Rural Health Network Development Program
Forecasted
This grant supports rural health care networks in expanding access, improving quality, and strengthening services through funding for either network advancement or early-stage network development.
Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Full application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Award ceiling: $500,000/year | Award floor: $300,000/year | ~23 awards | Total program funding: $9,000,000 (projected)
Summary: Supports integrated health care networks to improve access, coordination, and quality of care in rural communities through two funding tracts.
Key Information: This is a forecasted opportunity; dates and details may change when the official announcement is released.
Description
The Rural Health Network Development Program provides funding to support integrated health care networks that address the health care needs of targeted rural communities. Applicants can choose between two funding tracts:
- Network Advancement Tract: Supports networks of independent rural hospitals and clinics working collaboratively to overcome structural barriers, strengthen operations, preserve services, and develop new lines of care while maintaining local autonomy.
- Network Development Tract: Supports early-stage or nascent integrated rural health care networks to plan, develop, and implement operational or clinical service expansion activities.
Both tracts aim to expand access to care, improve care coordination and quality, strengthen health outcomes, increase efficiency, and foster a more robust rural health care system.
