# Rural Health Network Development Planning Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hrsa-23-036-rural-health-network-development-planning-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/340889

> Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $100,000 to nonprofits, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make about 20 awards worth $2.0 million in total. Applications closed on January 6, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HRSA-23-036 |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 6, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $100,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 20 |
| Total funding | $2.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.912 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities. Domestic faith-based and community-based, tribes and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply. 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 must describe in detail their experience and/or capacity to serve rural populations in the Project Abstract section of the application. For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.

## What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (“Network Planning Grant”). The purpose of the Network Planning Program is to promote the planning and development of integrated health care networks to address the following legislative aims: (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes; and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. This program supports one year of planning and brings together key parts of a rural health care delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to establish and/or improve local capacity in order to strengthen rural community health interventions and enhance care coordination. In addition to funding Network Planning programs through the Regular Network Planning track, in FY 2023 the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) will also offer an option for applicants to select the Advancing Health Equity (AHE) track. In addition to addressing the three legislative aims of the regular Network Planning program, applicants will select only one of these two tracks. AHE applicants will seek to coalesce community stakeholders to focus on addressing health equity needs and improve health outcomes for underserved members of rural communities. The intent of the AHE track is to focus on collaboration between entities to establish or improve local capacity and care coordination among rural Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality. The Network Planning program uses the concept of developing networks as a strategy toward linking rural health care network members together to address local challenges, and help rural stakeholders achieve greater collective capacity to overcome challenges related to limited economies of scale for individual hospitals, clinics, or other key rural health care stakeholders.

## Questions people ask

### Is HRSA-23-036 still open?

No. It closed on January 6, 2023. A newer notice is forecast: HRSA-27-048, expected deadline March 23, 2027.

### Who can apply for Rural Health Network Development Planning Program?

Health Resources and Services Administration accepted applications from nonprofits, state and local governments, tribes, small businesses and businesses. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Rural Health Network Development Planning Program?

Closed January 6, 2023. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $100,000 each. About $2.0 million in total across about 20 awards.

### Who has won Rural Healthcare Services Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Rural Health Resource Center, University of North Dakota, JBS International, Inc. The program made 1,490 awards worth $727 million in that time.