July 8, 2024
New Funding Opportunity: Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program – HRSA-24-121
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’S) Office for the Advancement of Telehealth will invest approximately $3,800,000 for up to eight new cooperative agreements.
In this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building model” means a distance health education model that connects health care professionals, and particularly specialists, with multiple other health care professionals through simultaneous interactive videoconferencing for the purpose of facilitating case-based learning, disseminating best practices and evaluating outcomes.
The purpose of the Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program – HRSA-24-121, is to improve retention of health care providers and increase access to health care services, such as those to address chronic diseases and conditions including
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Infectious diseases
- Mental health and substance use disorders
- Prenatal and maternal health
- Pediatric care
- Pain management
- Palliative care and other specialty care in:
- Rural areas
- Frontier areas
- Health professional shortage areas (HPSAs)
- Medically underserved areas or medically underserved population or Native Americans
Awarded entities will evaluate, develop, and expand the use of technology-enable learning models to:
- Build capacity
- Improve retention of health care providers
- Increase access to services
Applications must be submitted no later than August 2, 2024.