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Delta States Rural Development Network Program

Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration

Assistance Listings: 93.619 -- Rural Health Limited Geographic Areas: Delta, Appalachian Region, and Northern Border Region

Last Updated: June 24, 2026

Description

The Delta States Rural Development Network Program supports support the planning, development, and implementation of integrated health care networks that collaborate in order to (i) achieve efficiencies; (ii) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes in rural areas within the eight rural Mississippi Delta Region states (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee); and (iii) strengthen the rural health care system as a whole.  

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • City or township governments
  • Special district governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • County governments
  • State governments
  • Public and Indian housing authorities

Business

  • Small businesses
  • For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
  • Other Native American tribal organizations
  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Education

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and state institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts

Miscellaneous

  • Other
  • Unrestricted

Additional information

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area and must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, populations in rural areas within the eight Mississippi Delta Region States (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee). The applicant organization may not previously have received an award under 42 U.S.C. 254c(f) for the same or a similar project unless the entity is proposing to expand the scope of the project or the area that will be served through the project.

Grantor contact information

Description

Diana Alatorre 301-287-2618

Email

dalatorre@hrsa.gov

dalatorre@hrsa.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

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Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

July 10, 2026

Estimated Application Due Date:

August 10, 2026

Estimated Due Date Description:

Not available

Estimated Award Date:

September 1, 2026

Estimated Project Start Date:

September 30, 2026

Fiscal Year:

2026

Application process

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Award

$12,000,000

Program Funding

12

Expected awards

$905,664

Award Minimum

$1,188,684

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

HRSA-26-045

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Health

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Forecast posted date:

June 24, 2026

Archive date:

April 22, 2027

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