Project Grant UK955215
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) was awarded a $300,000 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant (CFDA 93.912) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The four-year project, starting on August 1, 2025, aims to address critical maternal and infant health disparities in Alabama's rural communities. Key objectives include establishing the Rural Maternal Disparities Consortium (RMDC) to foster collaborative,...
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) was awarded a $775,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Telehealth Programs (CFDA 93.211) on September 1, 2025. The grant will fund the Telehealth Outreach and Policy for Rural and Underserved Populations (TOP-UP) Rapid Response Center, which will conduct rigorous, policy-relevant data analyses on long-term trends, disparities, access, flexibilities, and uptake of...
- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $999,951 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The grant, titled "Helping Expand Access to Rural Maternal Care Transformation for Moms (HEART MOMS)", aims to reduce maternal...
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) was awarded a $366,769 Project Grant under the Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The grant will establish a national Center of Excellence that recruits and trains graduate and post-graduate students in maternal and child health (MCH) public health. Key objectives include: Providing didactic and experiential training in MCH public health leading to graduate-level...
- The University of Alabama Hospital was awarded a $749,999 project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) to develop an 18-person Family Medicine Residency Program (FMRP) in partnership with Marshall Medical Centers and Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children. The project aims to increase the physician workforce and improve healthcare access in the rural counties of Marshall, DeKalb, and Etowah in Alabama. The...
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912), awarded a $300,000 project grant to Wellstar Health System, Inc., a non-profit healthcare provider in Georgia. The grant, effective from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2029, will fund Wellstar's Rural Healthcare Access Partnership Program (RHAP). The RHAP project aims to address maternal and...
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) was awarded a $1.9 million cooperative agreement by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to lead the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model Community Transformation Track in Alabama. Under this award, UAB will guide participating rural hospitals in care transformation activities to improve financial stability and access to care for approximately 1.1 million residents living...
- The University of South Alabama, as part of a graduate medical education (GME) consortium, was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant will fund the establishment of a new Rural Track Program (RTP) to train family medicine residents with advanced obstetrical training in the rural counties of Clarke, Washington, and Monroe in...
- This $750,000 Rural Residency Planning and Development Program award, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under CFDA 93.155 Rural Health Research Centers, supports the Cahaba Medical Care Foundation in Centreville, Alabama to expand its family medicine residency program. The funding will enable the organization, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), to add a new rural training site and increase the number of family medicine residents from 4 to 12 over a 4-year...
- This federal Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The award will fund the "AR DELTA HOPE (HELPING OBTAIN PERINATAL EQUITY)" project, which aims to expand the delivery of healthcare services to improve perinatal and...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) was awarded a $1,000,000 federal Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The grant aims to enhance healthcare delivery, access, and quality in rural areas of Alabama, which has consistently ranked among the worst for infant and maternal health in the U.S. Key objectives include establishing and sustaining a rural maternal network, expanding access to comprehensive maternity and obstetrics services, reducing maternal and infant mortality, strengthening system-level coordination and data sharing, building a maternal health workforce, and ensuring long-term financial and operational sustainability of maternal services and training. Strategies involve mobile and telehealth services, increasing the number and reach of certified nurse midwives, and promoting interprofessional training and collaboration between rural healthcare providers. The project period runs from September 30, 2025 to September 29, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $1.0m | 8/28/25 |