to be completed in less than six months”.  Does this mean that the students enrolling in the program will be finished with the coursework in six months and ready to join the workforce?  Or, does it mean that the program itself will be completed and ready to begin enrolling students within six months of the funding?
A15.  Will ONC host webinar or workshop for prospective applicants?
A16.  How large should a consortium be to be competitive?
A17.  We would like to be considered by applicants as a potential “member” community college.  Is there a list of interested CC’s on which we can post contact information?

B. Application FAQs (Updated 11/25/09)
B1. Who may apply for a grant?
B2. What are the key due dates for application?
B3. Can we mail our letter of intent to apply or submit it through grants.gov (or use any other format than the email address specified)?

C. Award FAQs (Updated 12/8/09)
C1. When will awards be made?
C2. How will applicants be notified of an award?
C3.  Would you please clarify that only one award will be given for each region? I.e., In our region (Arizona, California and Nevada) only one award will be given with one Institution being the lead Institution and the others (both within and outside the lead Institution state) with sub-awards?
C4.  Will awardees need to develop the education materials that will be used in this program?
C5.  If my institution can be a lead awardee, will we also be eligible to submit a proposal for the second (as yet unreleased) FOA for curriculum development?

D. Funding FAQs (Updated 11/25/09)
D1. Is funding renewable?
D2.  What will the duration of the grants be and how much will be available per year?

See earlier post and summary and links to ONC announcements on Community College Consortia Workforce Program on e-Healthcare Marketing.