Are there grants available to rural communities that stress collaboration and networks?
The federal Office of Rural Health Policy offers three grants that foster networks and collaborations among rural providers. They are the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program, Rural Health Network Development Grant Program (RHND), and Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (RHNPGP). All of these federally funded programs require a minimum of three organizational partners to qualify for grants. These partners must be from different formal or informal spheres. In other words, a solely owned health system would not be considered a candidate if its proposed network was comprised of three (3) organizations within its system. In addition to these, local, state, and federal resources – both public and private should be researched. Each state has an office of rural health which should be contacted for additional information. Another good resource is The Foundation Center. At this site there are both member only and public resources that lead researchers to specifi
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