Re: ELIZABETH M. DUKE NAMED ADMINISTRATOR OF HRSA

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(Troidl)

--- Alice Larson <las@...> wrote:

> Folks,

>

> Here's notice on the just named new Administrator of

> the HHS Health

> Resources and Services Administration. She will be

> over Migrant and

> Community Health as well as many other branches of

> the Public Health Service

> which deal with migrant and seasonal farmworkers'

> health care in some way..

>

> Alice Larson

>

> >

> >

> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> >

> > ELIZABETH M. DUKE NAMED ADMINISTRATOR OF HRSA

> >

> > HHS Secretary Tommy G. today named

> M. Duke,

> > Ph.D., to serve as administrator of the Health

> Resources and Services

> > Administration (HRSA). She has been acting

> administrator since March

> > 2001.

> > " HRSA is a diverse agency with important programs

> that range from

> > directly providing health care for those who need

> it, to supporting our

> > nation's health care structure, " Secretary

> said. " In the past

> > year, Betty Duke has taken the reins of this

> agency in a decisive and

> > positive manner. She will provide the leadership,

> compassion and

> > integrity that must be the hallmarks of this

> agency. "

> > HRSA includes a wide range of programs, working

> especially with states,

> > local governments and other grantees to fund

> health services. Its

> > fiscal year 2002 budget is $6.5 billion, second

> largest among the eight

> > agencies of the U.S. Public Health Service. HRSA

> has more than 2,000

> > employees.

> > HRSA includes the $1.4 billion Community and

> Migrant Health Centers

> > program, which supports a nationwide network of

> more than 3,300 health

> > center sites serving some 11 million low income

> people, especially those

> > without health insurance. Expansion of the

> community health centers is

> > a centerpiece of the Bush administration's plans

> for expanding access to

> > care. HRSA is providing $165 million in new funds

> this year for 260 new

> > and expanded centers, which will serve an

> additional 1.25 million

> > persons; and the President's budget for fiscal

> year 2003 proposes

> > another $114 million next year, to serve another 1

> million patients.

> > The President's five-year plan is to fund a total

> of 1,200 new and

> > expanded health centers, and eventually to double

> the number of patients

> > served by the centers.

> > HRSA also administers the National Health Service

> Corps (NHSC), which

> > provides scholarships and student loan assistance

> in exchange for

> > service by physicians and other health care

> professionals in underserved

> > rural and inner-city areas, including community

> health centers. For

> > fiscal year 2003, President Bush proposed a 30

> percent increase in NHSC

> > funding.

> > HRSA also administers programs to meet the health

> care needs of mothers

> > and infants. It provides funding for people with

> HIV/AIDS through the

> > $1.9 billion White program. It also has

> responsibility for rural

> > health and organ transplantation activities in

> HHS.

> > Ms. Duke is a long-time HHS career executive.

> Before coming to HRSA,

> > she

> > served from 1997 to 2001 as deputy assistant

> secretary for

> > administration in

> > HHS' Administration for Children and Families.

> From 1986 to 1997, she

> > was

> > principal deputy assistant secretary for

> management and budget at HHS,

> > where

> > she oversaw major organizational changes within

> the department

> > Before joining HHS, Ms. Duke spent eight years at

> the U.S. Office of

> > Personnel Management (OPM). She was deputy

> assistant director and

> > director of policy and systems in OPM's Office of

> Training and

> > Development from 1984 to 1986 and was director of

> the Government Affairs

> > Institute in OPM's Office of Executive and

> Management Development from

> > 1978 to 1984.

> > Ms. Duke earned a bachelor's degree in political

> science from

> > College of Rutgers University, a master's degree

> in political science

> > and African studies from Northwestern University,

> and a doctorate in

> > political science from Washington

> University.

> > Ms. Duke is married to M. Duke and is the

> widow of Carroll S.

> > . She has two daughters and three

> granddaughters. She lives in

> > Chevy Chase, Md.

> >

> > ###

> >

> > Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and

> other press materials are

> > available at www.hhs.gov/news.

> >

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