Georgia Dual Track Rural Medical and Dental Clinic Establishment Grant

Joanne Mitchell
RFGA.DualRuralMedDen@dch.ga.gov

The Georgia Dual Track Rural Medical and Dental Clinic Establishment Grant offers funding to support the establishment of new clinics in designated rural Georgia counties, with the specific intent to increase access to medical and dental services in medically underserved rural areas and provide clinical rotation sites for medical and dental school students.

Track 1 is to establish a new rural medical clinic, and Track 2 is to establish a new rural dental clinic.

Funds may be used to:

• Identify and acquire a suitable new site location
• Renovate and/or upgrade site as needed
• Purchase necessary equipment and/or supplies
• Support salary for providers and/or staff
• Market services to the community

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be a Georgia university with a currently accredited medical or dental school
• Ensure practice site locations will be positioned within counties designated as rural or a county with a Critical Access Hospital
• Agree to accept patients with commercial medical or dental insurance as well as patients covered by Medicare and Medicaid health insurance plans
• Provide clinical rotation site opportunities for students attending accredited medical or dental schools in Georgia
• Be in good standing to conduct business with the Department of Community Health and the Georgia State Office of Rural Health

Anticipated award amount: Up $800,000 per year per award
Project period: 1 year
Estimated number of awards: 4

A link to the application instructions is available on the program website.

Email completed applications to RFGA.DualRuralMedDen@dch.ga.gov.