Rural communities face unique health care challenges. Our community-based grant programs address these and increase access to care.
What approach do programs take?
Most of these programs use evidence-based models of care. They help build community networks and work with people who have common goals.
How do programs work together to improve access to care?
Awardees share resources, expertise, and form networks. Two or more health care service providers make up a network.
Which programs support black lung?
- Provides health care to coal miners with Black Lung diseases
- Conducts outreach, education, and benefits counseling
Contact Us
Email: blacklung@hrsa.gov (Anna Feins)
Call: 301-287-0251
Recent Awards
View the FY20 Black Lung Clinics Program awardees.
- Supports Black Lung Clinics Program (BLCP) recipients
- Improves data collection and analysis
Contact Us
Email: blacklung@hrsa.gov (Anna Feins)
Call: 301-287-0251
Which programs support capacity building?
Expands public health capacity. Supports health care job development, training, and placement in rural and tribal communities.
Contact Us
Email: RPHWTNP@hrsa.gov (Patricia Burbano)
Recent Awards
View the FY22 Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Grant Program awardees.
- One year of grant support to help build formal health partnerships
Contact Us
Email: nosian@hrsa.gov (Nkemakolem Osian)
Call: 301-443-2751
Recent Awards
View the FY24 Rural Health Network Development Planning Program awardees.
- Supports mature rural health networks
- Encourages innovative solutions to local health care needs
Contact Us
Email: mnunez@hrsa.gov (Maribel Nunez)
Call: 301-443-0466
Recent Awards
View the FY23 Rural Health Network Development Program awardees.
The Rural Northern Border Region Planning Program:
- Supports health care groups who serve in the Northern Border Regional Commission area
- Identifies key issues, assesses challenges, and helps with strategic planning
Contact Us
Email: mnunez@hrsa.gov (Maribel Nunez)
Call: 301-443-0466
Recent Awards
View the FY21 Rural Northern Border Region Planning Program awardees.
Program Status
This program is not active.
The Rural Northern Border Region Healthcare Support Program
- Provides technical assistance to health care groups who serve in the Northern Border Regional Commission area
- Provides technical assistance in mental health, substance use, workforce recruitment and retention, and value-based care efforts
Contact Us
Email: mnunez@hrsa.gov (Maribel Nunez)
Call: 301-443-0466
Recent Awards
See a list of the FY22 awardees.
Which programs support health services?
Addresses the high burden of chronic disease in this region.
The Delta Region includes eight states:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Tennessee
Contact Us
Email: DeltaStatesGrantPrgm@hrsa.gov (Diana Alatorre)
Call: 301-287-2618
Recent Awards
View the FY23 Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program awardees.
- Integrates health care systems in rural communities
- Improves the care coordination workforce
Contact Us
Email: ayounger@hrsa.gov (Alitasha Younger)
Call: 301-480-9711
Recent Awards
View the FY23 Rural Health Care Coordination Program awardees.
- Expands health care delivery
- Works with community partners to address needs
- Uses evidence-informed models
- Takes part in the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI). Targets the five leading causes of death.
Contact Us
Email: ruraloutreachprogram@hrsa.gov (Mew Pongsiri)
Call: 301-443-2752
Recent Awards
View the FY21 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program awardees.
- Expands health care delivery in the rural Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Region of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
- Works with community partners to address needs
- Uses evidence-informed models
- Improves health outcomes and increases financial sustainability
Contact us
Email: GKo@hrsa.gov (Gabrielle Ko)
Call: 301-945-5216
Recent awards
See a list of the FY24 awardees.
- Improves patient health outcomes and quality and delivery of care
- Reduces health care costs
Contact Us
Email: asasidharen@hrsa.gov (Aishwarya Sasidharen)
Call: 301-480-9709
Recent Awards
View the FY22 Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program awardees.
Which programs support maternal health?
Works to increase access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities
Contact Us
Email: RMOMS@hrsa.gov (Victoria (Vicky) Tsai)
Call: 301-443-8930
Recent Awards
View the FY22 Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program awardees.
Improves and increases access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy in 252 rural Delta Regional Authority counties and parishes across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Contact Us
Email: DeltaMCCProgram@hrsa.gov
Recent Awards
View the FY24 Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program awardees.
Which program supports radiation screening?
Supports people exposed to radiation from U.S. nuclear weapons testing and production:
- Conducts outreach, screening, education activities, and medical referrals
- Helps people file Radiation Exposure Compensation Act claims
Contact Us
Email: skhushu@hrsa.gov (Sachi Khushu)
Phone: 301-443-2466
Recent Awards
View the FY20 Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program awardees.
How is technical assistance provided?
Awardees receive free targeted technical assistance to help achieve their desired project outcomes.
HRSA funded technical assistance is provided by the Georgia Health Policy Center.