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Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program

Link

https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding/HRSA-21-027

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)

Deadline

Application Deadline: Dec 15, 2020

Sponsor

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)

Purpose

Awards grant funds to establish outreach programs to strengthen the delivery of healthcare services to rural and underserved populations. Supports the development and implementation of service delivery models tailored to the unique needs of local rural communities and regions. Outreach program goals include:

Expand new and enhanced healthcare services exclusively in rural communities
Establish a strong consortium of local healthcare and social service providers engaged in planning and delivery of services
Utilize community engagement and innovative, evidence-based or evidence-informed models to deliver healthcare services
Improve population health and demonstrate health outcomes and sustainability

In addition to a Regular Outreach program track, funding is available in fiscal year 2021 through the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI) track. The HRHI track is designed to help communities address underlying risk factors, social determinants of health (SDOH), and other systemic issues that lead to rural health disparities related to the five leading causes of avoidable death in the United States, which include:

Heart disease
Cancer
Substance use/unintentional injury
Chronic lower respiratory disease
Stroke

The program encourages projects focused on achieving health equity by addressing the specific needs of a wide range of underserved, rural population groups, including but not limited to:

Individuals with low income
Elderly populations
Pregnant women
Infants
Adolescents
Minority populations
Individuals with special healthcare needs

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling:

Regular Outreach track - $200,000 per year
HRHI track - $250,000 per year

Estimated number of awards

45 Regular Outreach awards
15 HRHI awards

Project period: 4 years
Estimated total program funding: $12,7500,000

Approximately $9,000,000 of the total program funding is available for Regular Outreach funding with approximately $3,750,000 available for Health Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI) awards.

Who Can Apply

Domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply.

Eligible applicants may be located in a rural or urban area but must demonstrate experience or the capacity to serve rural, underserved populations. All areas served by the project must be located in HRSA-designated rural counties or rural census tracts in urban counties. Applicants can determine whether a specific area is designated as rural by using the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer.

Applicant organizations must represent a consortium comprised of at least 3 or more healthcare provider organizations, including the applicant organization. Consortium members may be rural or urban but at least two-thirds of the consortium must be composed of entities located in HRSA-designated rural areas, as determined by the HRSA Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer. For this funding opportunity a consortium may also be a network. Additional network requirements can be found in the funding announcement.

Examples of eligible consortium members include:

Hospitals
Home health providers
Mental health centers
Primary care providers
Oral health providers
Substance use service providers
Rural Health Clinics (RHC)
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Tribal health programs
Social service agencies
Health professions schools
Local school districts
Emergency services providers
Community and migrant health centers
Black lung clinics
Faith-based organizations
Civic organizations
Public health agencies

Applicants should indicate in the project abstract and Attachment 12 their request for funding preference. Funding preference will be granted to applicants who can demonstrate that they meet at least one of the following qualifications:

Qualification 1: Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) preference is given to applicants located in an officially designated HPSA. Applicants can use the HPSA Find tool to determine if an address is located in a HPSA.
Qualification 2: Medically Underserved Community/Populations (MUC/MUPs) preference is given to applicants located in a medically underserved community or serves medically underserved populations. Applicants can use the HRSA Shortage Designation Tool to determine if an address is located in a MUC or serves a MUP.
Qualification 3: Focus on primary care, wellness and prevention strategies preference is given to programs that focus on primary care and wellness and prevention strategies. Applicants must include a brief justification, no more than 3 sentences, describing how their program focuses on primary care and wellness and prevention strategies.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • Operating Costs and Staffing

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.

Applicants are required to notify their State Office of Rural Health (SORH) of their intent to apply to this program.

Contact

For programmatic or technical questions:
Alexa Ofori, MPH
301-945-3986
RuralOutreachProgram@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Benoit Mirindi, Ph.d.
301-443-3986
bmirindi@hrsa.gov

Rural Awards

Examples of past awards rural communities have received are described online.

Rural communities who have received funding include:

Great Mines Health Center in Potosi, Missouri
HealtHIE Georgia Corporation in Clayton, Georgia
Marysville Unified School District 364 in Marysville, Kansas
Michigan Rural EMS Network in Marlette, Michigan
Goshen Medical Center, Inc. in Faison, North Carolina
Williamson Health & Wellness Center, Inc. in Williamson, West Virginia

Topics This Program Addresses

Community Planning and Coalition Building • Health and Wellness • Healthcare Facilities • Social Services • Substance Use Disorder