This community-based grant program aims to support organizations to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, the program also aims to strengthen local resources and capacity in rural communities. Through collaborative consortiums that include three or more health care providers, each community can develop innovative approaches to solve their own unique challenges and factors underlying rural health disparities.

All domestic* public or private, non-profit, and for-profit entities are eligible to apply. Types of eligible organizations This includes entities such as non-profits with a 501(c)(3) and non-profits with an IRS status other than a 501(c)(3). Other eligible entities may include but are not limited to: Public and private institutions of higher education State and county health departments Hospitals, including rural emergency hospitals Native American tribal government and organizations Community-based organization Federally qualified health centers Rural health clinics Tribal exception: HRSA is aware that tribes and tribal organizations may not meet the Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) requirement of this NOFO. As a result, tribes and tribal organizations that only have one EIN or UEI or are unable to demonstrate that the network is composed of at least three unique entities, may request a tribal exception. Applicants must request a tribal EIN exception in Attachment 14: Tribal EIN exception request. * Domestic means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, 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, and the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration RuralOutreachProgram@hrsa.gov