Rural Veterans Health Access Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
Jessica Sanders
jsanders@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Olusola Dada
odada@hrsa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
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HRSA contact center:
877.464.4772
TTY: 877.897.9910
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SAM.gov:
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The Rural Veterans Health Access Program provides funding for current state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients to work with providers and other partners to improve access to needed healthcare services and to improve the coordination of care for veterans living in rural areas.

Objectives:

• Improve access to healthcare services for underserved veteran populations, including geriatric, female, Native American, and minority veteran populations
• Improve care coordination for veterans seeking care both at the VA system and from other community providers, including the VA community care program
• Provide benefits counseling for veterans to improve access to mental health services, substance use disorder (SUD) services, or other healthcare services
• Help rural providers bill for services provided to local veterans

Only states that are current Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients under funding opportunity HRSA-24-002 are eligible to apply.

Award ceiling: $200,000 per year
Number of awards: Up to 3
Project period: 3 years
Total funding available: $600,000

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.