Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program
Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration
Assistance Listings: 93.912 -- Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement
Last Updated: May 13, 2026
Description
This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program (RPHWTN-TAP).
The purpose of this cooperative agreement1 is to support a single organization that will provide technical assistance (TA) to rural health care networks in order to strengthen their ability to expand public health capacity by supporting health care job development, training and placement in rural and tribal communities.
The goals of RPHWTN-TAP are to:
1. Provide technical assistance to Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN)...
program award recipients and other rural stakeholders seeking guidance on how to expand clinical and operational workforce capacity in four specific workforce training tracks within their rural health care networks.
2. Identify and/or develop, promote, and maintain tools and resources that can be widely adopted to support rural health care networks’ ability to expand public health capacity by supporting health care job development, training and placement in rural and tribal communities.
3. Facilitate relationships between rural health care networks and relevant stakeholders at the local, state, regional, and national level to promote the exchange of information and promising practices that increase training and certification programs in specified workforce training tracks.
4. Identify and strengthen rural health care networks capacity to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to emerging clinical and operational workforce challenges related to COVID-19 and long COVID.2
5. Provide technical assistance that supports rural health care networks in their efforts to connect academia with health care service delivery to address growing rural health workforce disparities.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
Miscellaneous
- Other
Government
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- County governments
- Special district governments
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
Additional information
Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit entities and for-profit entities. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply.
In addition to organizations in the 50 U.S. states, only organizations in the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated State of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau may apply. If you are located outside the 50 states, you must still meet the eligibility requirements.
Grantor contact information
Description
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
aaigbe@hrsa.gov
Contact Aitebureme Aigbe at (301)945-3076 or email aaigbe@hrsa.gov
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| FINAL_FORHP_HRSA-22-157_UP6_RPHWTN-TAP_NOFO.pdf | HRSA-22-157 Notice of Funding Opportunity | May 3, 2022 07:08 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Closed: June 8, 2022
Award
$500,000
Program Funding
1
Expected awards
$--
Award Minimum
$500,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HRSA-22-157
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Category Explanation:
Https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=69c3db8e-369e-456a-85f9-c83e79a4251a
History
Version:
1
Posted date:
May 3, 2022
Archive date:
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