Important Dates and Deadlines

• June 21 - Extended Application Deadline for:
  • Care to Consumer: Telepods
  • Submit via the grant portal
• June 23 - Deadline to submit:
  • AHEAD Financial Assessment
  • Questions regarding the assessment or concerns about the deadline may be submitted to ahead@dch.ga.gov.
• July 15 - Application Deadline for:
  • Telehealth Enhancements
  • Workforce Retention Technology (Surgical Robots)
  • Submit via the grant portal

Other Rural Health Funding Opportunities

Active Rural Hospital Grants (Non-RHTP)

• June 30 – Activation Date for:
  • Eligible sites and facilities can activate their status to become a HRSA Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program Site    
  • Outpatient facilities located in a Health Professional Shortage Area may be eligible to receive assistance from HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce in recruiting and retaining qualified pediatric specialty professionals. 
  • After site activation, clinicians at the facility are eligible to apply for the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program.
• July 1 – Application Deadline for:
  • Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program
  • FORHP HRSA program
  • Sent to eligible hospitals May 7
  • HRSA Funding Opportunity for Eligible Rural Hospitals July 1 Deadline
• July 8 – Application Deadline for:
  • Rural Residency Planning and Development Program: Start-up funding to create new rural residency programs in qualifying medical specialties.
  • Up to 15 awards, each up to $750,000, to improve and expand access to healthcare in rural areas by developing new sustainable rural residency programs, including rural track programs.
  • HRSA technical assistance webinar. Resources and tools available in the RuralGME Portal (registration required).
• July 8 – Application Deadline for:
  • Rural Communities Opioid Response Program: Improve communities by expanding access to recovery services.
  • $60 million for up to 80 awards. Recipients can receive up to $750,000 per year over a four-year project period.
  • See the technical assistance webinar.
• July 8 – Application Deadline for:
  • Rural Communities Opioid Response Planning Program: Helps rural communities build the capacity to develop and sustain substance use disorder (SUD) services.
  • $4 million for up to 40 awards. Recipients can receive up to $100,000 per year over a two-year project period.
  • See the technical assistance webinar.
• July 9 – Sept. 4 - Applications Accepted for:
  •  Appalachian Region Healthcare Technical Assistance Center ARH-TAC Cohort 3 
  • GHA Today May 4
  • Only open to hospitals within a specified region
• Aug. 14 – Application Deadline for the next cohort of:
  • The Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project
  • Funded by FORHP and carried out by experts at the National Rural Health Resource Center

Questions? Contacts below:

• GHA questions: Keri Conley
• GREAT Health Program: greathealth@dch.ga.gov
• GREAT Health Grant Portal or grant compliance: GREATgrant@rsmus.com