Notice of Funding Opportunity – Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program (EB-TNP) – HRSA-24-010

January 3, 2024

Notice of Funding Opportunity – Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Evidence Based Telehealth Network Program (EB-TNP) – HRSA-24-010

The Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) HRSA-24-010, to integrate behavioral health services into primary care settings using telehealth technology.

The goal for the BHI-EB-TNP Program is to support evidence-based projects that utilize telehealth technologies through telehealth networks in rural and underserved areas to:

  • Improve access to integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings
  • Expand and improve the quality of health information available to health care providers by evaluating the effectiveness of integrating telebehavioral health services into primary care settings and establishing an evidence-based model that can assist health care providers.

Applicants are encouraged to propose novel ways to achieve equity in access to affordable, high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate telebehavioral care for rural and underserved patients across the U.S.

Eligibility

  • Independent school districts
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Small businesses
  • City or township governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Special district governments
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses
  • County governments
  • State governments

Additional Eligibility:

  • You can apply if your organization is in:
    • United States
    • Guam
    • Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
    • Northern Mariana Islands
    • American Samoa
    • U.S. Virgin Islands
    • Federated States of Micronesia
    • Republic of the Marshall Islands
    • Republic of Palau, and is:
      • A public or private, non-profit or for-profit entity
      • Domestic faith-based or
      • Community based organization

Applicants can be located in an urban area, but the proposed telehealth network must include at least two originating sites located in rural and underserved areas.

Applications are due March 22, 2024

If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact Carlos Mena at (301) 443-3198 or email cmena@hrsa.gov.

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