Deadline: 22 April 2019
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking applications for its program entitled “Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program”.
The purpose of the Rural Quality Program is to support planning and implementation of quality improvement activities for rural primary care providers or providers of health care services, such as a critical access hospital or a rural health clinic, serving rural residents. These activities include providing clinical health services to residents of rural areas by funding projects that coordinate, expand access, contain costs, and improve the quality of essential health care services.
The program goal is to promote the development of an evidence-based quality improvement culture and to promote the delivery of cost-effective, coordinated health care services in primary care settings. Successfully funded projects will enhance the delivery of health care in rural areas and demonstrate improvements in:
- patient health outcomes for the rural communities served and
- the delivery and quality of essential rural health care services by the end of the three-year period of performance.
Additional objectives of the program include enhanced chronic disease management and increased engagement of patients and their caregivers. In alignment with the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) and Health Resources and Services (HRSA) priorities and current rural health care needs, the FY 2019 Rural Quality Program additionally requests project proposals focus on rural chronic disease management and/or the integration of mental/behavioral health services into the rural primary care setting.
Funding Information
The Estimated Total Program Funding of this NOFO is $6,400,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must be a rural public or rural nonprofit private health care provider or provider of health care services, such as a critical access hospital or a rural health clinic; or network of small rural providers; and must not previously have received an award under this subsection for the same or similar project.
- For the purposes of this program, “health care provider” may include, but is not limited to, entities such as black lung clinics, hospitals, public health agencies, home health providers, mental health centers and providers, substance abuse service providers, rural health clinics, primary care providers, oral health providers, social service agencies, health profession schools, local school districts, emergency services providers, community health centers/federally qualified health centers, tribal health programs, churches, and civic organizations that are providing health care services.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=307894