State Offices of Rural Health Coordination and Development Program (SORHCDP)

For programmatic or technical questions:
Victoria Leach
301.945.3988
VLeach@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Kimberly Dews
301.443.0655
KDews@hrsa.gov

The State Offices of Rural Health Coordination and Development Program (SORHCDP) awards funding for one organization to provide leadership development and technical assistance opportunities to State Offices of Rural Health and their partners, with the goal of better coordinating and improving rural health services.

The grantee must focus on:

• Providing leadership development at national, regional, state, and local levels to increase the impact of SORH
• Facilitating partnerships and collaboration at the national, regional, state, and local levels to improve the exchange of information and best practices that support rural health
• Assisting in the coordination of rural healthcare through education on policy and emerging health issues
• Providing capacity development for SORH core functions to improve SORH efficiency

Eligible applicants include:

• Public, private, and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community-based organizations
• State governments and their agencies (such as universities, colleges, research institutions, hospitals, state and local governments or their bona fide agents)
• Federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Indian tribes, and Indian tribal organizations

Award ceiling: $750,000 annually
Number of awards: 1
Project period: 5 years

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

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