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Rural Northern Border Region Network Planning 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: April 7, 2026

Description

The Rural Northern Border Region Network Planning (RNBR-NP) Program provides one-year funding to build new or strengthen existing healthcare networks in the Northern Border Region.  RNBR-NP uses network development as a strategy for linking rural health care stakeholders together for greater collective capacity to overcome local challenges, expand access, and improve the quality of care in the rural communities these organizations serve. 

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Nonprofit

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

Education

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

Government

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

Business

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

Miscellaneous

  • Unrestricted
  • Other

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 located in the Northern Border Region and serving qualifying HRSA-designated rural areas within the four Northern Border Regional Commission member States: Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. The applicant organization must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, underserved populations in rural areas. Eligible applicants also include Federal Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Community Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals.For the purposes of the notice,"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.

Grantor contact information

Description

Claire Darnell 301-443-3868

Email

cdarnell@hrsa.gov

cdarnell@hrsa.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

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Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

May 1, 2026

Estimated Application Due Date:

June 30, 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

$1,800,000

Program Funding

18

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$100,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

HRSA-26-100

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:

April 7, 2026

Archive date:

July 30, 2026

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