A
Rural Health Network Planning applicant TA conference call
is scheduled for August 7, 2008 at 2:00 PM ET. Please contact Mary
Collier at mcollier@hrsa.gov
to register and receive call information. The call will be taped
for play back. The play back information will be sent with the conference
call information.
NEW
- Network
Planning Grant Call for Applications through September 15th
Program Purpose
The Network Development Planning
Grant Program provides one year of funding to rural organizations
that seek to develop a formal integrated health care network should
not have a significant history of collaboration. The planning grants
are to be used to develop a formal network with the purpose of improving
the coordination of health services in rural communities and strengthening
the rural health care system as a whole. Existing networks that
seek to expand services or expand their service area are not eligible
to apply.
Program Overview
The Rural Health Network Development
Planning Grant Program supports one year of planning to develop
and operationalize formative health care networks in rural areas.
Formative networks are not sufficiently evolved to apply for a 3-year
Rural Health Network Development implementation grant and do not
have a formalized structure. Applicants must propose to use the
grant to develop a rural health network that brings together at
least three separately owned health care providers. The applicant
must demonstrate the need for the network and have identified one
or more problems or issues that the network will address. The applicant
must have identified potential network partners and include in the
application a letter of commitment from each of the potential partners
of the formative network.
These grants
are designed to support development of collaborative relationships
among health care organizations by funding rural health networks
that focus on integrating clinical, information, administrative,
and financial systems across members. A formative rural health network
should identify the greatest needs of the participating providers
and serve to benefit them by jointly solving problems or addressing
needs that can't be adequately solved by working in isolation. The
ultimate goal of the grant program is to strengthen the rural health
care delivery system at the community, regional, and State level
by improving the viability of the individual providers in the network.
Grant funds typically are used to acquire staff, contract with technical
experts, and purchase resources to 'build' the network.
Eligibility is open to rural public or rural non-profit
private entities. The lead applicant organization applies on behalf
of a formative network or consortium of rural health providers.
The proposed rural health network or consortium supported by the
grant must include three or more health care providers, which may
be nonprofit or for-profit entities. Networks funded through this
program may also include entities that support the delivery of health
care services like social service agencies, faith-based organizations,
charitable organizations, educational institutions, employers, local
governmental agencies or other entities. At least three of the partners
that plan to participate in the network, however, must be health
service providers, i.e., primary care providers, hospitals, social
service agencies, home health care providers, etc. Grant funds may
not be used for the direct delivery of services.
For additional information
please contact:
Eileen Holloran
Public Health Analyst
Office of Rural Health Policy
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-55
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-0835
Fax: (301) 443-2803
eholloran@hrsa.gov
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Grant Guidance |
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Public
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Rural Health Network Development
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Rural Health Network Development
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Building Rural Health
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Organizing for Achievement:
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