Deadline: 22-Nov-22
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Rural Health Network Development program.
The purpose of the RHND Program is to support integrated health care networks who collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural health care system as a whole.
The RHND Program encourages innovative strategies to address health care needs identified by local communities and supports rural communities in preparing for changes within the evolving health care landscape. The program creates an opportunity for rural health networks to work collaboratively to adapt to the emerging trends in rural healthcare, and meet the unique needs of the rural communities they serve.
While the RHND Program provides the opportunity for community specific programs, applicants should consider addressing the key priorities of the US Department of Health and HRSA-23-030 2 Human Services (HHS) within their programs: readiness for the next public health emergency, health equity, mental health, and value-based care
The program encourages applicants to include populations that have historically suffered from poorer health outcomes, health disparities, and other inequities, as compared to the rest of the rural population. Examples of these populations include, but are not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, homeless populations, pregnant women, disabled individuals, youth and adolescents, etc.
Program Domains
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The RHND Program will focus on the following four program areas:
- Improve access: by addressing gaps in care, workforce shortages, and better workflows and/or improving the quality of health care services
- Expand capacity and services: by creating effective systems through the development of knowledge, skills, structures, and leadership models
- Enhance outcomes: by improving patient and/or network development outcomes through expanding or strengthening the network's services, activities or interventions
- Sustainability: by positioning the network to prepare for sustainable health programs through value – based care and population health management.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $13,200,000 to be available annually to fund 44 recipients.
- You may pay for a ceiling amount of up to $300,000 annually.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- county governments
- Small businesses
- independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
- Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based, community-based, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations. The applicant organization should describe in detail their experience and/or capacity to serve rural populations in the Project Abstract section of the application. The applicant organization may not previously have received an RHND award (other than a grant for planning activities) for the same or a similar project. However, existing recipeents that (1) seek to expand services or expand their service areas, (2) include new or additional network member organizations, or (3) target a new population or new focus area are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340886