Notice of Stakeholder Listening Session Regarding Administration of the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program and Veterinary Services Grant Program
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USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announces its stakeholder listening initiative, "NIFA Listens Regarding Administration of the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) and the Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP)." The objectives of the programs are to help veterinarians offset educational debt in return for food animal veterinary services, to ensure food animal veterinary services are available in priority shortage situation areas, and to support training of veterinary students, interns, and residents. As part of the stakeholder input process, NIFA is conducting a public meeting to solicit comments regarding the administration of the programs and the processes developed and implemented since the conclusion of the first application and award cycle (September 2010 for the VMLRP and September 2016 for the VSGP). Input collected will be used to evaluate and improve processes for shortage situation nominations, shortage area designations and allocations, full-time equivalent requirements, notice of funding opportunities, application processing, processes for matching shortage areas with applicants, and award requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65152-65153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20463]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Notice of Stakeholder Listening Session Regarding Administration
of the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program and Veterinary
Services Grant Program
AGENCY: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Listening Session.
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SUMMARY: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
announces its stakeholder listening initiative, ``NIFA Listens
Regarding Administration of the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment
Program (VMLRP) and the Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP).'' The
objectives of the programs are to help veterinarians offset educational
debt in return for food animal veterinary services, to ensure food
animal veterinary services are available in priority shortage situation
areas, and to support training of veterinary students, interns, and
residents. As part of the stakeholder input process, NIFA is conducting
a public meeting to solicit comments regarding the administration of
the programs and the processes developed and implemented since the
conclusion of the first application and award cycle (September 2010 for
the VMLRP and September 2016 for the VSGP). Input collected will be
used to evaluate and improve processes for shortage situation
nominations, shortage area designations and allocations, full-time
equivalent requirements, notice of funding opportunities, application
processing, processes for matching shortage areas with applicants, and
award requirements.
DATES:
Online Input: Submission of online stakeholder input will be open
upon publishing of this Notice through 5 p.m. EST February 7, 2024. To
submit online, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80f6edecf2f0c0f5f3e4e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b4afaeb0b282b7b1a6a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a> and include your name,
organization, contact information, and your input in plain text in the
body of the email.
Virtual Listening Session: The virtual listening session will be
held on January 24, 2024 beginning at 11 a.m. EST and
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is scheduled to end no later than 3 p.m. EST. The session will include
a presentation of the goals and background information of the
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) and Veterinary
Services Grant Program (VSGP), followed by comments from stakeholders.
Each speaker who wishes to comment will virtually raise their hand and
be placed into a queue in the order in which their hand was raised.
When selected to speak, each speaker will be allowed 10 minutes to
provide verbal comments.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to register for or
participate in this event, please contact Alan Robinson, Acting
Director of Equal Opportunity Staff, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1a08d808fcfb38e83888f928e8fa194928580cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ecad808d82c2be838e85829f8382ac999f888dc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>, or 202-
573-1514 no later than January 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marline Azevedo, VMLRP Program
Coordinator, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#135e72617f7a7d763d5269766576777c53666077723d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d09db1a2bcb9beb5fe91aab5a6b5b4bf90a5a3b4b1feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>, 816-401-7790.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This listening effort will allow
stakeholders to provide feedback on the following questions:
<bullet> What is your top priority for the VMLRP and/or VSGP in the
next decade?
<bullet> What are the greatest challenges that you see facing food
animal veterinary practice, with respect to the VMLRP and VSGP, in the
coming decade?
<bullet> What improvements or enhancements would you make to VMLRP
and VSGP?
<bullet> What are the most promising opportunities/solutions for
food animal veterinary practice, with respect to the VMLRP and VSGP, in
the coming decade?
NIFA welcomes stakeholder input from any group or individual
interested in food animal veterinary services in the U.S., including
but not limited to governmental agencies, academic institutions, State
Animal Health Officials, applicants, current or former awardees,
current or former food animal veterinary practitioners, producers, and
any other interested parties.
NIFA is eager to obtain stakeholder comments on the current
challenges and needed breakthroughs as well as the priorities,
solutions, and opportunities that will facilitate long-term sustainable
services in food animal veterinary medicine.
Implementation Plans: All input will become a part of the official
record and available on the NIFA website, <a href="https://www.nifa.usda.gov/">https://www.nifa.usda.gov/</a>.
Stakeholder input received from the two mechanisms is treated equally.
The challenges, needed breakthroughs, and priorities identified by this
effort will be evaluated in conjunction with input from NIFA staff.
This information will be critical for NIFA's evaluation and
improvements of existing VMLRP and VSGP operations.
Done at Washington, DC.
Drenda Williams,
Associate Director for Operations, National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2023-20463 Filed 9-20-23; 8:45 am]
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