The New Mexico Human Services Department is pleased to announce the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund (RHCDF).
Donor Name: New Mexico Human Services Department
State: New Mexico
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $80 million
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
HSD will administer the Fund, providing grants to defray operating losses and start-up costs of rural health care providers and facilities that provide new or expanded health care services.
This Request for Applications (RFA) solicits applications to provide grants to defray operating losses and start-up costs of rural health care providers and facilities that provide new or expanded health care services.
Funding Priorities
For this RFA, HSD will prioritize applications designed to defray operating losses and start-up costs of rural healthcare providers and facilities that provide new or expanded services in rural New Mexico counties.
“Healthcare services” means services for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure or relief of a physical, dental, behavioral or mental health condition, substance use disorder, illness, injury or disease and for medical or behavioral health ground transportation.
“Start-up costs” means the planning, development, and operation of rural health care services, including legal fees; accounting fees; costs associated with leasing equipment, a location or property; depreciation of equipment costs; and staffing costs. Start-up costs” does not mean the construction or purchase of land or buildings.
“Rural county” means a New Mexico county that has a population of 100,000 or fewer according to the most recent decennial census. Additionally, funding priority will be given to services that:
- meet the health needs of the state and the locality.
- are unavailable or under-represented in a community.
- improve access to high-quality health care for Medicaid patients and under-served populations.
- address or advance health equity in the community.
- include a long-term sustainability plan.
Funding Period
The Funding Period is up to three-years depending on the needs of the Applicant and availability of funds.
Eligibility Criteria
Rural health care facilities and rural health care providers are eligible. Facilities and providers in nonrural areas are also eligible if the new or expanded service is being delivered in a rural area as described below.
- “Rural health care facility” means a health care facility licensed in New Mexico that provides inpatient or outpatient physical or behavioral health services or programmatic services in a county that has a population of 100,000 or fewer according to the 2020 federal decennial census. This includes Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Luna, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union, and Valencia.
- “Rural health care provider” means an individual health professional licensed by the appropriate board, a medical or behavioral health ground transportation entity licensed by the public regulation commission, or a health facility organization licensed by the department of health to provide health care diagnosis and treatment of physical or behavioral health or programmatic services in a county that has a population of 100,000 or fewer according to the 2020 federal decennial census. This includes Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Luna, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union, and Valencia.
- Eligibility criteria below must be met:
- Applicant is a Medicaid Enrolled Provider.
- Applicant actively serves New Mexico Medicaid recipients.
- Applicant must be providing a new and/or expanded health care service.
- Applicant must meet state licensing requirements to provide health care services.
- Applicant must provide services in rural counties.
- To be eligible for the “New Mexico Health Care Access Champion” award:
- Applicant must meet criteria listed above.
- Applicant must be ready to implement new or expanded service work in calendar year 2023.
- Applicants not chosen for the “New Mexico Health Care Access Champion” award will still be eligible and considered for the RHCDF award.
For more information, visit NMHSD.
