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The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) team hosted a Carryover Webinar for HPOG program directors on December 14, 2016. During this webinar, Kim Stupica-Dobbs, OFA Program Manager for HPOG, discussed the requirements of carryover requests, submission timelines, and answered questions with current HPOG grantees.

The HPOG team hosted an End of Grant Webinar for HPOG program staff on June 3, 2021. During this webinar, HPOG Program Specialists discussed administrative closeout requirements and reviewed documents and timelines required for no-cost extensions, Year 5 Supplement and Extension second semester reports and final programmatic and financial reports.*

For more information on grant closeout, please refer to the HPOG 2.0 Grantee Closeout and PPR Guidance (PDF), the End of Grant Webinar slides (PDF), and/or the OGM Closeout Webinar slides (PDF) (presented on March 11, 2021).*

If you have additional questions, please contact your program specialist.

HPOG Carryover Webinar

January 6, 2017

The HPOG team hosted a Carryover Webinar for HPOG program directors on December 14, 2016. During this webinar, Kim Stupica-Dobbs, OFA Program Manager for HPOG, discussed the requirements of carryover requests, submission timelines, and answered questions with current HPOG grantees.

Low reading, math, and other adult basic skills represent a principal barrier to recruitment and success of healthcare education programs. To address this issue, Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) programs should provide innovative approaches to adult basic skills education so that lower-skilled individuals can enroll in the program and go on to enter and complete post-secondary training.

The HPOG program offered a public webinar showcasing innovative approaches to adult basic skills education on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Meredith Larson and Heidi Silver-Pacuilla from the U.S. Department of Education presented findings from an international assessment of basic skills and discussed promising instructional models for providing adult basic skills education. Julie Strawn from Abt Associates discussed why innovative basic skills strategies are critical to success in healthcare training programs and highlighted key research findings that point toward promising strategies.

The HPOG team hosted a Grant Closeout and No-Cost Extensions Webinar for HPOG program directors on June 9, 2015. During this webinar, Stan Koutstaal, OFA Program Manager for HPOG, and Tim Chappelle, Office of Grants Management, discussed financial requirements and reviewed documents and timelines required for no-cost extensions, financial closeout, and final reports with current HPOG grantees.