OpportunityTitle: Rural Veterans Health Access Program
CategoryExplanation: https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=53babc47-a718-4552-b9bd-d683b947ebd7
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Only states (current Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program award recipients in states with certified critical access hospitals) are eligible to apply for funding under this notice.&#160; HRSA will accept only one application from each state. &#160;The Governor designates the eligible applicant from each state.
Description: This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Veterans Health Access Program (RVHAP). The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide funding to states to work with providers and other partners to improve access to needed health care services and to improve the coordination of care for veterans living in rural areas. Award recipients can implement a variety of strategies to improve the capacity of critical access hospitals (CAHs) and other rural health care organizations to provide services that meet the needs of veterans living in rural areas. Award recipients can also assist providers in making connections to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system to coordinate care for rural veterans using community health care providers as well as the VA system.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact Owmy Bouloute at (301)945-9675 or email OBouloute@hrsa.gov
GrantorContactText: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration&lt;br/&gt;OBouloute@hrsa.gov