Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 10 120
Apply for HRSA 10 120
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Regional Collaborative for the Pacific Basin" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.110 Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 1, 2010 and posted on Apr 1, 2010.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 21, 2010. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $679,500.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible applicants are public or private non profit entities that are part of an established network representing the six U.S. affiliated Pacific Basin jurisdictions (U.S. flag territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the three freely associated states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) which is responsible to support, and provide for, the delivery of health care services and health workforce development, and will work together to complete the proposed project. Applicants must have significant, documented experience in successfully addressing issues affecting the delivery of health care in the six Pacific Basin jurisdictions. Applications that fail to show such experience will not be considered.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Regional Collaborative for the Pacific Basin (RCPB) grant opportunity (HRSA-10-120) is a fiscal year 2010 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) cooperative agreement designed to strengthen regional coordination and practical support for improving health outcomes across six U.S.-affiliated Pacific Basin jurisdictions: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau. The central idea is to fund one regional entity that can function as a shared, formal health policy and coordination body, helping these geographically dispersed islands work together on common health priorities and overcome persistent barriers caused by distance, limited workforce capacity, and fragmented funding and data systems.
At its core, the program is meant to create and support a regional mechanism where leaders and partners can regularly discuss shared health problems and align strategies, while also enabling cost-effective sharing of resources such as data, health information, specialized expertise, and operational tools. The opportunity emphasizes that the Pacific Basin context is uniquely challenging: the jurisdictions span 107 inhabited islands across an ocean area larger than the continental United States, which makes coordination, consistent community engagement, and equitable access to expertise and infrastructure difficult without an intentional regional structure.
HRSA lays out five major program goals for the RCPB. First, the collaborative is expected to serve as a regional Primary Care Office (PCO) representing all six jurisdictions. In that role, it should help foster cross-jurisdiction collaboration and provide hands-on technical assistance aimed at expanding access to primary care for underserved communities. Second, it must develop and advance a dynamic strategic plan addressing primary care and public health needs across the region, with clear goals, strategies, measurable metrics, timelines, and defined accountability for tracking progress. Third, the collaborative should actively promote partnerships that bridge regions, disciplines, sectors, and funding sources. Fourth, it must ensure an ongoing, continuous process of community engagement, not as a one-time outreach activity but as a sustained approach that shapes priorities and implementation. Fifth, it must provide technical assistance, including targeted grant writing support, to help jurisdictions compete more effectively for federal and other funding opportunities.
A major feature of the opportunity is the explicit framing of the PCO function around several overarching technical assistance priorities. These include fostering collaboration; supporting organizations and communities seeking to expand primary care access; strengthening needs assessment and data sharing capacity; supporting workforce development efforts connected to the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and safety-net/health center networks; and improving shortage designation processes. In practical terms, this means the funded collaborative is expected to help the jurisdictions build stronger analytic and administrative capacity to document needs, coordinate planning, and navigate federal program requirements that can unlock additional resources.
The strategic planning expectations are grounded in the Institute of Medicine framework cited in the announcement, which calls for a four-part approach to improving health in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands: supporting viable community-based primary care and preventive services, improving coordination within the region and with the United States, increasing community involvement and investment in health care, and promoting education and training for the health workforce. HRSA signals that a strong application and resulting work plan should translate these themes into concrete, measurable regional actions rather than broad statements of intent.
Partnership development is also a central requirement, not just as general collaboration but as deliberate alignment across councils, associations, and issue-focused coalitions that already exist in the region. The announcement gives examples spanning professional disciplines (medical, dental, nursing leadership), conditions and public health priorities (tuberculosis, substance use and mental health, cancer, tobacco, chronic disease), sector-specific groups (primary care associations, Area Health Education Centers), and multiple federal funding streams (including HRSA, CDC, SAMHSA, and NIH). HRSA highlights a particular interest in integrating behavioral health, oral health, and public health with primary care, pointing applicants toward a transdisciplinary, cross-sector model rather than siloed approaches.
Another strong emphasis is capacity-building through technical assistance and grant writing support. HRSA notes that some high-need Pacific Island jurisdictions have struggled to successfully compete for federal grant programs that peer jurisdictions have been able to secure, and the RCPB is intended to help close that gap by improving the quality and competitiveness of applications. The opportunity identifies several areas where additional funding could help stabilize and improve regional systems, including strengthening primary care and public health delivery, expanding regional laboratory capacity, enhancing human resources systems, supporting rural health outreach and network activities, building telehealth and distance education capacity, advancing workforce development, and supporting community-based participatory research and health disparities research, along with other categorical funding related to chronic, infectious, and behavioral health conditions. The broader logic is that better technical assistance and stronger applications can lead to more consistent long-term funding streams and, over time, a more resilient health infrastructure.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary HRSA cooperative agreement with an expectation of a single award. The estimated total funding amount is $679,500, with no cost sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted April 1, 2010, and closed May 21, 2010 (archived July 20, 2010). The CFDA number listed is 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs), indicating the program’s placement within HRSA’s broader portfolio even though the focus here is region-wide primary care and public health planning and support.
Eligibility is limited to public or private nonprofit entities that are part of an established network representing the six jurisdictions and that are responsible for supporting the delivery of health care services and health workforce development across the region. HRSA requires significant, documented experience addressing health care delivery issues in all six Pacific Basin jurisdictions, and it states clearly that applications failing to demonstrate this regional experience will not be considered. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as seed funding for a single regional backbone organization that can coordinate planning, strengthen partnerships, elevate community voices, and deliver practical technical assistance, especially around data, workforce, shortage designation, and grant development, with the long-term aim of improving health outcomes across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Basin.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Regional Collaborative for the Pacific Basin (RCPB) grant opportunity (HRSA-10-120)?
The RCPB opportunity (HRSA-10-120) is a fiscal year 2010 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) cooperative agreement intended to strengthen regional coordination and practical support to improve health outcomes across the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Basin.
Which jurisdictions are included in the RCPB region?
The opportunity covers six U.S.-affiliated Pacific Basin jurisdictions: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and the Republic of Palau.
What is the core purpose of funding under this program?
The program is designed to fund one regional entity that serves as a shared, formal health policy and coordination body. The intent is to help these geographically dispersed jurisdictions work together on common health priorities and reduce barriers related to distance, limited workforce capacity, and fragmented funding and data systems.
How many awards does HRSA expect to make?
The opportunity describes an expectation of a single award.
What type of federal funding mechanism is this?
This is a discretionary HRSA cooperative agreement.
What is the estimated total funding amount for the award?
The estimated total funding amount is $679,500.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
When was this opportunity posted and when did it close?
It was posted on April 1, 2010, and closed on May 21, 2010. The notice indicates it was archived on July 20, 2010.
What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 93.110 (Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs).
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to public or private nonprofit entities that are part of an established network representing all six jurisdictions and that are responsible for supporting the delivery of health care services and health workforce development across the region.
What experience is required to be considered eligible?
HRSA requires significant, documented experience addressing health care delivery issues in all six Pacific Basin jurisdictions. The announcement states that applications failing to demonstrate this regional experience will not be considered.
What does HRSA mean by creating a "regional mechanism"?
It refers to an ongoing structure where leaders and partners across the six jurisdictions can regularly discuss shared health problems, align strategies, and share resources such as data, health information, specialized expertise, and operational tools in a cost-effective way.
Why does the opportunity emphasize regional coordination in the Pacific Basin?
The announcement describes the Pacific Basin context as uniquely challenging because the jurisdictions span 107 inhabited islands across an ocean area larger than the continental United States. This scale makes consistent coordination, community engagement, and equitable access to expertise and infrastructure difficult without an intentional regional structure.
What are the five major program goals HRSA outlines for the RCPB?
HRSA identifies five major goals: (1) serve as a regional Primary Care Office (PCO) representing all six jurisdictions; (2) develop and advance a dynamic strategic plan with measurable metrics, timelines, and accountability; (3) actively promote partnerships across regions, disciplines, sectors, and funding sources; (4) ensure a continuous process of community engagement; and (5) provide technical assistance, including targeted grant writing support, to help jurisdictions compete for funding.
What does it mean that the collaborative must serve as a regional Primary Care Office (PCO)?
Serving as a regional PCO means representing all six jurisdictions and providing hands-on technical assistance to foster cross-jurisdiction collaboration and help expand access to primary care for underserved communities.
What technical assistance priorities are tied to the PCO function in this opportunity?
The opportunity frames PCO-related technical assistance around priorities such as fostering collaboration; supporting organizations and communities seeking to expand primary care access; strengthening needs assessment and data sharing capacity; supporting workforce development connected to the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and safety-net/health center networks; and improving shortage designation processes.
What is expected in the regional strategic plan?
The collaborative is expected to develop and advance a dynamic strategic plan addressing primary care and public health needs across the region. The plan should include clear goals, strategies, measurable metrics, timelines, and defined accountability to track progress.
Does the opportunity provide a framework for strategic planning?
Yes. The announcement cites an Institute of Medicine framework and indicates that a strong work plan should translate those themes into concrete, measurable regional actions rather than broad statements of intent.
What Institute of Medicine themes are referenced for improving health in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands?
The announcement describes a four-part approach: supporting viable community-based primary care and preventive services; improving coordination within the region and with the United States; increasing community involvement and investment in health care; and promoting education and training for the health workforce.
What does HRSA require regarding community engagement?
Community engagement is expected to be continuous and ongoing, not a one-time outreach activity. The intention is that sustained engagement helps shape priorities and implementation.
What kinds of partnerships does HRSA want the regional collaborative to promote?
HRSA emphasizes deliberate alignment across regions, disciplines, sectors, and funding sources, including coordination with councils, associations, and issue-focused coalitions already active in the region.
What examples of partnerships or coalitions are mentioned in the announcement?
Examples span professional disciplines (medical, dental, nursing leadership), priority topics and conditions (tuberculosis, substance use and mental health, cancer, tobacco, chronic disease), sector-specific groups (primary care associations, Area Health Education Centers), and multiple federal funding streams (including HRSA, CDC, SAMHSA, and NIH).
Is integration across primary care, public health, behavioral health, and oral health encouraged?
Yes. HRSA highlights particular interest in integrating behavioral health, oral health, and public health with primary care, pointing toward a transdisciplinary, cross-sector model rather than siloed approaches.
What kind of grant writing support is expected?
The collaborative is expected to provide technical assistance that includes targeted grant writing support, with the goal of helping the jurisdictions compete more effectively for federal and other funding opportunities.
Why does the opportunity emphasize grant writing capacity?
HRSA notes that some high-need Pacific Island jurisdictions have struggled to successfully compete for certain federal grant programs, and the RCPB is intended to help close that gap by improving the quality and competitiveness of applications.
What types of additional funding opportunities does HRSA suggest the collaborative could help jurisdictions pursue?
The announcement mentions areas such as strengthening primary care and public health delivery; expanding regional laboratory capacity; enhancing human resources systems; supporting rural health outreach and network activities; building telehealth and distance education capacity; advancing workforce development; and supporting community-based participatory research and health disparities research, along with other categorical funding related to chronic, infectious, and behavioral health conditions.
What administrative and analytic capacities is the collaborative expected to strengthen?
In practical terms, the collaborative is expected to help build stronger analytic and administrative capacity across jurisdictions to document needs, coordinate planning, strengthen data sharing, and navigate federal program requirements that can unlock additional resources.
What does the opportunity say about needs assessment and data sharing?
Strengthening needs assessment and data sharing capacity is explicitly listed as a technical assistance priority under the PCO function, reflecting the broader goal of coordinating planning and improving the ability to demonstrate needs and track progress across the region.
How does the opportunity relate to workforce development?
Workforce development is part of the PCO-related technical assistance priorities, including support connected to the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and safety-net/health center networks, as well as the broader strategic planning emphasis on education and training for the health workforce.
What does HRSA mean by improving "shortage designation processes"?
The announcement lists improving shortage designation processes as a technical assistance priority, indicating the collaborative should help jurisdictions strengthen the processes used to document shortages and meet relevant federal program requirements tied to shortage designations.
What is the long-term intent of the RCPB award beyond the initial funding?
The opportunity is framed as seed funding for a regional backbone organization. The long-term logic is that stronger regional coordination and technical assistance (especially around data, workforce, shortage designation, and grant development) can help jurisdictions secure more consistent funding streams over time and build a more resilient health infrastructure that improves health outcomes.
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