Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- USDA-RHS-ERHC-2021
- Agency
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Rural Housing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- $25,000 to $10,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- County Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) Grant Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service, provides up to $500 million in grant funding to eligible public bodies, non-profits, and Federally-recognized tribes. The program offers two tracks of funding - Track One, Recovery grants provide immediate relief to address the economic conditions arising from the COVID-19 emergency, while Track Two, Impact grants offer funding to advance ideas and solutions to solve regional health care problems and support long-term sustainability of rural health. Applications for Track One, Recovery grants must be submitted to the designated USDA Rural Development State Office, while Track Two, Impact grant applications must be submitted to the USDA Rural Development National Office. Both paper and electronic applications must be received by the Agency by the deadline of September 30, 2023.
The ERHC Grant Program offers a significant funding opportunity, with individual grant awards potentially ranging from $25,000 to $10 million. The program aims to support a wide range of rural health care infrastructure projects, including healthcare facility improvements, fire station upgrades, and community center renovations, across the United States, with a particular focus on economically challenged regions and disaster recovery efforts.
Synopsis
This program provides up to $500 million in grant funding to eligible public bodies, non-profits, and Federally-recognized tribes. Funds will be distributed between two tracks of funding to eligible applicants: Track One, Recovery grants offer support for rural health care services in the form of immediate relief to address the economic conditions arising from the COVID-19 emergency; and Track Two, Impact grants offer funding to advance ideas and solutions to solve regional health care problems to support long-term sustainability of rural health.
Application Submission: Track One, Recovery applications will be submitted to a processing office as designated by the USDA Rural Development State Office in the state where the applicant's project is located. Agency state office contact information is available at https://www.rd.usda.gov/about-rd/state-offices. Track Two, Impact applications will be submitted to a processing office as designated by the USDA Rural Development State Office in the state where the applicant is headquartered. For applicants with headquarters located in the District of Columbia, applications will be submitted to the USDA Rural Development National Office, ATTN: Jamie Davenport, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, STOP 0787, Washington, DC 20250. Both paper and electronic applications must be received by the Agency by the deadlines stated in the Notice of Funding Availability. The use of a courier and package tracking for paper applications is strongly encouraged.
For more information, please view the Notice of Funding Availability, available here: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-08-12/pdf/2021-17199.pdf.
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