HRSA is offering the Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Grant to educate and train health professionals in rural areas of the Mississippi River Delta Region and Alabama Black Belt. The grant aims to enhance healthcare delivery by focusing on critical administrative support occupations such as medical coding, claims processing, and information management. Through Strategic Networks, the program seeks to create a sustainable pipeline of trained professionals, provide training opportunities in rural healthcare facilities, and retain current staff by offering training in critical positions. The grant also aims to expand industry-validated credentials to empower job seekers in rural areas. Closing date: Jul 09, 2021.
Opportunity ID: 333184
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-21-105 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training 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=c32045d7-4f39-485a-8316-88b96956767c |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
| 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: | Jun 03, 2021 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 03, 2021 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 09, 2021 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 09, 2021 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 31, 2021 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| 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, private, and non-profit organizations, including tribes and tribal organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations, and accredited domestic institutions of higher education including public or private non-profit educational entities, such as four-year colleges and universities, community colleges, technical colleges, vocational schools, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) located in one of the eight states in the DRA region. Eligible entities must be located in the DRA region. The DRA region includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states – Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. To view service area maps for each state, visit https://dra.gov/about-dra/map-room/. Applicants do not need to be located in a rural DRA region county or parish, but training must be provided to the rural counties and parishes listed in the Service Area Requirements section . |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Description: | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program. The purpose of this program is to educate and train future and current health professionals in the rural counties and parishes of the Mississippi River Delta Region and Alabama Black Belt (Delta Regional Authority (DRA) region) in the following critical administrative support occupations: medical coding and billing, claims processing, information management, and clinical documentation. This program supports HRSA’s collaboration with the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to enhance healthcare delivery in the rural counties and parishes of the DRA region, and addresses a key area of need identified by DRA and rural healthcare organizations in the region. The Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program addresses the ongoing need in healthcare facilities for trained administrative support or business operations professionals in rural communities through the development of Strategic Networks that support recruitment, formal training, certification, and placement of students. This program aims to provide training and pathways to professional certifications to current administrative support professionals working in rural DRA region healthcare facilities as well as new entrants to the workforce1 and dislocated workers. The goals of the Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program are: • Enhance healthcare delivery in rural areas within the DRA region by creating training programs focused on building the skills and capacity of administrative support and business operations professionals in rural healthcare facilities. • Create a sustainable pipeline of trained professionals to rural areas through the development of Strategic Networks between academic institutions, community based organizations, and rural healthcare facilities located in the DRA region. • Provide students with training opportunities and experiences within community focused rural healthcare facilities, which will build and reinforce ties within rural communities in the DRA region. • Retain current healthcare staff in rural areas with opportunities for training and education in critical positions. • Expand the uptake of industry-validated credentials that are competency based, empowering job seekers and reducing barriers to hiring and promotion in rural areas. |
| 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 333184 Full Announcement-HRSA-21-105 -> FORHP HRSA-21-105 Delta Workforce FINAL.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-21-105 | Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program | PKG00267518 | Jun 03, 2021 | Jul 09, 2021 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
333184 SF424_3_0-3.0.pdf
333184 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
333184 PerformanceSite_3_0-3.0.pdf
333184 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
333184 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
333184 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
333184 SF424A-1.0.pdf
333184 Key_Contacts_2_0-2.0.pdf
333184 Project_AbstractSummary_2_0-2.0.pdf
Optional forms
333184 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
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