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MDHHS Offers Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Scholarships And Grants

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Not everyone knows, but the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) licenses EMS personnel.  As an outgrowth of this licensing activity, MDHHS is now offering scholarships and grants to prospective EMS personnel in training:

https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside-mdhhs/newsroom/2023/05/26/ems-scholarships

MDHHS issues RFP for EMS scholarships and grants

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workforce grants to provide funding for scholarships and grants for EMS students.

The focus of the program is to continue to expand the workforce development program for training people in emergency medical services to address the critical shortage of EMS personnel statewide through scholarships and grants for EMS students.

MDHHS has identified two allowable uses for the funding:

  • Traditional grants, limited to $2,000 per EMT student and $20,000 per paramedic student to cover costs of tuition and associated fees for training at a Michigan-approved education program.
  • Hourly reimbursement for time spent in EMS training programs at a rate of $15/hour, up to a maximum of $16,000 per paramedic student or $3,000 per EMT student.

The award period begins Oct. 1, 2023, and ends Sept. 30, 2024.  MDHHS expects to award approximately $1 million in grants with a maximum of $75,000 for an applicant. Grant applications must be submitted electronically through the EGrAMS program by 3 p.m. Friday, July 7, 2023.

A pre-application conference will be held to provide instruction on using the EGrAMS system.  The pre-application conference will be held Wednesday, May 31 at 10 a.m., and will last approximately 90 minutes. The webinar can be accessed at  https://bit.ly/3N1lvzR

For more information or to apply, visit the EGrAMS website and select "About EGrAMS" link in the left panel to access the "Competitive Application Instructions" training manual. The complete RFP can be accessed under the ‘Current Grants’ section under the “Public Health Administration” link and selecting the “EMSWS-2024” grant program.

Pass this along to anyone you know interested in emergency medical services as an occupation.



   
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Looks like Hawaii might have an EMS shortage, too. 

MedPage Today carried this story:

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, MD (D), a former emergency physician, assisted in a roadside accident for the second time in 3 weeks. (CNN)



   
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https://www.wlns.com/news/mdhhs-awards-more-than-6-million-in-ems-grants/

MDHHS awards more than $6 million in EMS grants
By Shamir Owens - August 4, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan needs more emergency medical services workers and to help fill the gap, the Department of Health and Human Services has given out nearly $14 million in grants.

$6 million of that went out this week.

More than 400 paramedic students have already received tuition and wage assistance totaling $8 million and now 23 more grant recipients have been selected to receive the financial support they need until their training is complete.

“For them to take the step to further invest in EMS and EMS education is a wonderful wonderful piece of news,” said Angela Madden, executive director of the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services.

Madden said the EMS staffing crisis has brought about crippling challenges for providers across the state, but that these state dollars are already helping the industry turn a new corner.

“This investment in the education of paramedics and EMT’s is absolutely having an immediate effect. There are people in school in areas of our state that were struggling more than others,” Madden said.

The grants range from $80,000 to $350,000 and include tuition and wage assistance, mileage reimbursement, tutoring services and childcare assistance.

Madden believes the job of an EMS worker is more important than people realize.

“They provide quality healthcare in a mobile environment and without them it’s hard to say what some of the outcomes would be.”

Without these funds, Madden adds that the state could see areas that loose their EMS providers and they could eliminate access to care.

“We need to continue you to invest in EMS, we need to continue to increase our Medicaid reimbursement rates and our commercial reimbursement rates so that these agencies can continue to invest in their human capital and their people who save lives on the street every day,” she said.

Because of her passion for the EMS field and its workers Madden hopes people looking to help others will consider joining the force.

“If you are community minded, if you are service minded, if you want to help your neighbor every single day EMS is absolutely one of the most rewarding careers you can enter.”



   
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