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Delta Health Care Services Grant Program (10.874)

Delta Health Care Services Grant Program (Assistance Listing 10.874) is run by the Rural Business Cooperative Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $3.1 million in 4 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $767,478 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $850,000. Half of the 4 awards fell between $682,788 and $1.0 million, and they ranged from $631,150 to $1.0 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

To provide financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and other individuals and organizations in the Delta Region.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Eligible applicants are consortiums of the following: regional institutions of higher education, academic health and research institutes, and/or economic development entities located within the Delta Region. Applicants are not eligible if they have been debarred or suspended or otherwise excluded from participation in Federal assistance programs under Executive Order 12549, “Debarment and Suspension.” Applicants are not eligible if they have an outstanding judgement obtained by the U.S. in a Federal Court (other than U.S. Tax Court), are delinquent on the payment of Federal income taxes, or are delinquent on a Federal debt. Any corporation that has been convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the past 24 months or that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, is not eligible for funding.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds must be used to for the development of health care services, health education programs, health care job training programs, and/or for the development an expansion of public health-related facilities in the Delta Region. Ultimate beneficiaries must be in rural areas of the Delta Region.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Range = $50,000 (minimum) to $1,000,000 (maximum)

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Delta Health Care Services Grant Program (10.874) awarded $3.1 million across 4 grant awards, an average of $767,478 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Delta Health Alliance, Inc.Mississippi1$1.0 million
Murray State UniversityKentucky1$1.0 million
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesArkansas1$700,000
Jefferson Hospital Association, Inc.Arkansas1$631,150

Top states: Arkansas ($1.3 million), Mississippi ($1.0 million), Kentucky ($986,105).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 47% of the money.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
Other2$1.6 million53%
State and local governments2$1.4 million47%

By state

2 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Arkansas and Mississippi.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Arkansas2$1.3 million
Mississippi1$1.0 million
Kentucky1$986,105

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.