Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
Jason Steele, MPH
301.443.2203
jsteele@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Eric Brown
301.945.9844
ebrown@hrsa.gov

The Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program provides funding to develop strategic networks that will support the recruitment, formal training, certification, and placement of current and future administrative support or business operations professionals for rural healthcare facilities in the Delta Region. The program seeks to enhance healthcare delivery in Delta communities by addressing the need for trained professionals working in the following administrative support occupations: medical coding and billing, insurance claims processing, health information management, clinical documentation, business operations for healthcare organizations, and supply chain and materials management.

Required activities include:

• Develop academic training programs that lead to professional certification and academic degrees for administrative support occupations
• Develop a network of organizations to support recruitment, formal training, certification, and placement of participants/trainees
• Establish or leverage partnerships with rural-serving DRA region community-based organizations to recruit participants from rural communities into the program
• Establish or leverage partnerships with rural DRA region healthcare facilities to place participants for hands-on training and employment upon completion of the program
• Establish or leverage partnerships with healthcare facilities participating in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program to recruit current administrative support staff to participate in training and to recruit facilities to serve as practicum sites for hands-on learning and future employment for program participants
• Provide financial support to participants/trainees for tuition, books, software, certification testing fees, childcare support, other items to facilitate the successful completion of the program

Eligible applicants include domestic public and private, nonprofit and for-profit entities that are located in one of the eight states in the DRA region.

Award ceiling: $550,000 per year
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 4
Estimated total program funding: $2,200,000

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

Applicant webinar recording