National Forum for State and Territorial Chief Executives

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services funds cooperative agreements under CFDA 93.528, the National Forum for State and Territorial Chief Executives program, with the most recent posted solicitation (HRSA-15-040) due on October 24, 2014.

The National Forum operates as a cooperative agreement mechanism that brings together state and territorial chief executives to develop and implement health policy strategies and best practices. The program facilitates collaboration among governors and state decision-makers on workforce development, health care delivery system strengthening, and access to care for underserved and vulnerable populations. Funded activities include coordinating multi-state initiatives on health workforce issues, integrating public health and primary care delivery systems, and disseminating lessons learned across jurisdictions in the post-Affordable Care Act environment.

The program is exclusively structured as Cooperative Agreements. Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit, bipartisan or nonpartisan national organizations that represent governors and their staff across the fifty states, the Commonwealths of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico, the U.S. flag territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This narrow eligibility restricts the recipient pool to a small number of established national organizations serving governor-level constituencies.

The source provides no grant award portfolio data, recent award examples, or current funding volumes. The most recent solicitation on file is HRSA-15-040 (posted August 2014, due October 2014), which is substantially stale relative to the present date. No evidence of recent grant opportunities or awards is present in the source material. The program's current activity status, award cadence, and available funding envelope cannot be determined from the information provided. Business development professionals should verify current solicitation status and funding availability directly with HRSA before committing pursuit resources.