Rural Health Network Development Planning Program

HHS-HRSA Forecasted HRSA-27-048

Description

The Rural Health Network Development Planning Program supports the planning and development of rural integrated health care networks with specific focus on collaboration of entities to establish or improve local capacity and care coordination in underserved communities. Specifically, the program uses the concept of developing networks as a strategy for linking rural health care network participants together to achieve greater collective capacity to overcome local challenges, expand access and improve the quality of care in the rural communities these organizations serve. The program helps network participants work together on three legislative aims: • Achieve efficiencies. • Expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes. • Strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. The intent is that rural health networks will do the following: • Expand access to care. • Increase the use of health information technology. • Explore alternative health care delivery models. • Continue to achieve quality health care across the continuum of care.

Eligibility

All domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, rural underserved populations.
Funding Details
Award Floor
Not specified
Award Ceiling
$100,000.00
Total Estimated Funding
$1,000,000.00
Expected Awards
10
Key Dates
Posted
August 13, 2026
Closes
N/A
Archive Date
July 1, 2028
Agency Information
Agency Name
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Code
HHS-HRSA
Funding Instrument
Other