Delta Health Care Service Grant Program

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service announces the availability of $3,000,000.00 in competitive grant funds for the FY 2017 Delta Health Care Services Grant (DHCS) Program as authorized under Section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008u), as amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79). the purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region, through cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions and economic development entities in the Delta Region.

Eligible applicants are a consortium/group of three or more entities that are; Regional Institutions of Higher Education, Academic Health and Research Institutes, and/or Economic Development Entities, as defined in this Notice. The consortium must be located in the Delta Region and must have at least one year of prior experience in addressing the health care needs or the Delta Region. At least one of the consortium members must be legally organized as an incorporated organization or other legal entity and have legal authority to contract with the Federal Government.