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Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)

Description
Coordinates activities related to rural healthcare within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Focuses on matters affecting rural hospitals and healthcare, coordinating activities within the department that relate to rural healthcare, and maintaining a national information clearinghouse.
Tagged as
Conducting Research, Needs Assessments, and Evaluations · Critical Access Hospitals · Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Frontier Areas · Healthcare Access · Healthcare Payment · Healthcare Quality · Opioid Crisis · Rural Health Clinics · Rural Health Policy

Funding & Opportunities (57)

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Resources (185)

  • 2023 Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Investments Preview, 03/2023, view details
  • 2024 FORHP Preview Webinar, 04/2024, view details
  • Challenges for Improving Health Care Access in Rural America: A Compendium of Research and Policy Analysis Studies of Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Centers 2009-2010, 2010, view details
  • Community-Based Needs Assessment: Assisting Communities in Building a Stronger EMS System, 2007, view details
  • Critical Access Hospital Network (CAHN): Eastern Washington Critical Access Hospital Network's Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Program, Washington, 2019, view details
  • Critical Access Hospital Replacement Process: The Roadmap, 10/2010, view details
  • Defining Rural Population, view details
  • Delta States Initiative Report, 05/2004, view details
  • Delta States Rural Development Network Program 2023 Grantee Directory, 01/2024, view details
  • Determining Rural Communities: Current Changes and Updated Federal Program Eligibility, 03/2021, view details
  • Directory: Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program 2016-2019, 2016, view details
  • Directory: Rural Health Outreach Grant Program, 2018-2021, 01/2020, view details
  • Distance Education in EMS: A Literature Review and Rural/Urban Comparison, 2007, view details
  • Evaluation of a Patient Assistance Program Pilot Project at Health Clinics in the Appalachian Region During Fiscal Year 2007 & 2008, 06/2010, view details
  • Evaluation of the Frontier Community Health Care Coordination Network Grant, 09/2015, view details
  • Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Data Files, view details
  • Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Grantee Stories, 11/2022, view details
  • Financing Capital Investments in Rural Health Care: A Resource Overview, 01/2014, view details
  • Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Investments: Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2016 Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program Hospitals, 09/2017, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Alabama Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Alaska Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Arizona Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Arkansas Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – California Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Colorado Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Connecticut Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Delaware Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Florida Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Georgia Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Hawaii Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Idaho Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Illinois Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Indiana Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Iowa Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Kansas Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Kentucky Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Louisiana Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Maine Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Maryland Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Massachusetts Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Michigan Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Minnesota Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Mississippi Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Missouri Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Montana Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Nebraska Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Nevada Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – New Hampshire Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – New Jersey Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – New Mexico Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – New York Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – North Carolina Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – North Dakota Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Ohio Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Oklahoma Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Oregon Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Pennsylvania Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Puerto Rico Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Republic of Marshall Islands Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Rhode Island Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – South Carolina Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – South Dakota Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Tennessee Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Texas Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Utah Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Vermont Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Virginia Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Washington Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – West Virginia Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Wisconsin Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Wyoming Fact Sheet, 11/2024, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program 2010-2013, 2011, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Delta States Rural Development Network Program, 2020, 02/2021, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Program, 2015-2018, 2015, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Care Coordination Program, 2020, 01/2021, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program, 2015-2018, 2015, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program, FY 2012-2015, 2012, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Network Development Grant Program: 2017-2020, 02/2018, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, 2019, 2019, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, 2020, 01/2021, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program, 2020, 01/2021, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Northern Border Region Planning Program, 2021-2023, 12/2021, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Outreach Benefits Counseling Grant Program, 2015-2018, 2016, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Rural Tribal COVID-19 Response Program, 2020, 03/2021, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program, 2013-2016, 12/2014, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program, 2019-2022, 03/2020, view details
  • Grantee Directory: Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program, 2016-2019, 2017, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Network Development Grant Program, 2014-2017, 08/2018, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, 2020, 07/2021, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, 2021, 07/2022, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Network Planning Development Program, 2019, 06/2020, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Opioid Program, 2017-2020, 03/2022, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Health Opioid Program, 2018-2021, 03/2022, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program, 2020-2021, 09/2021, view details
  • Grantee Sourcebook: Rural Northern Border Region Planning Program, 2021-2023, 12/2023, view details
  • Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking in Rural Communities, 11/2022, view details
  • A History of the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program, 2004, view details
  • HPSA 101 Webinar, 02/2021, view details
  • HRSA Programs Serve Rural Communities, 11/2020, view details
  • Impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 on Rural Hospitals, 08/2000, view details
  • Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Activities in Critical Access Hospitals, 11/2020, view details
  • Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Critical Access Hospitals: Strategies and Success Stories, 11/2019, view details
  • Improving the Operational Definition of "Rural Areas" For Federal Programs, 1993, view details
  • List of Rural Counties and Designated Eligible Census Tracts in Metropolitan Counties, 09/2021, view details
  • Mental Health and Rural America: 1994-2005, 2006, view details
  • Modeling the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Conditions of Participation and Reimbursement Methodologies, 2004, view details
  • National Rural Health Day HHS Leadership Panel, 11/2022, view details
  • The Network Sourcebook, Volume 1: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1997-2000, 05/2001, view details
  • The Office of Rural Health Policy Celebrates 20 Years: A Look Back at the History of the Office and Its Continued Mission to Improve Health Care in Rural America, 2007, view details
  • Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Guide to Health Professions Funding, 05/2012, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 10: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 2000 to 2003, 07/2004, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 11: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 2001 to 2004, 07/2005, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 12: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 2002 to 2005, 06/2006, view details
  • Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 13: Rural Health Demonstration Project, 2005-2008, 11/2008, view details
  • Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 14: Rural Health Demonstration Project, 2006-2009, 04/2010, view details
  • Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 15: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, 2007-2010, 11/2010, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook - Volume 4: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1994 to 1997, 09/1998, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 5: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1995 to 1998, 01/2000, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 6: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1996 to 1999, 04/2000, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 7: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1997-2000, 03/2001, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 8: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1998 to 2001, 03/2002, view details
  • The Outreach Sourcebook, Volume 9: Rural Health Demonstration Projects, 1999 to 2002, 04/2003, view details
  • Public Health and Information Technology at the United States-Mexico Border: Examples Show Potential, 02/2007, view details
  • Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural & Frontier Emergency Medical Services in the U.S. Health System, 2007, view details
  • Rapid Review of Rural Health Research: Resources for the Five Leading Causes of Death, 01/2018, view details
  • RCORP - Behavioral Healthcare Support Grantee Directory: 2022 Cohort, 03/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Grantee Directory: 2023 Cohort, 10/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Implementation IV Grantee Directory: 2022 Cohort, 03/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Medication Assisted Treatment Access Grantee Directory: 2022 Cohort, 03/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Medication Assisted Treatment Access II Grantee Directory: 2023 Cohort, 10/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome II Grantee Directory: 2023 Cohort, 10/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Overdose Response Grantee Directory: 2023 Cohort, 10/2023, view details
  • RCORP - Psychostimulant Support II Grantee Directory: 2022 Cohort, 03/2023, view details
  • RHC - Becoming a Primary Care Medical Home, 08/2019, view details
  • Rural Ambulance Crash: Literature Review, 2007, view details
  • Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future: A Service Chief's Guide to Creating Community Support of Excellence in EMS, 2007, view details
  • Rural and Frontier EMS Town Hall Meeting Summary, 2007, view details
  • Rural Communities and Emergency Preparedness, 04/2002, view details
  • Rural EMS Managers Awareness Program, 2007, view details
  • Rural Health Care Coordination Program Directory, 2023-2027, 12/2023, view details
  • Rural Health Care Coordination Sourcebook, 2020-2023, 09/2023, view details
  • Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program: Directory, 2021-2025, 03/2022, view details
  • Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer, view details
  • Rural Health Grants: State Fact Sheets, view details
  • Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program Directory, 2013, view details
  • Rural Health IT Workforce Program Sourcebook, 09/2016, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Grantee Directory, FY 2001, 2001, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Grantee Directory, FY 2002, 2002, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Grantee Directory, FY 2008, 08/2008, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Grantee Directory, FY 2009, 05/2009, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Grantees by State, 2003, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Planning Program: 2022 Grantee Directory, 12/2022, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Planning Program: 2023 Grantee Directory, 05/2024, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Planning Program: Sourcebook, 10/2023, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Program Directory, 2023-2027, 11/2023, view details
  • Rural Health Network Development Program: Grantee Directory, 2020-2023, 06/2021, view details
  • Rural Health Outreach Grantee Directory, FY 2006, 2006, view details
  • Rural Health Outreach Grantee Directory, FY 2007, 2007, view details
  • Rural Health Outreach Grantee Directory, FY 2009, 2009, view details
  • Rural Health Research Gateway, view details
  • Rural Health Research In Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program, 7th Edition, 03/2003, view details
  • Rural Health Research in Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program, 8th Edition, 02/2004, view details
  • Rural Health Workforce Development Program Grantee Directory, FY 2010-2013, 2011, view details
  • Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program, 09/2023, view details
  • Rural Mental Health in the WICHE West: Meeting Workforce Demands through Regional Partnership, 03/2005, view details
  • Rural Network Development Grantees for Fiscal Year 2004, 2004, view details
  • Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program: 2022 Grantee Directory, 12/2022, view details
  • Rural SUD Info Center, view details
  • Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program, 2022–2026 Grantee Directory, 01/2023, view details
  • Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program Sourcebook, 2019-2022, 07/2022, view details
  • Small Healthcare Provider Quality Improvement: Sourcebook, 2016-2019, 02/2020, view details
  • Source Book: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program, 2009-2012, 2012, view details
  • Source Book: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program, 2012-2015, 2015, view details
  • Source Book: Rural Health Network Development Grant Program, 2011-2014, 2014, view details
  • Source Book: Rural Health Workforce Development Grant Program, 2010-2013, 2013, view details
  • Sourcebook: Delta States Rural Development Network Program, 2016-2020, 03/2021, view details
  • Sourcebook: Delta States Rural Development Network Program, 2020-2023, 08/2023, view details
  • Sourcebook: Rural Health Care Coordination Network Partnership Grant Recipients, 2015-2018, 12/2018, view details
  • Sourcebook: Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, 2018-2021, 07/2021, view details
  • Sourcebook: Rural Health Network Development Program, 2020-2023, 07/2023, view details
  • Sourcebook: Rural Health Outreach Grant Program, 2015-2018, 07/2018, view details
  • Starting a Rural Health Clinic: A How-To Manual, 04/2004, view details
  • Training Community Health Workers: Using Technology and Distance Education, 04/2006, view details
  • Williamson Health and Wellness Center (WHWC): Community Health Worker Care Coordination Program, West Virginia, 2019, view details