Resources

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy resources

• Rural Health Grant Eligibility Analyzer

  • If you provide health care in a rural area, you can apply for rural health grants
  • Enter an address or choose a state and county to see if you’re eligible

• Resource Guide for New Applicants and Grantees (PDF - 315 KB)
  • List of toolkits, guides, and websites
  • Organized by topic area (for example, behavioral health, chronic disease, and health IT)
  • Will help you carry out rural health projects

• Guide for Rural Health Care Collaboration and Coordination (2019) (PDF - 1 MB)
  How rural stakeholders address their communities’ health needs:
  • Meeting population health goals
  • Addressing social determinants of health
  • Improving health outcomes

• Meeting Summary - HHS and HRSA Rural Summit (PDF - 314 KB)
  • Rural health care stakeholders met in 2019
  • Discussed challenges rural communities face in providing and accessing health care
  • Explored ways HRSA and HHS could address challenges through programs and policies

External rural health resources

• Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub)
  • Resources library, state guides, toolkits, program models, and more
  • Get help by phone or email—all services are free

• Rural Community Health Gateway
  • Helps you build community health programs and improve services
  • Evidence-based toolkits include literature reviews
  • Topics include care coordination, community health workers, obesity prevention

• Rural Health Research Gateway
  • Free, searchable research library
  • Access Rural Health Research Centers and Policy Analysis Initiatives we fund

Federal resources

• Health IT Telehealth Start-up and Resource Guide (PDF - 1 MB)
• AHRQ Guide to Health IT in Small and Rural Communities
• FCC Rural Care Program