03/08/2022

Grant funding for interns available through High School Health Care Preceptor Pilot

Grant funding for interns available through
High School Health Care Preceptor Pilot

The Ohio Department of Education, in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Health, is announcing it will offer funding to nonprofit health care organizations through a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant titled National Initiative to address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among Populations at High-Risk and Underserved, Including Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations and Rural Communities.

The High School Health Care Preceptor Pilot will provide paid internships in health care fields to high school students. These internships will provide mentors in the health care industry and create a career pathway for students to obtain CPR certification and industry-recognized credentials, as well as prepare students for health care education at the postsecondary level. The grant application will be available from March 7 to 21, 2022.

The application portal is now open available on the Ohio Department of Education's webpage. Targeted school districts include the following:

• Whitehall Local School District – IRN 045070;
• Groveport Madison School District – IRN 046979; 
• Reynoldsburg City School District – IRN 047001; 
• Ironton City School District – IRN 044149; 
• Dayton City School District – IRN 043844; 
• Toledo City School District – IRN 044909; 
• Springfield Local School District – IRN 044818; 
• Canton City School District – IRN 043711; 
• Perry Local Schools – IRN 045781;  
• Chillicothe City Schools – IRN 043745; 
• Adena Local School District – IRN 049494; 
• Federal Hocking Local School District – IRN 045914; 
• Washington Court House City School District – IRN 045013; 
• Cleveland Metropolitan School District – IRN 043786; 
• Zanesville City School District – IRN 045179; 
• Columbus City Schools District – IRN 043802.

The $380,760 in grant funding will be awarded to multiple entities to fund in-demand internship opportunities for high-risk, underserved ethnic minority and rural high school students in identified targeted districts. Each entity may be awarded between $10,000 and $80,000 maximum. Please be advised that providers do not need an IRN number to submit the completed application, letter of support, budget documents and appendices. 

Eligible applicants include nonprofit health care organizations, health care providers (including community health centers - for example, federally qualified health centers), health care industry sector partnerships and career-technical planning districts.  Applicants must identify and be willing to match students from a targeted school district with a preceptor.

Please follow instructions on the webpage to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier and to register as a supplier for the State of Ohio. This will be needed for reimbursement.

Interested applicants must be prepared to:

• Register for a Dun and Bradstreet number (DUNS) (Effective April 4, 2022 the US Government will transition from DUNS numbers to Unique Entity Idenditfiers (UEI)); and
• Register as a supplier for the State of Ohio.

Applicants may need to be prepared to:

• Obtain information retrieval numbers (IRN) from the Ohio Department of Education;
• Register for an OH|ID account and a Department of Education Profile.

For questions, please reach out to LeadingAge Ohio Director of Strategic Communications Patrick Schwartz at pschwartz@leadingageohio.org or contact healthcarepreceptor@education.ohio.gov.