Deadline: 25-Jun-21
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Telehealth Technology-Enabled Learning Program (TTELP) to connect specialists at academic medical centers with primary care providers in rural, frontier, and underserved populations, providing evidence-based training and support to help them treat patients with complex conditions in their communities.
The purpose of this program is to connect specialists at academic medical centers with primary care providers (PCPs) in rural, frontier, and underserved populations providing evidence-based training and support to help them treat patients with complex conditions in their communities.
TTELP recipients will develop learning community1 models that emphasize collaborative partnerships between such providers (i.e., telementoring models such as Project ECHO, ECHO-like models, distance learning, clinical decision support, and other emerging models in the field), to provide training and facilitate the dissemination of best practice specialty care to PCPs and care teams in rural, frontier, and underserved populations.
Objectives
The TTELP will also develop appropriate methodology to evaluate and identify outcomes associated with learning community model initiatives. The program’s objectives emphasize the following:
- identifying and expanding current and new learning community programs with a focus on one, or more, of the following diseases: infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, including COVID-19 “long haulers”4 or HIV/AIDS, mental health, substance use disorders (may include opioid use disorder), prenatal and maternal health, chronic diseases (such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, etc.), and pediatric care (including specialty care for children))
- developing freely accessible tools and resources to support learning community program’s planning and implementation
- identifying and addressing healthcare disparities for rural, frontier, and underserved populations
- implementing cost-effective learning community programs to serve presented in rural populations.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $4,275,000 to be available annually to fund up to 9 recipients.
- You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $475,000 total cost (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs) per year.
- The period of performance is September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2026 (5 years).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants shall be domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities with demonstrated and established experience in utilizing telehealth technologies to serve rural underserved populations.
- Faith-based, community-based organizations, and federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations are eligible to apply
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333185