OpportunityTitle: Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) Grant Program
CategoryExplanation: American Rescue Plan Act, 2021
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: An eligible applicant must be a public body, nonprofit corporation, or Federally-recognized tribe.To be eligible for grant funds under this Notice, the eligible facility or project to be financed must be located in a rural area as defined in section 343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)) and must primarily serve rural residents.  The terms &#8220;rural&#8221; and &#8220;rural area&#8221; mean any area other than a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants.
Description: 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&#8217;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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Special Projects Coordinator / Program Contact
GrantorContactText: Jamie Davenport &lt;br/&gt;Grantor
CloseDateExplanation: Applications for the ERHC Grant Program must be submitted to the applicable USDA Rural Development Office.  Track One, Recovery applications will be accepted on a continual basis, beginning on the publication date of this Notice, until funds are exhausted.  The applicable USDA Rural Development State Office will conduct an initial review, rating, and selection of complete applications received by 4:00 p.m. local time on October 12, 2021.  Subsequent application reviews, rankings, and selections will occur in additional rounds for all complete applications until all remaining funds are utilized.  Track Two, Impact applications must be received by the applicable USDA Rural Development Office by 4:00 p.m. local time on October 12, 2021.  Track Two, Impact applications received after October 12, 2021 will not be considered.