Description
The Delta States Rural Development Network Program supports the planning, development, and implementation of integrated health care networks that collaborate to achieve efficiencies, expand access to basic health care services, and improve health outcomes in rural areas within the eight Mississippi Delta Region states. The program aims to strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations. The applicant organization must have demonstrated experience serving or capacity to serve populations in rural areas within the eight Mississippi Delta Region states. Key aspects of the program include:
• Achieving efficiencies through collaboration
• Expanding access to basic health care services
• Improving health outcomes in rural areas
• Strengthening the rural health care system
The program will provide funding for up to 12 awards, with an estimated total funding of $12,000,000. The award ceiling is $1,188,684, and the award floor is $905,664.