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Delta Health Systems Implementation Program

ID: HRSA-25-032 • Type: Posted

Description

The purpose of the Delta Health Systems Implementation Program (DSIP) is to improve healthcare delivery in rural areas by implementing projects that will improve the financial sustainability of rural healthcare organizations and allow for increased access to care in rural communities. These projects focus on financial and operational improvement, quality improvement, telehealth, and workforce development in rural healthcare organizations in the rural counties and parishes of the Delta region. The Delta region includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. To view maps of the counties and parishes in each state that are in the Delta region, visit the Delta Regional Authority Service Area Map. To determine if a county or parish in the Delta region is rural, visit Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer . This program supports projects in rural healthcare organizations (as defined in Other Eligibility Criteria) in the Delta region that have received previous technical assistance (TA) through the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program (DRCHSD) or another similar TA program within the last five years. The DRCHSD Program provides intensive, multi-year TA to rural healthcare organizations located in the Delta region for free. DSIP is an extension of the DRCHSD Program and is designed to help rural healthcare organizations that previously received TA, from DRCHSD or another similar TA program, to implement projects based on the recommendations from their TA consultations.
Background
The Delta Health Systems Implementation Program (DSIP) is initiated by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The program aims to enhance healthcare delivery in rural areas, particularly in the Delta region, which encompasses 252 counties and parishes across eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.

The primary goal is to improve the financial sustainability of rural healthcare organizations while increasing access to care through projects focused on financial and operational improvement, quality enhancement, telehealth expansion, and workforce development. DSIP serves as an extension of the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program (DRCHSD), supporting organizations that have previously received technical assistance within the last five years.

Grant Details
The DSIP supports projects aimed at improving healthcare delivery in rural areas by focusing on several key areas: financial and operational improvements; implementation of quality improvement initiatives; expansion of telehealth services; and workforce recruitment and retention initiatives.

Specific project activities may include developing new service lines, increasing inpatient and outpatient services, implementing revenue cycle best practices, reducing readmissions, improving transitions of care, expanding telehealth services while enhancing cybersecurity, and conducting recruitment initiatives for workforce development. Successful applications must propose a project based on previous technical assistance consultations in one or more of these focus areas.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, non-profits (with or without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations including small businesses, state and local governments including independent school districts and Native American tribal governments.

Applicants must be located in a rural county or parish within the Delta region and must have received prior technical assistance from DRCHSD or a similar program within the last five years. Individuals are not eligible to apply.

Period of Performance
The period of performance for funded projects will span from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027.

Grant Value
The total funding available for FY 2025 is $2 million with an expected number of awards being five grants. Each grant can provide up to $400,000.

Place of Performance
The grant will be performed in rural counties and parishes located within the Delta region.

Overview

Category of Funding
Health
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 12/20/24 Health Resources and Services Administration posted grant opportunity HRSA-25-032 for Delta Health Systems Implementation Program with funding of $2.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement. It is expected that 5 total grants will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
Dec. 20, 2024, 12:00 a.m. EST
Closing Date
March 20, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Due in 31 Days
Last Updated
Dec. 20, 2024, 9:21 a.m. EST
Version
1

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Independent school districts
County governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
State governments
Private institutions of higher education
Special district governments
City or township governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Info
You can apply if your organization is located in a rural county or parish in the Delta region and is one of the below eligible organization types. The Delta region is the region served by the Delta Regional Authority, which includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states - Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. To view maps of the counties and parishes in each state that are in the Delta region, visit https://dra.gov/about-dra/map-room/. To determine if a county or parish in the Delta region is rural visit HRSAs Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer at https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health. Types of eligible organizations These types of domestic* organizations may apply: Public institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status For-profit organizations, including small businesses State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states Independent school districts Native American tribal governments Native American tribal organizations * Domestic means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$400,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$2,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
5

Contacts

Contact
Health Resources and Services Administration
Contact Email
Email Description
Contact Suzanne Snyder at (301)443-0178 or email RuralHospitals@hrsa.gov
Contact Phone
(301) 443-7432

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