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Opportunity Summary:

The Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA 12-083) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP). Its core purpose is to improve how health care is delivered in rural communities by funding outreach projects that are collaborative, practical, and driven by measurable results. Rather than supporting isolated efforts, the program emphasizes building or strengthening community-connected service delivery models that can show real, trackable improvements in rural health by the end of the grant period.

A central expectation of this program is that funded projects rely on an evidence-based or promising practice model. In plain terms, applicants are expected to start from approaches that already have some level of proof or credible support instead of inventing brand-new methods from scratch. The program allows flexibility within that structure: organizations can take an established framework and tailor it to fit local rural needs, populations, and operational realities. The goal is to encourage smart adaptation while still maintaining a foundation that increases the likelihood of success and makes results easier to evaluate.

ORHP also places heavy weight on collaboration and coordinated service delivery. Competitive projects typically involve partnerships across health providers, community organizations, local governments, or tribal entities to improve outreach and access to care. This collaboration focus reflects the reality of rural health systems, where resources can be limited and where coordination across agencies often determines whether residents actually receive timely, effective services. The program description highlights outreach and service delivery models, meaning projects should not only plan services but actively connect rural residents to care in ways that reduce barriers like distance, limited provider availability, lack of awareness, or fragmented systems.

Another major theme is outcomes orientation and accountability. Applicants are expected to track specific health indicators and use those measures to demonstrate impact at the end of the grant period. The program is not just looking for activity counts or general narratives about effort; it is looking for measurable changes tied to health outcomes or health status improvement in rural communities. This outcomes requirement also supports the program priorities of replicability and sustainability, since models that can produce clear results are easier for other communities to copy and easier for local partners to continue after federal funding ends.

From a funding standpoint, the opportunity anticipated about 80 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $12,000,000. The CFDA number associated with this program is 93.912 (Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement). The funding instrument type is a grant, the activity category is health, and there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement listed, which generally reduces the financial barrier for eligible applicants.

Eligibility is broad across public and nonprofit sectors serving rural areas. Eligible applicants include county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, state governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, other Native American tribal organizations, and nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The notice also references an "Others" category, with the reminder that applicants should consult the full funding opportunity announcement for the complete and detailed eligibility rules and any additional requirements.

Key dates listed for this archived opportunity include an original closing date of November 22, 2011, a current closing date of December 2, 2011, and an archive date of January 21, 2012, with the posting date shown as September 22, 2011. For applicants or researchers needing the original announcement details, HRSA provided an additional information link through its grants portal and included HRSA Call Center contact options for help accessing the announcement electronically.

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