This community-based grant program aims to support organizations to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, the program also aims to strengthen local resources and capacity in rural communities. Through collaborative consortiums that include three or more health care providers, each community can develop innovative approaches to solve their own unique challenges and factors underlying rural health disparities.
Goals
- Expand the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services exclusively in rural communities.
- Deliver health care services through a strong consortium, in which every consortium member organization is actively involved and engaged in the planning and delivery of services.
- Use community engagement and evidence-based or innovative, evidence informed model(s) in the delivery of health care services.
- Improve population health and demonstrate health outcomes and sustainability.
Funding can be used for a broad range of health care services that are based on each rural community's needs. The Outreach Program offers an opportunity for award recipients to work collaboratively with rural communities to adapt to the emerging trends in rural health care and meet the unique needs of the people they serve.
The purpose of the Regular Track is to fund projects that expand access to health care in rural communities, improve the delivery of health care services, and strengthen resources and capacity in rural communities through collaborative consortiums. These projects are community driven and focus on outreach and education activities targeting unique health needs in rural communities. Goals include demonstrating improvement in health outcomes and creating long-term sustainability through funded projects
Building on previous efforts, the Outreach Program is continuing the existing Special Track in the FY 2025-2029 funding cycle and adding maternal health as a new focus area in addition to Stroke, Heart Disease, Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease, Unintentional Injury and Cancer. The goals of Special Track projects are to demonstrate a collective impact to better manage conditions, address risk factors, and focus on prevention.
Applicants are required to have the necessary policies, procedures, and financial controls in place to ensure that your organization complies with all legal requirements and restrictions applicable to the receipt of federal funding including statutory restrictions on use of funds for lobbying, executive salaries, gun control, abortion, etc. Like those for all other applicable grants requirements, the effectiveness of these policies, procedures, and controls is subject to audit.