July 2, 2024

Funding Opportunity: Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – Apply by August 2

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for a total of approximately $7 million over four years.

The purpose of the Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination (Delta MCC) Program – HRSA-24-120 is to improve and increase access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy.

Objectives:

• Use care coordination strategies to enhance and expand access to perinatal services in the Delta Region
• Utilize evidence-based, promising practices and/or value-based care models in the planning and delivery of perinatal services
• Identify barriers to providing maternal health care in the region and strategies for addressing such barriers
• Develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services and communication systems

Eligible applicants

• Public, private, or nonprofit organizations located within the parishes and counties served by the federal Delta Regional Authority.

An hour-long technical assistance webinar for applicants will be held on Tuesday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m. CT.

Learn More – HRSA-24-120

July 2, 2024

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) is to increase the nursing workforce in rural (non-metro) and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.

The NEPQR-WEP enhances nursing education and clinical practice through additional training of associate and baccalaureate degree nursing students.

Apply by July 26, 2024

Questions? Contact Kirk Koyama, kkoyama@hrsa.gov, (301) 443-4926

Learn More about NEPQR – HRSA-24-098

July 2, 2024

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

The Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program is accepting applications through July 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m. ET.

This program will award up to $100,000 in student loan repayment to eligible professionals in exchange for a three-year, full-time service commitment to work or participate in a fellowship or residency in a Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program approved facility.

Eligibility

You must be:

• A United States citizen, national or permanent resident
• Fully licensed or credentialed in an eligible discipline
• One of the following:
• A full-time employee or a clinician who has accepted a position at a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility, located in or serving a health professional shortage area (HPSA), a medically underserved area (MUA), or a medically underserved population (MUP)
• A health-professional entering or receiving training in an accredited pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty residency, or fellowship at a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility located in or serving a health professional shortage area (HPSA), a medically underserved area (MUA), or a medically underserved population (MUP)

Learn More and Apply

June 26, 2024

New Funding Opportunity – Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – HRSA-24-120

The Health Resources and Services Administration has announced new funding available for the Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program, HRSA-24-120.

The focus of this funding opportunity is on strengthening maternal care and reducing disparities in the Delta Region, by expanding access and coordination of health care services before, during, and after pregnancy.

The funding will work to address unacceptable rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the regions.

Up to four cooperative agreements will be awarded to recipients in the Delta region, totaling approximately $7 million over four years (September 30, 2024 – September 29, 2028).

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will hold a technical assistance webinar on Tuesday July 9^th from 3 – 4 p.m. ET.

Review the funding opportunity to learn more about eligibility & apply

For questions contact: Nikita Patel, DeltaMCCProgram@hrsa.gov, 301 594-3288

June 21, 2024

New Funding Opportunity: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) HRSA-24-098

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase the nursing workforce in rural (non-metro) and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.

The Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) enhances nursing education and baccalaureate degree nursing students.

HRSA will award approximately $4.7 million to up to five grantees over a period of four years through this funding opportunity.

Eligible Applicants include:

• Accredited schools of nursing
• Entities that offer associate degrees in nursing, such as community colleges
• Hospitals and nurse-managed health centers
• Nursing homes and hospice facilities
• Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics
• Native American tribal governments and organizations

View funding opportunity for complete eligibility information

June 10, 2024

Requirements for Buprenorphine Prescribing

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced in January 2023 that clinicians no longer need a federal waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder.

Clinicians are still required to register with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to prescribe controlled medications.

In June 2023 the DEA began to require that registration applicants – both new and renewing – affirm they have completed a new, one-time, eight-hour training.

Exceptions for the new training requirement are:

• Practitioners who are board certified in addiction medicine or addiction psychiatry
• Graduates from a medical, dental, physician assistant or advanced practice nursing school in the U.S. within five years of June 27, 2023

Please note Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) still have the opportunity to apply for a $3,000 payment on behalf of each provider who trained between January 1, 2019 and December 29, 2022.

Approximately $889,000 in program funding remains available for RHCs and will be paid on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted.

Please send questions to DATA2000WaiverPayments@hrsa.gov

May 20, 2024

Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program – Apply by June 27

The Health Resources and Administration is accepting applications for the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program. Eligible individuals who provide direct treatment or recovery support to patients with or in recovery from a substance use disorder at a Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program – approved facility can receive loan repayment assistance through the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Payment Program.

In exchange for loan repayment, you must provide six years of full-time employment that involves direct treatment or recovery support to patients with or in recovery from a substance use disorder at a Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program-approved facility.

Learn More

Apply Here

April 25, 2024

HRSA Funding: Delta Health Systems Implementation Program – Apply by June 24

This program, administered by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), supports hospitals in the Mississippi Delta region with projects that will improve their financial sustainability and allow for increased access to care in rural communities.

Approximately $2,000,000 across 5 awards will be aimed at financial and operational improvement, quality improvement, telehealth, and workforce development.

Interested applicants may attend a live webinar on Wednesday, May 1 at 2:00 pm Eastern.

Apply Here

April 25, 2024

Funding Opportunity: Supporting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Screening and Intervention – HRSA-24-046 – Apply by 6/21/24

The Supporting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Screening and Intervention program helps reduce alcohol use during pregnancy and improves outcomes for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), especially in communities where there’s a high rate of binge drinking during pregnancy.

The program focus is on educating Primary Care Providers (PCPs) and increasing the use of screening, intervention, and referral processes for high-risk pregnancies.

Program goals include increasing PCPs’ knowledge of the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy as well as promoting recommended screenings, interventions, and referral approaches.

Eligibility:

• All domestic public or private, nonprofit and for profit entities
• Institutions of higher education
• Public institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education nonprofit entities
• Nonprofits having a 501 (c)(3) IRS status
• Nonprofits with an IRS status other than 501(c)(3)
• Private for profit entities
• For profit organizations
• Small businesses

Click here to see complete list of eligible applicants

Learn More and Apply

Still have questions: Please contact M. Sonsy Fermin, wellwomancare@hrsa.gov, (301) 443-1702

March 15, 2024

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program – Apply by April 25

The purpose of the NHSC Scholarship Program is to provide scholarships to students pursuing primary care health professions training in return for a commitment to provide primary health services in a Health Professional Shortage Area.

Click here to learn more