Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 15 145
Apply for HRSA 15 145
- The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Child Poverty Telehealth Network Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.211 Telehealth Programs.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 9, 2015 and posted on May 7, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 6, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $975,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
- A) Eligibility and Geographic Requirements Eligible applicants include rural or urban nonprofit entities that will provide services through a telehealth network. Each entity participating in the networks may be a nonprofit or for profit entity. Faith based, community based organizations and tribal organizations are eligible to apply. Services must be provided to rural areas, although the applicant can be located in an urban area. TNGP grantees that were funded in 2012 and 2013, and Evidence Based TNGP grantees funded in 2014 are eligible to apply for funds through this announcement for the FY 2015 cycle. The proposed project must differ from any of the previous projects and focus on the health care needs of children living in impoverished rural areas. B) Composition of the Telehealth Network The Telehealth Network shall include at least two (2) of the following entities (at least one (1) of which shall be a community based health care provider) Community or migrant health centers or other federally qualified health centers Health care providers, including pharmacists, in private practice Entities operating clinics, including rural health clinics Local health departments Nonprofit hospitals, including community access hospitals Other publicly funded health or human/social service agencies Long term care providers Providers of health care services in the home Providers of outpatient mental health services and entities operating outpatient mental health facilities Local or regional emergency health care providers Institutions of higher education Entities operating dental clinics
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Opportunity Summary:
The Rural Child Poverty Telehealth Network Grant Program (RCP TNGP) is a three-year pilot grant opportunity run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help established telehealth networks develop and test new approaches for improving health care for children living in impoverished rural communities. The central idea is that rural child health challenges are not only about limited clinical access, but also about the broader conditions that shape health, such as food insecurity, housing instability, early childhood supports, and family economic stress. Applicants are expected to define the rural service area(s) they will target and back that choice with county and sub-county data that show poverty levels and clearly describe the unmet needs of children in those communities, using the USDA poverty definition tied to federal poverty thresholds.
A key feature of this program is its emphasis on integrating health care delivery with practical human and social service connections delivered through telehealth and distance learning technology. HRSA highlights that many drivers of health care utilization and cost sit outside the exam room, and points to research suggesting large numbers of hospitalizations could be avoided if preventable hospitalization rates in low-income communities matched those in higher-income areas, and that readmissions often track more closely with community conditions than with hospital performance. Because of this, the grant encourages networks to bring human and social service organizations into the telehealth model when those services can be directly linked to improved health outcomes for low-income rural children. For this funding opportunity, those human/social services are defined broadly and include early childhood development supports, food and nutrition assistance and education, family economic support programming (including awareness, counseling, and referrals tied to job training and economic supports), housing supports, and other social service resources. Importantly, applicants have to make a clear case for how information-sharing, screening, referral, care coordination, or service navigation delivered through the telehealth network will translate into measurable health benefits for the children served.
The program goal is to demonstrate how telehealth networks can expand access to care, improve coordination across providers, and raise the quality of services for children in poor rural areas, with particular attention to showing how network performance improves when social and human service partners are integrated alongside clinical partners. In other words, HRSA is not only funding telehealth visits; it is funding a more connected system where pediatric care, behavioral health, oral health, community services, and family supports can be aligned through telehealth-enabled collaboration and education.
Eligibility is fairly flexible as long as the project serves rural areas. Applicants may be rural or urban nonprofit entities, including faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations (federally recognized tribes are explicitly eligible). While the applicant organization must be a nonprofit, individual entities participating in the network may be nonprofit or for-profit. The services supported by the project must be delivered to rural communities, even if the lead applicant is based in an urban location. Prior Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) awardees funded in 2012 and 2013, along with Evidence-Based TNGP awardees funded in 2014, were eligible to apply under this 2015 cycle, but the proposed project had to be meaningfully different from their earlier work and specifically focused on children living in impoverished rural areas.
The telehealth network itself has minimum composition requirements. It must include at least two entities drawn from a defined list, and at least one of those must be a community-based health care provider. Eligible network partners may include federally qualified health centers (including community or migrant health centers), private practice providers (including pharmacists), entities operating clinics such as rural health clinics, local health departments, nonprofit hospitals (including critical access/community access hospitals), publicly funded health agencies or human/social service agencies, long-term care providers, home health providers, outpatient mental health providers and facilities, local or regional emergency providers, institutions of higher education, and dental clinics. This structure is designed to ensure projects are collaborative and capable of delivering services and referrals across a community, rather than functioning as a single-provider telehealth effort.
For the specific funding cycle described (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-15-145; CFDA 93.211 Telehealth Programs), HRSA anticipated making three awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $975,000 and no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted May 7, 2015, with a final closing date of July 6, 2015, and it was later archived. Questions about access to the full announcement were directed to HRSA staff contact Carlos Mena (cmena@hrsa.gov; 301-443-3198).
Rural Child Poverty Telehealth Network Grant Program (RCP TNGP) FAQs
1. What is the Rural Child Poverty Telehealth Network Grant Program (RCP TNGP)?
The Rural Child Poverty Telehealth Network Grant Program (RCP TNGP) is a three-year pilot grant opportunity run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It is designed to help established telehealth networks develop and test new approaches to improve health care for children living in impoverished rural communities.
2. What is the main purpose of this grant program?
The program is intended to demonstrate how telehealth networks can expand access to care, improve coordination across providers, and raise the quality of services for children in poor rural areas. A central emphasis is improving network performance by integrating human and social service partners alongside clinical partners through telehealth and distance learning technology.
3. What makes this program different from funding telehealth visits alone?
This opportunity is not limited to supporting telehealth clinical encounters. HRSA emphasizes building a more connected, telehealth-enabled system where pediatric care, behavioral health, oral health, community services, and family supports can be aligned through collaboration, information-sharing, referrals, care coordination, service navigation, and distance learning.
4. Why does the program focus on human and social services in addition to health care?
HRSA highlights that many drivers of health care utilization and cost sit outside the exam room. The program reflects the view that rural child health challenges are shaped not only by limited clinical access, but also by conditions such as food insecurity, housing instability, early childhood supports, and family economic stress. The grant encourages networks to include human and social service organizations when those services can be directly linked to improved health outcomes for low-income rural children.
5. What kinds of human and social services are included under this funding opportunity?
Human/social services are defined broadly and may include early childhood development supports; food and nutrition assistance and education; family economic support programming (including awareness, counseling, and referrals tied to job training and economic supports); housing supports; and other social service resources.
6. What does HRSA expect applicants to demonstrate about impact?
Applicants must make a clear case for how telehealth-enabled information-sharing, screening, referral, care coordination, or service navigation will translate into measurable health benefits for the children served. The expectation is that connections to human and social services are not included for their own sake, but because they can be linked to improved child health outcomes.
7. Who is eligible to apply?
Applicants may be rural or urban nonprofit entities, including faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and tribal organizations. Federally recognized tribes are explicitly eligible. The key requirement is that the services supported by the project must be delivered to rural communities, even if the lead applicant is located in an urban area.
8. Can for-profit organizations participate in the telehealth network?
Yes. While the applicant organization must be a nonprofit, individual entities participating in the network may be nonprofit or for-profit.
9. Does the project have to serve rural areas even if the applicant is based in an urban location?
Yes. The services supported by the project must be delivered to rural communities, regardless of whether the lead applicant organization is rural or urban.
10. Are prior Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) awardees eligible?
For the specific 2015 cycle described, prior Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) awardees funded in 2012 and 2013, and Evidence-Based TNGP awardees funded in 2014, were eligible to apply. However, the proposed project had to be meaningfully different from earlier work and specifically focused on children living in impoverished rural areas.
11. What are the minimum requirements for the telehealth network’s composition?
The telehealth network must include at least two entities drawn from the eligible partner list, and at least one of those entities must be a community-based health care provider. This structure is intended to ensure projects are collaborative and capable of delivering services and referrals across a community rather than operating as a single-provider telehealth effort.
12. What counts as an eligible community-based health care provider or network partner?
Eligible network partners may include federally qualified health centers (including community or migrant health centers); private practice providers (including pharmacists); entities operating clinics such as rural health clinics; local health departments; nonprofit hospitals (including critical access/community access hospitals); publicly funded health agencies or human/social service agencies; long-term care providers; home health providers; outpatient mental health providers and facilities; local or regional emergency providers; institutions of higher education; and dental clinics.
13. What must applicants define about the service area?
Applicants are expected to define the rural service area(s) they will target and support that selection with county and sub-county data showing poverty levels. Applicants must clearly describe the unmet needs of children in those communities using the USDA poverty definition tied to federal poverty thresholds.
14. How is poverty defined for this program’s targeting requirements?
Applicants are expected to use the USDA poverty definition tied to federal poverty thresholds when presenting county and sub-county data and when describing poverty levels in the proposed rural service area(s).
15. What types of health services and focus areas are emphasized?
The program describes an integrated approach that can align pediatric care, behavioral health, oral health, and practical community and family supports through telehealth-enabled collaboration, care coordination, referrals, and distance learning.
16. How many awards were anticipated and what was the estimated funding amount?
For Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-15-145 (CFDA 93.211 Telehealth Programs), HRSA anticipated making three awards with an estimated total funding amount of $975,000.
17. Is cost-sharing or matching required?
No. For the cycle described, there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
18. What is the project period for the RCP TNGP?
The opportunity is described as a three-year pilot grant program.
19. When was the funding opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on May 7, 2015, and had a final closing date of July 6, 2015.
20. What is the status of this opportunity?
The funding opportunity described was later archived.
21. What are the identifying numbers for this funding opportunity?
The information provided references Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-15-145 and CFDA 93.211 (Telehealth Programs).
22. Who was the HRSA contact for questions about accessing the full announcement?
Questions about access to the full announcement were directed to HRSA staff contact Carlos Mena at cmena@hrsa.gov or 301-443-3198.
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