The Department of Health and Human Services is offering the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Grant to improve healthcare delivery in the Mississippi Delta region. This grant provides intensive, multi-year technical assistance to eligible healthcare facilities, including critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, and tribal healthcare facilities. The selected recipient will work with communities to enhance health systems by conducting assessments, developing strategic plans, implementing telehealth solutions, and offering targeted technical assistance to rural hospitals in need. Rural hospitals outside metropolitan areas or with specific RUCA codes are eligible for this cooperative agreement. Closing date for applications is February 19, 2020.
Opportunity ID: 315917
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-20-086 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=1b047958-5e8b-4e1f-8386-593eac8fa6dd |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.912 — Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 02, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 19, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 19, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 19, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit entities. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Description: | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program (DRCHSD). The purpose of this program is to improve healthcare delivery in the Delta region through intensive, multi-year technical assistance to eligible healthcare facilities, including critical access hospitals (CAHs), small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities and other healthcare organizations located in the 252 parishes and counties of the Mississippi Delta region. Under this cooperative agreement, the award recipient will work with the selected communities across the eight state Mississippi Delta Region to make in-depth health system enhancements over multiple years. The award recipient will implement a phased approach that: • Outlines a collaborative process for identifying high need communities in the Delta Region; • Conducts an objective community analysis and assessment of financial status, quality indicators, locally available human services and gaps; • Assesses how telehealth can help address the identified clinical service gaps and the availability of affordable broadband services; • Develops a community assets and needs assessment within each identified community; • Develops and implements a strategic plan for the provision of technical assistance for the local hospital and other rural providers in the selected communities; • Provides technical assistance to each selected site based on the strategic plan for finance, quality, and telehealth and population health service coordination; and • Evaluates the impact of the technical assistance. The DRCHSD award recipient will provide targeted technical assistance to selected rural hospitals in need. Rural hospitals are eligible to receive targeted assistance from the DRCHSD recipient. For this cooperative agreement, “rural hospitals” are defined as short-term, non-federal general facilities located outside metropolitan Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), or located within metropolitan areas in locations with Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes of four (4) or greater, or facilities in any location participating in Medicare as CAHs. Hospitals operated by tribes and tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended) are also eligible. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
RMoscato@hrsa.gov Email:RMoscato@hrsa.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 315917 Other Supporting Documents-FAQ’s and Clarification -> HRSA-20-086_DRCHSD NOFO FAQs.pdf
Folder 315917 Other Supporting Documents-FAQ’s and Clarification -> HRSA-20-086 NOFO Clarification Notice Grants.gov Related Documents.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration RMoscato@hrsa.gov Email: RMoscato@hrsa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.912 | HRSA-20-086 | Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program | PKG00256980 | Feb 19, 2020 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
315917 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
315917 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
315917 PerformanceSite_2_0-2.0.pdf
315917 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
315917 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
315917 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
315917 SF424B-1.1.pdf
315917 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
315917 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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