Appalachian Region Healthcare Support Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
Suzanne Snyder
301.443.0178
RuralHospitals@hrsa.gov

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Lissette Young
301.443.0655
lyoung@hrsa.gov

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The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is offering funding for a single entity to provide technical assistance (TA) to help rural healthcare organizations, including critical access hospitals (CAHs), small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other organizations located in the rural counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) with planning and implementing healthcare service improvements.

The awardee will work to:

• Provide objective analysis and assessment of healthcare organizations' financial status, quality indicators, locally available human services, and gaps in services so organizations can make actionable change
• Identify clinical areas where expansion of services within a rural healthcare organization would meet local need, keep healthcare services available locally, and build capacity to improve financial and operational performance as well as quality of care
• Support healthcare organizations in implementing best practice recommendations prioritized in TA action plans

Eligible applicants are in the United States, 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, or the Republic of Palau, and are:

• Public or private, nonprofit, or for-profit
• Community-based
• Native American tribal governments
• Native American tribal organizations

Award ceiling: $1,500,000
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 1

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.