Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
Lindsey Nienstedt
301.443.2843
lnienstedt@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Beverly H. Smith
301.443.7065
bsmith@hrsa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base

HRSA contact center:
877.464.4772
TTY: 877.897.9910
HRSA contact page

System for award management (SAM):
866.606.8220
Federal service desk

The Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Program offers a cooperative agreement with a single entity to provide technical assistance (TA), tools, resources, and strategies that are easily accessible to geographically dispersed Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and that could be used to inform rural healthcare providers and other federal, state, and local stakeholders.

The purpose of the program is to:

• Identify key policy issues and knowledge gaps among RHCs about topics including regulatory and program compliance, billing and reimbursement, quality improvement, and clinical issues
• Identify and disseminate information on tools, resources, and strategies as possible solutions to challenges faced by RHCs
• Inform RHCs and other rural stakeholders about key RHC issues that affect, or have the potential to affect, healthcare delivery and improve care

Eligible applicants include:

• State, territory, county, city, township, and special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education
• Native American Tribal governments
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Native American Tribal organizations
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) IRS status
• For-profit organizations
• Small businesses

Award ceiling: $110,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 1

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