Delta Health Care Services Grant Program

To provide financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and other individuals and organizations in t

This program provides funds that must be used for the development of health care services, health education programs, health care job training programs, and/or for the development an expansion of public health-related facilities in the Delta Region. Ultimate beneficiaries must be in rural areas of the Delta Region. All available funds are discretionary funds and must be awarded through a national competition.

Eligible applicants are consortiums of the following: regional institutions of higher education, academic health and research institutes, and/or economic development entities located within the Delta Region. Applicants are not eligible if they have been debarred or suspended or otherwise excluded from participation in Federal assistance programs under Executive Order 12549, "Debarment and Suspension." Applicants are not eligible if they have an outstanding judgement obtained by the U.S. in a Federal Court (other than U.S. Tax Court), are delinquent on the payment of Federal income taxes, or are delinquent on a Federal debt. Any corporation that has been convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the past 24 months or that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, is not eligible for funding.

Ultimate beneficiaries must be located in rural areas in the Delta Region.

Funds must be used to for the development of health care services, health education programs, health care job training programs, and/or for the development an expansion of public health-related facilities in the Delta Region.

Availability of assistance varies each year. The Period of Performance is 1-2 years.

An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.

Applicants must follow the procedures described in an annual Federal Register notice.

Applications are evaluated based on 2 criteria: Rurality of the Project and Communities Served and Community Needs and Benefits Derived from the Project. Applicants should review the annual Federal Register notice for details on how these criteria will be scored.

Applications are evaluated for eligibility for the program. Eligible applications are reviewed by the Agency and ranked according to published evaluation criteria. Applications are funded in rank order until available funds have been expended.

Applicants may appeal adverse decisions in accordance with 7 CFR Part 11. The Agency provides instructions on how to appeal with each adverse decision.