The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to improve access to and continuity of maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities.
Donor Name: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Country: U.S.
State: All States
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/05/2022
Grant Size: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
The goals of the RMOMS program are to:
- improve maternal and neonatal outcomes within a rural region;
- develop a sustainable network approach to increase the delivery and access of preconception, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services;
- develop a safe delivery environment with the support and access to specialty care for perinatal women and infants; and
- develop sustainable financing models for the provision of maternal and obstetrics care in rural hospitals and communities.
Focus Areas
This program intends to demonstrate the impact on access to and continuity of maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities through testing models that address the following RMOMS Focus Areas:
- Rural Hospital Obstetric Service Aggregation and Approaches to Risk Appropriate Care
- Network Approach to Coordinating a Continuum of Care
- Leveraging Telehealth and Specialty Care
- Financial Sustainability
Funding Information
- HRSA estimates approximately $5,000,000 to be available annually to fund up to five recipients. The actual amount available will not be determined until enactment of the final FY 2022 federal appropriation. You may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $1,000,000 total cost (includes both direct and indirect, facilities and administrative costs) per year.
- The period of performance is September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026 (4 years).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants shall be domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit, entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in an urban or rural area but must have demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations. However, all activities supported by this program must exclusively target populations residing in HRSA-designated rural counties or rural census tracts in urban counties.
- Applicants should list the rural areas (counties) that will be served. Proposed counties should be fully rural, but if counties are partially rural counties, please include the rural census tract(s) in the Project Abstract. The applicant organization should also describe their experience and/or capacity serving rural populations in the Project Abstract section of the application. It is important that applicants list the rural counties (or rural census tract(s) if the county is partially rural) that will be served through their proposed project, as this will be one of the factors that will determine the applicant organization’s eligibility to apply for this funding.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
