The BHPr Performance Report for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements (formerly known as the Uniform Progress
Report (UPR) for HRSA Continuation Training Grants) is an annual
progress report required from each health professions and nursing
education grantees who has an approved, funded project with a
project period of more than one year. The report is required to
determine the extent to which objectives of the project have been
met so that a decision regarding continuation funding can be
made.
US Code:
42
USC 296 Name of Law: Nurse Education
PL:
Pub.L. 105 - 392 101 Name of Law: Health Professions Education
and Financial Assistance Program
US Code: 42
USC 292 Name of Law: Health Research and Training Facilities
and Training of Professional Health Personnel
US Code: 42
USC 201 Name of Law: Health Professions Education and
Partnership Act of 1998
There are currently over 26,000
total burden hours approved by OMB for this activity. This request
is for approval of roughly 7,737 burden hours, a significant
decrease of over 18,000 hours. The decrease in burden is due to 1)
a significant reduction in forms which were collecting duplicative
data and 2) an increase in efficiency of the electronic reporting
system. BHPr has improved the electronic reporting process by
providing user-friendly templates. The new web-based reporting
system features reduce the need for manual data entry thus reducing
burden. The system is designed to pre-populate fields with
previously entered data thus reducing date re-entry by the user;
automates the calculation of total counts; and allows grantees the
ability to enter data into spreadsheets that are available in the
web-based reporting system. As a technological enhancement to
previous years, several of the revised forms will have the option
to update previous information reported--reducing the need to
re-report information which does not vary during the life of a
specific grant. For example, demographic information about
individuals receiving direct financial support (e.g., stipends,
loans, or scholarships) will only have to be reported once. Using
grantee-developed unique identifiers, each grantee will only be
required to update specific fields--such as financial award
amounts, attrition status, graduation status, and 1-year follow-up.
There were approximately 80 different forms that were being used
across the bureau for various grant programs. The number of forms
being used for reporting has been reduced to approximately 20
forms. The reduction in forms has resulted in significantly
decreasing the burden, but more importantly they have improved the
quality and accuracy of data reported. Application instructions
have been revised to provide clarity in the instructions in order
to reduce the amount of data entry time when submitting the
performance data. The PRGCA manual will be divided into sections
that represent each division in BHPr and each division will have
the forms that are specific to each grant program as well as
directions for completing each form.
$270,000
No
No
Yes
No
No
Uncollected
Jodi Duckhorn 301
443-1984
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 1 BHPr Performance Report
SDS Mapping.docx
BHPr Performance Report