RFA-HS-24-005-Full-Announcement.html

This document is a Request for Application (RFA) for the National Evaluation Center (NEC) for AHRQ's Healthcare Extension Service: State-based Solutions to Healthcare Improvement (U19). The RFA invites applications to develop data, measures, and methods to assess the effectiveness of healthcare extension service models implemented by state cooperative recipients, and to conduct a multi-method rapid-cycle formative and summative program evaluation of the Healthcare Extension Service. The goal is to provide a detailed understanding of how the healthcare extension services vary across recipients, assess their reach, effectiveness, and equity, identify contextual factors associated with success, and document barriers and facilitators to service delivery. The NEC will be funded through a Cooperative Agreement under the AHRQ's Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes program (CFDA 93.226). The application due date is March 26, 2024, and the expected award date is September 30, 2024.