The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/18/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,545,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to expand public health capacity by supporting health care job development, training and placement in rural and tribal communities. The expected impact of this program is to enhance clinical and operational capacity in order to adequately address the population health needs of rural communities affected by COVID-19, including those dealing with the effects of long COVID. The RPHWTN program addresses the ongoing critical need in health care facilities for trained public health professionals serving rural communities. This is done through the establishment of networks to develop formal training/certification programs in order to help professionals in the following workforce training tracks:
- Track #1 – Community Health Support
- Track #2 – Health IT and/or Telehealth Technical Support
- Track #3 – Community Para-Medicine
- Track #4 – Case Management Staff and/or Respiratory Therapists
HRSA will support rural health networks (which may be composed of, but are not limited to, minority-serving institutions, community colleges, technical colleges, rural hospitals, community health centers, nursing homes and substance use providers) to address the critical need for more trained health professionals, which has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $47,895,000 in FY 2022 to fund 31 award recipients.
- The period of performance is August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $1,545,000 total cost to cover three years (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs).
Eligible Applicants
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicant organizations shall be domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based, community-based, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations. Applicants should list the rural areas (counties) that will be served. Proposed counties should be fully rural, but if counties are partially rural counties, please include the rural census tract(s) in the Project Abstract. The applicant organization should also describe their experience and/or capacity serving rural populations in the Project Abstract section of the application. It is important that applicants list the rural counties (or rural census tract(s) if the county is partially rural) that will be served through their proposed project, as this will be one of the factors that will determine the applicant organization’s eligibility to apply for this funding.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.