Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-24-119
Closed
Award Range
$0 – $1.5M
Total Program Funding
$1.5M
Expected Awards
1
Deadline
July 25, 2024
GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview
Appalachian Region Healthcare Support Program. Health Resources and Services Administration. The Appalachian Region Healthcare Support Program provides technical assistance (TA) to help rural healthcare organizations, including critical access hospitals (CAHs), small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other healthcare organizations located in the rural... up to $1,500,000 per award; $1,500,000 total program funding; ~1 awards expected.
Who Should Apply
Other eligible entities, County governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments (+7 more)
Who Should NOT Apply
Organizations not matching the eligible applicant types listed above
Key Requirements (Plain English)
•You can apply if your organization is in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U
•Deadline: 2024-07-25
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Competitiveness: Very high — extremely limited awards available
What This Grant Funds
The Appalachian Region Healthcare Support Program provides technical assistance (TA) to help rural healthcare organizations, including critical access hospitals (CAHs), small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other healthcare organizations located in the rural counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) with planning and implementing health care service improvements.
The goal of this program is to strengthen healthcare delivery in rural areas of the Appalachian Region by improving financial and operational performance as well as the quality of care in rural healthcare organizations.
The TA provider funded under this cooperative agreement will work with individual healthcare organizations to meet the following program objectives:
• Provide objective analysis and assessment of healthcare organizations’ financial status, market share, quality indicators, locally available human services, and gaps in services so that organizations can make actionable change;
• Identify clinical areas where expansion of services within a rural healthcare organization would meet local need, keep health care services available locally, and build capacity to improve financial and operational performance as well as quality of care.
• Support healthcare organizations in implementing best practice recommendations prioritized in TA action plans.
For purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “rural healthcare organization” is a health care organization located in a rural area in the Appalachian Region. A “healthcare organization” includes critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other healthcare organizations. To determine if a health care organization is located in a rural area, visit https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health. To determine if a county is in the Appalachian Region, visit https://www.arc.gov/appalachian-counties-served-by-arc.For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.
You can apply if your organization is in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau, and is: Public or private, non-profit, or for-profit Community-based Native American tribal governments Native American tribal organizations
Eligible Applicant Types
Other (see NOFO for details)County GovernmentsSpecial District GovernmentsIndependent School DistrictsFederally Recognized Tribal GovernmentsNonprofits without 501(c)(3)501(c)(3) NonprofitsOther Tribal OrganizationsFor-Profit OrganizationsState GovernmentsSmall BusinessesCity/Township Governments
Funding Details
Maximum Award
$1.5M
Total Program Funding
$1.5M
Expected Number of Awards
1
Cost Sharing Required?
No
Funding Instrument
cooperative_agreement
Key Dates
Posted:June 25, 2024
Application Deadline:July 25, 2024 (0 days remaining)
Agency Contact
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
RuralHospitals@hrsa.gov