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HRSA-23-030: Rural Health Network Development Program

Closed Closed November 22, 2022 Opportunity HRSA-23-030 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is forecast: Rural Health Network Development Program (HRSA-27-051). Status: Expected deadline March 16, 2027. It is in our archive of Health Resources and Services Administration notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$300,000
• Total funding$13.2 million
• Expected awards44
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses.

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based, community-based, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations. The applicant organization should describe in detail their experience and/or capacity to serve rural populations in the Project Abstract section of the application. The applicant organization may not previously have received an RHND award (other than a grant for planning activities) for the same or a similar project. However, existing recipients that (1) seek to expand services or expand their service areas, (2) include new or additional network member organizations, or (3) target a new population or new focus area are eligible to apply.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Rural Healthcare Services Programs awards averaged $487,643; this notice allows up to $300,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Health Network Development (RHND) Program. The purpose of the RHND Program is to support integrated health care networks who collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. HRSA intends for the RHND Program to address gaps in service, enhance systems of care, and expand capacity of the local rural health care system. The RHND program was created in response to the need for rural providers to address changes taking place in the health care sector in order to better serve their rural communities. Furthermore, integrated health care networks are an important component of health care service delivery and system reform. Many rural providers have historically worked together to address these challenges by creating networks that foster collaboration and coordination, and address structural challenges inherent in rural health care delivery, resulting in reduced burden and costs on the rural health care system. The RHND Program will focus on the following four program domains: I.) Improve access: by addressing gaps in care, workforce shortages, better workflows and/or improving the quality of health care services II.) Expand capacity and services: by creating effective systems through the development of knowledge, skills, structures, and leadership models III.) Enhance outcomes: by improving patient and/or network development outcomes through expanding or strengthening the network’s services, activities or interventions IV.) Sustainability: by positioning the network to prepare for sustainable health programs through value-based care and population health management. The RHND Program encourages innovative strategies to address health care needs identified by local communities and supports rural communities in preparing for changes within the evolving health care landscape. The program creates an opportunity for rural health networks to work collaboratively to adapt to the emerging trends in rural healthcare, and meet the unique needs of the rural communities they serve. While the RHND Program provides the opportunity for community specific programs, applicants should consider addressing the key priorities of the U.S.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, HRSA-27-051, which is forecast.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.