Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program | HRSA 25 038

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 25 038

The Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-25-038) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) designed to help rural communities improve access to health care by strengthening and expanding local health service delivery. The core idea is community-based outreach that results in new services, enhanced services, or a broader reach of existing services in rural areas, with an emphasis on practical, locally driven solutions to persistent rural health disparities. In addition to expanding services, the program is meant to build longer-term rural capacity by strengthening local resources, coordination, and problem-solving infrastructure so communities are better positioned to meet ongoing and emerging health needs.

A key feature of the program is its reliance on collaboration through a consortium model. Projects are expected to be carried out by networks that include three or more health care providers working together, allowing partners to combine expertise, share resources, coordinate care, and design approaches tailored to their specific regional challenges. This structure is intended to help rural communities develop innovative strategies that reflect local realities, such as workforce shortages, transportation barriers, limited specialty care, gaps in preventive services, higher chronic disease burden, and other factors that commonly contribute to rural health inequities.

Eligibility is broad and includes domestic public and private entities, both nonprofit and for-profit. Eligible applicants span multiple organization types, including state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; hospitals (including rural emergency hospitals); state and county health departments; community-based organizations; federally qualified health centers; rural health clinics; small businesses and other for-profit organizations; and Native American tribal governments and tribal organizations. Individuals are explicitly not eligible to apply under this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).

HRSA also highlights a specific accommodation for tribes and tribal organizations related to standard entity identification requirements. Because some tribal applicants may not be able to meet typical requirements for demonstrating three unique consortium entities (for example, due to having only one Employer Identification Number or Unique Entity Identifier), HRSA allows applicants to request a tribal exception. To pursue this, applicants must submit an exception request using Attachment 14 (Tribal EIN exception request), which is meant to ensure tribal communities are not excluded from participation due to administrative identification constraints.

For the purposes of eligibility, "domestic" includes the 50 U.S. states, Washington, DC, 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. The funding activity category is Health, and the assistance listing (CFDA) number is 93.912. The opportunity was created on December 5, 2024, with an original application closing date of January 27, 2025. HRSA anticipates making around 50 awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically signals that the maximum award amount is not specified in that field and applicants should rely on the full NOFO for detailed budget limits, project period, and funding ranges.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Health Care Services Outreach 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 2024-12-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-27. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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