Patient Resource: Telehealth for Children with Special Health Care Needs

March 11, 2025

Patient Resource: Telehealth for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Telehealth can be used to support children and families with unique health care needs.

On this page:

  • What should I know about telehealth if my child has special health care needs?
  • How can telehealth help with family-centered care?
  • What can I expect during my child’s telehealth exam?
  • How can I support my child during a virtual visit?

Click Here to Learn More

Notice of Funding Opportunity: Telehealth Rapid Response Center, HRSA-25-044 and HRSA-25-045, Apply by April 15

March 11, 2025

Notice of Funding Opportunity: Telehealth Rapid Response Center, HRSA-25-044 and HRSA-25-045, Apply by April 15

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding for:

The purpose of this program is to fund research that expands the evidence base to inform policy and programs for telehealth services in underserved populations in the United States.

Research supported through this program will inform providers, policymakers, and telehealth stakeholders on:

  • The latest trends and data impacting telehealth disparities and access,
  • Telehealth providers,
  • Flexibilities for telehealth care, and
  • Continued services for telehealth utilization in various specialties and via different modalities.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will award one cooperative agreement for each of the following opportunities:

  • Telehealth Rapid Response Center funded under HRSA-25-044 is responsible for conducting rapid data analyses and short-term issue-specific telehealth research studies.
    • It will provide stakeholders and the public with resources to understand the impact of telehealth policies and regulations as well as provide information that will improve telehealth access to underserved populations in the United States.
  • The Telehealth Research Center funded under HRSA-25-045 is responsible for conducting clinically informed and evidence-based research.
    • The Telehealth Research Center plays a key role in helping to expand the evidence base for telehealth services and address gaps in knowledge for effectiveness, costs, and delivery, including the use of telehealth technology.
    • This center will also conduct and maintain a comprehensive evaluation of nationwide telehealth investments in rural and underserved areas and populations.
    • This research will help health providers and decision-makers at the local, state and federal levels by examining the impact of telehealth services in rural and underserved communities on access to health care, population health/health indicator, health care spending, quality of care, value-based care, and clinical delivery of care.

Eligible Applicants:

  • State governments
  • Independent school districts
  • City or township governments
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Special district governments
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • County governments
  • Others – click Here to see full list of eligible applicants

Click Here to Learn More and Apply

Funding Opportunity: National Telehealth Resource Center Program, HRSA-25-043, Apply by April 14

March 11, 2025

Funding Opportunity: National Telehealth Resource Center Program, HRSA-25-043, Apply by April 14

Eligible organizations are welcome to apply for funding under the Regional Telehealth Resource Center (RTRC) program and the National Telehealth Resource Center (NTRC) program. These telehealth resource centers will support healthcare organizations, networks, and providers with telehealth implementation and training for rural areas, frontier communities, and medically underserved areas, as well as for medically underserved populations.

Eligible Organizations:

  • City or township governments
  • Others (see Domestic Organizations)
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses
  • State governments
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Small businesses
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Independent school districts
  • County governments
  • Independent school districts
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

Domestic Organizations that may apply:

  • Public institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status
  • For-profit organizations including:
    • Small businesses
    • State, county, city, township, and special district governments

Click Here to See full list of eligible organizations

Click Here to Learn More and Apply

Funding Opportunity: Regional Telehealth Resource Centers, HRSA-25-042, Apply by April 14

March 11, 2025

Funding Opportunity: Regional Telehealth Resource Centers, HRSA-25-042, Apply by April 14

Eligible organizations are welcome to apply for funding under the Regional Telehealth Resource Center (RTRC) program and the National Telehealth Resource Center (NTRC) program. These telehealth resource centers will support healthcare organizations, networks, and providers with telehealth implementation and training for rural areas, frontier communities, and medically underserved areas, as well as for medically underserved populations.

Eligible Organizations:

  • Special district governments
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Small businesses
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • Others (see Domestic Organizations)
  • State governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Independent school districts
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Domestic Organizations that may apply:

  • Public institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education\
  • Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status
  • For-profit organizations including:
    • Small businesses
    • State, county, city, township, and special district governments

Click Here to See full list of eligible organizations

Click Here to Learn More and Apply

HRSA Virtual Job Fair for Clinicians, March 12

March 7, 2025

HRSA Virtual Job Fair for Clinicians, March 12

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Bureau of Health Workforce regularly holds free online recruitment events that connect career-seeking health care professionals with facilities recruiting in underserved communities.

Join recruiters to learn more about job opportunities, hear details about benefit packages, and find out how you can help underserved communities.

Click Here to prepare, register or update your profile on HRSA’s Health Workforce Connector.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, March 12, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. EST

Click Here to Register

Webinar: HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals – Get Application Help, March 10 (New Date)

March 7, 2025

Webinar: HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals – Get Application Help, March 10 (New Date)

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) will award approximately $10.9 million to up to 29 awardees in this program to enhance community-based training for students preparing to become mental health workers, peer support specialists, and other behavioral health paraprofessionals.

During this 90-minute session, BHW will provide assistance to applicants, including:

  • Public and private institutions of higher learning;
  • Nonprofit organizations;
  • Hospitals;
  • Health centers;
  • Rural health clinics;
  • State, local, and Tribal governments

Cost: Free

When: Monday, March 10, 2:00 p.m. ET

Click Here to View the Notice of Funding Opportunity and access the Zoom link for the March 10 meeting.

Top 5 FAQs: Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry – HRSA-25-075

March 6, 2025

Top 5 FAQs: Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric, and Public Health Dentistry – HRSA-25-075

Q1: If a community-based residency is accredited through an academic center and does not sponsor its own residency, are we eligible to apply for this opportunity?

  • No
  • Affiliated sites of a Commission on Dental Accreditation (DODA) accredited residency are not eligible for this opportunity.

Q2: We have recently applied for CODA accreditation and anticipate approval by the time the grant starts. Are we eligible to apply if we don’t have accreditation yet?

  • After CODA accepts your application, you will receive a formal acknowledgment indicating that you are initially accredited by CODA, and thereby eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. This document should be included in Attachment 1.
  • Note: It can take up to two weeks to get you CODA acknowledgement.

Q3: We’re a residency program accredited through an academic center where residents train at a hospital caring for patients in the outpatient department and the ambulatory surgical center. Does this comply with your eight-week community-based training requirement?

  • No.
  • Rotations at hospital outpatient departments or ambulatory surgical centers do not qualify as community-based ambulatory patient care centers.

Q4: Would community clinics where dental students and residents go on rotations meet the requirement for community-based organization (CBO)? Or must the community-based site be a formal program (such as GPR or other residency) housed primarily at a CBO/

  • A community clinic that is training dental students and/or residents would qualify as the CBO operating a primary care dentistry training program. Applications must indicate that community partners are committed to this partnership, describing what they are obligating to and any in-kind contributions.

Q5: For a two-year program, what is the minimum total number of hours that each trainee must rotate to the CBO each year?

  • Each primary trainee must have at least eight weeks of longitudinal community-based training each year of their training, in either one eight-week or two four-week periods. The rotations must be at least 20 hours per week per trainee. That would be 160 hours per year for each of your residents.

Still Have Questions?

  • Read the full list of FAQs Here
  • Review the Technical Assistance webinar recording Here

Top 5 FAQs: Primary Care Training and Enhancement Residency Training in Street Medicine (PCTE-RTSM), HRS-25-078

March 5, 2025

Top 5 FAQs: Primary Care Training and Enhancement Residency Training in Street Medicine (PCTE-RTSM), HRS-25-078

Q1: Street Medicine is described mostly as an urban activity. Are rural Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs able to apply?

  • Yes. Rural training programs are eligible to apply.
  • The funding opportunity also includes a funding priority for applicants that currently train in rural areas.

Q2: Are we able to rearrange the requirement for two one-month rotations if it doesn’t fit our schedule?

  • There is some flexibility.
  • It will be important to explain in the application narrative how the proposal matches the time commitment and experience that would be provided in two month-long rotations.

Q3: The funding opportunity’s requirements and expectations include developing partnerships. What sort of partnerships might we develop?

  • HRSA anticipates that residency programs will need to partner with organizations that provide services to homeless populations.
  • Such organizations might include Health Care for the Homeless, other training programs, or Legal Aid.
  • Partner organizations should have complementary resources or activities that enhance the training aims of this grant program.

Q4: Some program completers go on to additional GME training, such as fellowship training. If they are doing their fellowship in a Medically Underserved Community (MUC), can they be counted in calculations for the funding preference?

  • No.
  • The funding preference (under 2 of the 3 criteria) depends on the practice location of graduates.
  • GME training happens in a training location, which does not apply for the funding preference.
  • These individuals are included in the total number of graduates but not included in the number of graduates practicing in MUCs.

Q5: Where can I find the application package for the grant?

  • The application can be found on Grants.gov.
  • Select “Package” then “Preview”.
  • Select Download Instructions for the PDF guidance.
  • It also shows the required forms to include in your application.

More Questions?

Check out the full list of FAQs and watch the Technical Assistance webinar recording on the Primary Care Training and Enhancement – Residency Training in Street Medicine Program page.

Click Here for full list of FAQs

Click Here to watch the Technical Assistance webinar

Technical Assistance Webinar: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals, March 10

March 5, 2025

Technical Assistance Webinar: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals, March 10

The Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Paraprofessionals aims to enhance community-based experiential training for students preparing to become mental health workers, peer support specialists, and other behavioral health paraprofessionals. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of the specific concerns of children, adolescents, and young adults who have experienced trauma and are at risk for behavioral health disorders.

Join the Technical Assistance webinar to learn more.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, March 10, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET

Click Here to Join the Zoom webinar at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 10

Diabetes and Other Telehealth Resources from The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

February 25, 2025

Diabetes and Other Telehealth Resources from The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in every ten people in America have diabetes and an additional 96 million people are living with pre-diabetes.

Telehealth and telemedicine can be effective tools to manage diabetes. Telehealth and technologies for diabetes management include:

  • Live video (synchronous telemedicine),
  • Smartphones and mobile applications, and
  • Remote monitoring using asynchronous technology to share information with health care providers.

Click Here to read how to use telehealth in this Best Practice Guide

Patient Resource: How to Use Telehealth for Diabetes Care

Telehealth helps patients with diabetes track and manage their health. Share this page with patients so they can learn more about how they can use telehealth for diabetes care.

Click Here to Learn More

Tip Sheet: Telehealth Privacy Tips for Providers

Providers can take steps to ensure the privacy and security of patient health information. This is essential for patients to feel comfortable using telehealth.

Click Here to Learn More

Telehealth Resources

Telehealth.HHS.gov has a variety of telehealth resources for health care providers, including doctors, practitioners, and hospital staff. These include tips on how to get started planning workflows, telehealth policy and billing, and licensure.

Click Here to Find Telehealth Resources