Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 17 082
Apply for HRSA 17 082
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Regional Genetics Networks" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.110.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 21, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 14, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The Regional Genetics Networks (RGNs) grant opportunity is a federal cooperative agreement program run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its central goal is to improve health equity and health outcomes for people living with genetic conditions, including congenital and metabolic disorders. The program is designed to help reduce illness and preventable deaths linked to genetic conditions by strengthening coordinated follow-up, treatment, and access to comprehensive genetic services, especially for individuals and communities that historically face barriers to care.
A major focus of the program is reaching medically underserved populations. In this context, "medically underserved" generally refers to communities affected by poverty, rural geography, and/or health disparities, including areas designated by HRSA as having shortages of health providers or elevated indicators of need such as high infant mortality, high poverty rates, or large elderly populations. The RGNs are expected to function as regional connectors that actively link these underserved groups to appropriate genetic services, rather than simply offering isolated clinical support. The intent is to close gaps between diagnosis and ongoing care by improving how patients are identified, referred, seen by specialists, and followed over time.
The opportunity lays out four main purposes for the Regional Genetics Networks. First, RGNs should create or strengthen linkages that connect underserved populations to genetic services. This can include improving referral pathways, clarifying care coordination roles, and building relationships among community providers, specialty genetics clinics, public health programs, and patient support organizations. Second, RGNs are expected to implement quality improvement activities aimed at increasing successful connections to genetic services for underserved patients. This points to structured, data-informed efforts to find where breakdowns occur (for example, long wait times, missed referrals, limited local expertise, transportation barriers, language access issues, or insurance and administrative hurdles) and then test and implement improvements that measurably increase access and continuity of care.
Third, the program emphasizes evidence-based and innovative telehealth and/or telemedicine models, with a particular focus on clinical genetics outreach. HRSA describes telehealth broadly as the use of electronic and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical care, education, public health, and health administration, while telemedicine is often described more narrowly as remote clinical services using tools such as two-way video, email, smartphones, and wireless technologies to improve a patient's clinical status. In practice, the grant encourages networks to use these approaches to extend genetics expertise into areas where in-person specialty services may be scarce, such as rural regions or communities with few trained genetics professionals. This could include remote consultations, follow-up visits, care coordination, provider-to-provider consultation models, and patient education delivered through secure technology platforms, as long as the model is grounded in evidence and designed to improve real access and outcomes.
Fourth, RGNs are expected to provide practical resources for multiple audiences: genetic service providers, public health officials, and families. This implies producing and disseminating tools that help clinicians and systems deliver better care (such as clinical guidance, referral resources, care pathways, or educational materials), helping public health partners coordinate screening and follow-up activities, and supporting families with understandable information and navigation assistance. The overall direction is network-building with tangible outputs that improve care delivery, not only direct service provision in isolation.
Administratively, this opportunity is listed as a discretionary grant using a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which typically means HRSA anticipates substantial involvement with awardees compared to a standard grant (for example, shared planning, coordination requirements, and alignment with federal program goals). The funding opportunity number is HRSA-17-082, associated with CFDA 93.110, and it anticipated making seven awards. The original posting date was September 21, 2016, with an original application closing date of December 14, 2016. The eligible applicants category is listed as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced outside the excerpt, indicating that eligibility likely depended on specific organizational types or consortium arrangements described in the full notice.
In plain terms, the Regional Genetics Networks program is aimed at building regional systems that make genetic services easier to reach and more consistent in quality for underserved communities. It prioritizes coordinated care, measurable quality improvement, and smart use of telehealth/telemedicine to overcome geography and resource shortages, while also equipping providers, public health agencies, and families with the tools and information needed to support long-term management of genetic conditions.
Regional Genetics Networks (RGNs) Grant (HRSA-17-082) FAQs
1. What is the Regional Genetics Networks (RGNs) grant opportunity?
The Regional Genetics Networks (RGNs) opportunity is a federal cooperative agreement program run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is designed to strengthen regional systems that connect people with genetic conditions to comprehensive genetic services, with a strong emphasis on improving health equity and outcomes.
2. What is the main goal of the RGNs program?
The central goal is to improve health equity and health outcomes for people living with genetic conditions, including congenital and metabolic disorders. The program aims to reduce illness and preventable deaths linked to genetic conditions by improving coordinated follow-up, treatment, and access to genetic services, especially for individuals and communities that historically face barriers to care.
3. What types of conditions does the program focus on?
The program focuses on genetic conditions, including congenital disorders and metabolic disorders. The broader intent is to improve systems of identification, referral, specialty care access, and long-term follow-up for individuals affected by genetic conditions.
4. Who is the RGNs program intended to benefit?
The opportunity emphasizes reaching medically underserved populations and improving access to comprehensive genetic services for people who face barriers to care due to poverty, rural geography, provider shortages, and other health disparities.
5. What does "medically underserved" mean in this opportunity?
In this context, "medically underserved" generally refers to communities affected by poverty, rural geography, and/or health disparities. It includes areas designated by HRSA as having shortages of health providers or elevated indicators of need, such as high infant mortality, high poverty rates, or large elderly populations.
6. What is the role of a Regional Genetics Network (RGN)?
RGNs are expected to function as regional connectors that actively link underserved groups to appropriate genetic services. The intent is not to provide isolated clinical support, but to close gaps between diagnosis and ongoing care by improving how patients are identified, referred, seen by specialists, and followed over time.
7. What are the four main purposes of the RGNs program?
The opportunity outlines four main purposes:
- Create or strengthen linkages connecting underserved populations to genetic services.
- Implement quality improvement activities to increase successful connections to genetic services for underserved patients.
- Use evidence-based and innovative telehealth and/or telemedicine models, especially for clinical genetics outreach.
- Provide practical resources for genetic service providers, public health officials, and families.
8. What kinds of "linkages" are RGNs expected to build or strengthen?
Linkages can include improving referral pathways, clarifying care coordination roles, and building relationships among community providers, specialty genetics clinics, public health programs, and patient support organizations. The focus is on making it easier for underserved patients to reach appropriate genetic services and receive coordinated follow-up.
9. What does the grant mean by "quality improvement" in access to genetic services?
Quality improvement refers to structured, data-informed efforts to identify where breakdowns occur and then test and implement improvements. Examples of breakdowns mentioned include long wait times, missed referrals, limited local expertise, transportation barriers, language access issues, and insurance or administrative hurdles. The intent is to measurably increase access and continuity of care.
10. How does telehealth and telemedicine fit into the RGNs program?
The program emphasizes evidence-based and innovative telehealth and/or telemedicine models to extend clinical genetics outreach. These approaches are encouraged to help reach areas where in-person specialty genetics services are scarce, such as rural communities or regions with few trained genetics professionals.
11. What is HRSA's definition of telehealth in this opportunity?
HRSA describes telehealth broadly as the use of electronic and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical care, education, public health, and health administration.
12. What is HRSA's description of telemedicine in this opportunity?
Telemedicine is described more narrowly as remote clinical services using tools such as two-way video, email, smartphones, and wireless technologies to improve a patient's clinical status.
13. What are examples of telehealth/telemedicine activities that could support clinical genetics outreach?
Examples described or implied in the opportunity include remote consultations, follow-up visits, care coordination activities, provider-to-provider consultation models, and patient education delivered through secure technology platforms, as long as the model is grounded in evidence and designed to improve real access and outcomes.
14. What kinds of resources are RGNs expected to produce or share?
The opportunity emphasizes practical resources for multiple audiences:
- Genetic service providers: tools that help deliver better care (such as clinical guidance, referral resources, care pathways, and educational materials).
- Public health officials: resources that support coordination of screening and follow-up activities.
- Families: understandable information and navigation assistance to support long-term management.
15. Is this a standard grant or a cooperative agreement?
This opportunity is a cooperative agreement (and is listed as a discretionary grant using a cooperative agreement funding instrument). That typically means HRSA anticipates substantial involvement with awardees compared to a standard grant, such as shared planning, coordination requirements, and alignment with federal program goals.
16. What agency administers the RGNs program?
The program is run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
17. What is the funding opportunity number (FON) for this program?
The funding opportunity number is HRSA-17-082.
18. What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA 93.110.
19. How many awards were anticipated under this opportunity?
The opportunity anticipated making seven awards.
20. When was the opportunity originally posted, and what was the original closing date?
The original posting date was September 21, 2016, and the original application closing date was December 14, 2016.
21. Who was eligible to apply based on the excerpt?
The eligible applicants category is listed as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced outside the excerpt. This suggests eligibility depended on specific organizational types and/or consortium arrangements described in the full funding notice.
22. Is the program primarily about direct clinical service delivery?
The emphasis is on network-building and coordinated systems that improve access, referral, follow-up, and continuity of care. While clinical genetics outreach (including via telehealth/telemedicine) is part of the program, the overall direction is improving regional coordination and producing tangible tools and linkages rather than operating as isolated direct service provision.
23. What does the program mean by closing gaps between diagnosis and ongoing care?
The program aims to improve how patients are identified, referred, seen by specialists, and followed over time. This includes strengthening coordinated follow-up and treatment so that a diagnosis leads to consistent access to appropriate services and long-term management support.
24. Why does the program prioritize underserved communities?
The opportunity is explicitly designed to address historical and structural barriers to care by strengthening access to comprehensive genetic services for communities affected by poverty, rural geography, provider shortages, and health disparities, with the broader goal of improving health equity and outcomes.
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