Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 23 036
The Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (often called the Network Planning Grant) is a federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP). It is a discretionary grant (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-23-036; CFDA 93.912) designed to help rural communities spend a focused, one-year period planning and organizing an integrated health care network. The overall idea is to bring together the key pieces of a rural health care delivery system, especially organizations that may not have worked closely together before, so they can build shared capacity, coordinate services more effectively, and lay the groundwork for longer-term improvements in rural health.
The program is built around three legislative aims. First, it seeks to help rural systems achieve efficiencies, which often means reducing duplication, sharing resources, and improving how limited staff and services are deployed across a community. Second, it aims to expand access to basic health care services while also improving care coordination, quality, and related health outcomes, recognizing that rural patients often face geographic, workforce, and infrastructure barriers. Third, it is intended to strengthen the rural health care system as a whole by creating durable partnerships and structures that can continue working beyond the grant period. In practical terms, the planning year supports activities that help partners organize themselves into a network, identify community needs and service gaps, establish governance and collaborative workflows, and develop a plan for coordinated rural community health interventions.
Applicants must choose one of two tracks for FY 2023. The Regular Network Planning track focuses on the three legislative aims broadly across rural populations and health system partners. The Advancing Health Equity (AHE) track includes those same aims, but puts a specific emphasis on organizing community stakeholders around health equity needs and improving outcomes for underserved members of rural communities. The AHE track is explicitly oriented toward strengthening local capacity and care coordination for rural populations that face persistent disparities, including rural Black, Latino, Indigenous and Native American communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other people of color, members of religious minorities, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and people experiencing persistent poverty or inequality. The intent is to encourage collaboration that is not only clinically integrated, but also responsive to inequities in access, quality, and outcomes that can be especially pronounced in rural settings.
A central premise of the program is that rural networks can offset the disadvantages of limited economies of scale that individual rural hospitals, clinics, or other stakeholders often face. By linking partners into a coordinated network, communities can allocate personnel and shared assets more strategically, improve chronic disease prevention and management, strengthen stakeholder buy-in and trust through shared decision-making, improve data sharing, and increase the likelihood that improvements will last. The opportunity notes that these network benefits often translate into sustainability after the grant ends, citing that at least 88 percent of past Network Planning award recipients reported sustaining at least some elements of their network activities beyond the funding period.
The grant has an award ceiling of $100,000 and anticipated approximately 20 awards. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other entities as clarified in the eligibility guidance. The opportunity was originally posted October 5, 2022, with an original closing date of January 6, 2023.Apply for HRSA 23 036
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Health Network Development Planning Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.912.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 05, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 06, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (Network Planning Grant)?
The Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, often called the Network Planning Grant, is a federal discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP). It supports a focused, one-year period for rural communities to plan and organize an integrated health care network.
What is the goal of the Network Planning Grant?
The goal is to help rural communities bring together key parts of the local health care delivery system, particularly organizations that may not have collaborated closely in the past, to build shared capacity, coordinate services more effectively, and lay the groundwork for longer-term improvements in rural health.
How long is the planning period supported by this program?
The program is designed to support a single, focused planning year (one year) devoted to planning and organizing an integrated rural health care network.
What kinds of activities does the planning year support?
Based on the program description, the planning year supports activities such as organizing partners into a network, identifying community needs and service gaps, establishing governance and collaborative workflows, improving coordination and data sharing approaches, and developing a plan for coordinated rural community health interventions.
What are the three legislative aims of the program?
The program is built around three legislative aims: (1) helping rural systems achieve efficiencies (such as reducing duplication and sharing resources), (2) expanding access to basic health care services while improving care coordination, quality, and related health outcomes, and (3) strengthening the rural health care system by creating durable partnerships and structures that can continue beyond the grant period.
What does "achieve efficiencies" mean in the context of this grant?
In this opportunity, efficiencies generally refer to reducing duplication, sharing resources, and improving how limited staff and services are deployed across a rural community through coordinated network planning.
How does the program address access, quality, and care coordination in rural communities?
The program emphasizes expanding access to basic health care services while also improving care coordination and quality, recognizing that rural patients often face barriers tied to geography, workforce shortages, and limited infrastructure.
What does it mean to "strengthen the rural health care system" through this grant?
It means creating durable partnerships, shared structures, and collaborative ways of working that can keep operating after the grant period ends, rather than building a short-term project that stops when funding ends.
Why does the program emphasize building a network instead of supporting a single organization?
A central premise is that coordinated rural networks can offset disadvantages from limited economies of scale that individual rural hospitals, clinics, or other stakeholders often face. By linking partners, communities can allocate shared assets and personnel more strategically and improve coordination and sustainability.
What are the tracks available for FY 2023?
Applicants must choose one of two tracks for FY 2023: (1) the Regular Network Planning track, and (2) the Advancing Health Equity (AHE) track.
What is the Regular Network Planning track?
The Regular Network Planning track focuses on the three legislative aims broadly across rural populations and rural health system partners.
What is the Advancing Health Equity (AHE) track?
The AHE track includes the same three legislative aims, but places a specific emphasis on organizing community stakeholders around health equity needs and improving outcomes for underserved members of rural communities.
Which populations are highlighted under the AHE track?
The AHE track is oriented toward rural populations facing persistent disparities, including rural Black, Latino, Indigenous and Native American communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other people of color, members of religious minorities, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and people experiencing persistent poverty or inequality.
Does the AHE track require a focus beyond clinical integration?
Yes. The description indicates the AHE track is intended to encourage collaboration that is not only clinically integrated, but also responsive to inequities in access, quality, and outcomes that can be especially pronounced in rural settings.
What benefits does HRSA/FORHP associate with forming a rural health network?
The opportunity notes potential benefits such as more strategic allocation of personnel and shared assets, improved chronic disease prevention and management, stronger stakeholder buy-in and trust through shared decision-making, improved data sharing, and increased likelihood that improvements will last.
Is there any indication that networks continue after the grant ends?
Yes. The opportunity cites that at least 88 percent of past Network Planning award recipients reported sustaining at least some elements of their network activities beyond the funding period.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling) for this grant?
The award ceiling is $100,000.
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated approximately 20 awards.
Who is the federal sponsor and administering agency for this grant?
The sponsor is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The administering agency is the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP).
What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA listing provided?
The Funding Opportunity Number is HRSA-23-036, and the CFDA listing provided is 93.912.
Is this a discretionary grant?
Yes. The opportunity is described as a discretionary grant.
Which types of organizations are eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are described broadly and include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; 501(c)(3) nonprofits (excluding institutions of higher education); for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other entities as clarified in the eligibility guidance.
Are institutions of higher education eligible under the 501(c)(3) nonprofit category?
No. The eligibility statement specifies 501(c)(3) nonprofits excluding institutions of higher education.
When was the opportunity posted and what was the original closing date?
The opportunity was originally posted on October 5, 2022, and the original closing date was January 6, 2023.
What is the overall concept of an "integrated health care network" in this grant?
As described, the concept involves organizing and connecting key rural health system stakeholders into a coordinated network so they can share capacity, coordinate services, establish governance and workflows, and implement a community-informed plan for coordinated rural health interventions.
Does this program focus on planning or service delivery?
The description emphasizes a focused, one-year planning and organizing period to develop the network structure, coordination approach, and intervention plan intended to support longer-term improvements.
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