Department of Rural Development: Rural Policy Analysis Grant Program

This department is offering the Rural Policy Analysis Grant Program to support research and analysis on key policy issues impacting rural communities nationwide. The grant aims to address rural health and human services challenges, promoting public dialogue, integrating services, demonstrating community impact, and providing policy analysis. Applications should focus on facilitating discussions, integrating services at local levels, showcasing community impacts, and analyzing policies for positive rural health system outcomes. The deadline for submissions is January 17, 2012.

Opportunity ID: 130994

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	HRSA-12-096
Funding Opportunity Title::	Rural Policy Analysis Program
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Health
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	1
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	93.155 — Rural Health Research Centers
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Nov 16, 2011
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jan 17, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jan 17, 2012
Archive Date::	Mar 17, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 225,000
Award Ceiling::	$
Award Floor::	$

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility::

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit organizations. Eligible organizations may include State, local, and Indian tribal governments; institutions of higher education; other non-profit organizations (including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations); and hospitals.

Eligible applicants must be national in scope and have an established long term relationship with each of the following constituencies: rural clinical service networks; frontier residents; rural hospitals and community health systems; rural medical and health care provider educators; rural health clinics; State Rural Health Associations (SRHA) and State Office of Rural Health (SORH).

Applicants must have experience identifying emerging rural health care policy issues and providing feedback to office inquires regarding those issues. Eligible applicants must demonstrate experience conducting policy research in the areas of access to health care services, Medicare and Medicaid policies, development of rural delivery systems and public health. Applicants should also have the capacity to disseminate policy analysis that informs policy makers of the needs of rural health care delivery systems in the design and implementation of health care policy. Finally, applicants must demonstrate past experience and the ability to communicate the implications of national health policies for rural health services and delivery to a variety of audiences in a number of settings including meeting presentations and panel discussions. Applications that fail to show such experience will not be considered.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Health Resources and Services Administration
Description::	This funding opportunity announcement solicits applications for the Rural Policy Analysis Program. The purpose of this program is to support research and analysis of key policy issues affecting rural communities to inform policy makers. The program is national in scope and looks at cross-cutting rural health and human services issues in order to identify trends and challenges. Funded projects should focus on the changing rural environment and outline how they would achieve the following: -1 facilitate public dialogue on key rural policy issues by tracking emerging rural health and human services policy issues and synthesize them in a manner that provides for easy consumption by rural community leaders, with particular emphasis on rural health care providers and systems; -2 identify opportunities for integrating health and human services in rural policy, program, and evaluation in a local community context; -3 identify opportunities to demonstrate broad community impact of policies and programs in rural health and human services, consistent with policy goals related to rural revitalization and sustainability of rural regions; and -4 provide analysis of policies and regulations that helps optimize positive impacts on rural health systems and communities in the form of policy briefs, reports, and oral presentations. These activities should educate and inform rural decision makers and policy leaders as well as organizations focused on improving health and human services in rural communities such as State Offices of Rural Health, State Rural Health Associations, and the like.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	93.155
Competition ID:	5042
Competition Title:	Rural Policy Analysis Program
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00085811
Opening Date:	Nov 16, 2011
Closing Date:	Jan 17, 2012
Agency Contact Information::	Nicole Comeaux
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms	SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Attachments [V1.1] Research & Related Budget [V1.1] Research & Related Other Project Information [V1.1] Research & Related Senior/Key Person Profile [V1.1] Research & Related Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.1] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B – R & R) [V1.1]
optional_forms	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] R & R Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.2]