# Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/hrsa-23-049-rural-maternity-and-obstetrics-management-strategies-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/340917

> Health Resources and Services Administration offered grants of up to $1.0 million to nonprofits, tribes, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make about 2 awards worth $2.0 million in total. Applications closed on July 7, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | HRSA-23-049 |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 7, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $1.0 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 2 |
| Total funding | $2.0 million |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 93.912 |

## Who can apply

- 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 are non-profit or for-profit entities providing prenatal care, labor care, birthing, and postpartum care services in rural areas, frontier areas, or medically underserved areas, or to medically underserved populations or Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations.

## What the grant funds

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) program. The purpose of the RMOMS program is to establish or continue collaborative improvement and innovation networks to improve access to and delivery of maternity and obstetrics care in rural areas. The goals of the RMOMS program are to: (i) Identify and implement evidence-based and sustainable delivery models for the provision of maternal and obstetrics care in rural hospitals and communities; (ii) Enhance and preserve access to maternal and obstetric services in rural hospitals that includes developing an approach to aggregate, coordinate, and sustain the delivery and access of preconception, prenatal, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services; (iii) Provide training for professionals in health care settings that do not have specialty maternity care; (iv) Collaborate with academic institutions that can provide regional clinical expertise (such as specialty expertise and provider support using a variety of modalities including telehealth services) and help identify barriers to providing maternal health care, including strategies for addressing such barriers; and (v) Assess and address disparities in infant and maternal health outcomes, including among rural racial and ethnic minority populations and underserved populations. Applicants are encouraged to propose novel ways to achieve these goals through the establishment or continuation of collaborative improvement and innovation networks. The RMOMS program seeks to document and monitor progress on these goals through the collection of aggregate data from each RMOMS award recipient and their network members. All network members will be REQUIRED to collect and share aggregate data. This program intends to preserve access to and continuity of maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities that address the following RMOMS Focus Areas: 1) Rural Hospital Obstetric Service Aggregation A regional network with several rural hospitals that are facing challenges in providing obstetric services could aggregate obstetric services to a targeted rural hospital or Critical Access Hospital (CAH) within the rural region to revive or sustain rural obstetric and maternal services.

## Questions people ask

### Is HRSA-23-049 still open?

No. It closed on July 7, 2023. A newer notice is forecast: HRSA-27-047, expected deadline April 20, 2027.

### Who can apply for Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program?

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

### What is the deadline for Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program?

Closed July 7, 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 $1.0 million each. About $2.0 million in total across about 2 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.