Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

National Organizations for State and Local Officials (93.011)

Also known as NOSLO

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$389 million
• Grant awards167
• Typical award$1.0 million
• Awarded in FY 2025-$5.2 million
• Size rank429 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreements

Key findings

• It is the 429th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 58% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 39 states and territories.

What the program funds

The purpose of the HRSA National Organizations of State and Local Officials (NOSLO) cooperative agreement is to assist state and local authorities in: a) improving public health, health care, and health care delivery, b) building capacity to address public health issues and support and enforce regulations intended to improve the public’s health, and c) promoting health equity to preserve and improve public health.

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 include nonprofit service and/or membership organizations that can provide training and technical assistance on a national level to strengthen the infrastructure capacities of states and local government entities. Applicants must be national in scope with a broad reach, and have established long-term relationships with at least one of the following groups: • State Departments of Public Health • State/Territorial/Tribal Health Officials • Local Health Officials • State/Territorial Legislators • State/Territorial Legislative Officials • Behavioral Health Officials • Governors • State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Directors • State Medicaid Directors

What the money can and cannot pay for

This program will support national organizations that represent the following groups: State/Territorial Health Department Officials, Local County and City Health Department Officials, State Medicaid Directors, and State Legislatures to address cross-cutting, publiclycfunded health program integration and health access issues identified by the states and local governments and entities. Specifically, under the NOSLO program, each award recipient will be responsible for carrying out activities tailored to its own constituency’s needs (i.e., its target audience). The NOSLO cooperative agreements are multi-faceted and include opportunities for policy information exchange and collaboration, as well as for providing training and technical assistance to state and local governments and their political subdivisions, health centers, other HRSA grantees, and other health care entities to address the needs of the underserved and targeted populations.

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

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Award range and average, in the agency's words

In FY 2024, approximately $2, 548,976 is expected to fund five (5) recipients. Applicants will receive between $281,976 and $700,000 in total costs (includes both direct and indirect/facilities and administrative costs).

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

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 5.9% of the money, nonprofits 5.2% and colleges and universities 2.3%.

By state

35 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

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