Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Who can apply:
All domestic* public or private, non-profit, and for-profit entities are eligible to apply.
Types of eligible organizations
This includes entities such as non-profits with a 501(c)(3) and non-profits with an IRS status other than a 501(c)(3). Other eligible entities may include but are not limited to:
•Public and private institutions of higher education
•State and county health departments
•Hospitals, including rural emergency hospitals
•Native American tribal government and organizations
•Community-based organization
•Federally qualified health centers
•Rural health clinics
Tribal exception: HRSA is aware that tribes and tribal organizations may not meet the Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) requirement of this NOFO. As a result, tribes and tribal organizations that only have one EIN or UEI or are unable to demonstrate that the network is composed of at least three unique entities, may request a tribal exception. Applicants must request a tribal EIN exception in Attachment 14: Tribal EIN exception request.
* “Domestic” means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.