The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
States: Selected States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $550,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to improve healthcare delivery in rural areas by training future and current health professionals for high-quality, good-paying jobs 1 in the rural counties and parishes of the Mississippi River Delta Region and Alabama Black Belt (Delta Regional Authority (DRA) region) in the following critical administrative support professions: medical coding and billing, insurance claims processing, health information management, clinical documentation, business operations for healthcare organizations, and supply chain and materials management. These skilled administrative support professionals are key to increasing hospital revenues, thereby improving a hospital’s financial viability and thus its ability to improve health care in the rural areas it serves.
The goals of the Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program are:
- Enhance healthcare delivery in rural areas within the DRA region by creating training programs focused on building the skills and capacity of administrative support professionals in rural healthcare facilities.
- Create a sustainable pipeline of trained professionals to rural areas through the development of networks between educational institutions, community-based organizations, and rural healthcare facilities located in the DRA region.
- Improve recruitment and retention of critical administrative support professionals by providing a pathway to high-quality, good-paying jobs in rural healthcare facilities through opportunities for training and education.
Funding Information
- Up to $550,000 per year, subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
Period of Performance
- The period of performance is September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026 (4 years).
Eligibility Criteria
- All domestic public and private, nonprofit, and for-profit entities are eligible to apply. This includes, but is not limited to faith-based and community-based organizations, federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations, state governments, and private institutions of higher education.
- Applicants must be located in one of the eight states in the Delta Regional Authority (DRA).
- The DRA region includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states – Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
