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Texas Rural Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Grant
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Program
web site |
http://www.tdra.state.tx.us/index.php/Rural+Health
/Grant+Fact+Sheets/Rural+Emergency+Medical+Service
s+Enhancement+Grant
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| Sponsor |
Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs |
| Deadlines |
December 4, 2009 |
| Purpose |
Grants to support the development and improvement of rural EMS response, delivery, and service capacity.
Funding priority is given to Critical Access Hospitals that own and operate EMS and to EMS providers located in a frontier area of the State (see Attachment 5C, page 13). For this grant program, a frontier area is defined as an area with a population density of six or few people per square mile of land area. |
| Eligibility |
Eligible applicants must be located in a Texas non-metropolitan statistical area (non-MSA), as defined by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (see Attachment 5B, page 11) or if located in a MSA, must be in an
eligible census tract. To identify the Census tract where your facility/organization is located, visit the
webpage at http://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/default.htm and enter your address.
Each eligible entity may submit only one application for funding consideration under this program.
Eligible applicants include:
Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
Rural hospitals with fewer than 50 licensed beds
Rural EMS Providers Organizations (Paid or Volunteer)
Rural First Responders
Rural Fire Departments-Based EMS (Paid or Volunteer) |
Geographic
coverage |
Texas |
Amount of
funding |
A total of $30,000 is
available for this program for FY 2010. Grants will be awarded in an amount not exceeding $2,500 per
Grantee. |
Application
process |
The application may be downloaded from the Program web site at: http://www.tdra.state.tx.us/pdfs/EMS_ENHANCEMENT_GRANT_RE_2010A.pdf. |
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For more information contact:
Contact TDRA at 512-936-6701 or toll free at 800-544-2042 with questions regarding this program. Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. |
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