RETRACTED: Limited Submission HRSA Rural Health Care Coordination Program

 

THE FOLLOWING CALL FROM THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RETRACTED DUE TO CHANGES IN INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY. UNC IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AS THE LEAD INSTITUTION.

Limited Submissions: Internal Call for Proposals

Health Resources & Services Administration

Rural Health Care Coordination Program

HRSA-20-030

UNC Internal deadline: 11:59PM, Friday, January 24, 2020

Contact the Limited Submissions Team with questions at Limited_Submissions@unc.edu.

 

UNC Internal Deadline: 11:59PM, Friday, January 24, 2020

Application Deadline: Thursday, March 12, 2020

No more than one application per organization will be funded.

To Apply

 

Submit the following (in ONE .pdf)  to the Office of Research Development limited submissions inbox Limited_Submissions@unc.edu by 11:59PM, Friday, January 24, 2020.

1. PI/Proposed team member’s CV/Biosketch (five-page maximum)
2. Project Summary (two-page maximum)
3. List of potential collaborators (internal and external to UNC)
4. Names of three internal (to UNC) experts who could speak knowledgeably about the candidate’s research and who could potentially serve on an internal review panel.
   • Please do not include the names of faculty named on the project, chairs, deans, directors, direct reports, or others who have a conflict of interest.
   • Please notify all potential internal reviewers before submitting the pre-proposal packet to ORD.

 

Program Overview

 

The purpose of this program is to support rural health consortiums/networks aiming to achieving the overall goals of improving access, delivery, and quality of care through the application of care coordination strategies in rural communities. In order to achieve the goal of the Care Coordination Program, applicants are required to coordinate the health care delivery services in rural communities through the following four focus areas.

 

Literature and previous award recipients have cited these key elements for a successful rural care coordination program:

1. Collaboration: Utilizing a collaborative approach to coordinate and deliver health care services through a consortium, in which member organizations actively engage in integrated, coordinated, patient-centered delivery of health care services.
2. Leadership and Workforce: Developing and strengthening a highly skilled care coordination workforce to respond to vulnerable populations’ unmet needs within the rural communities.
3. Improved Outcomes: Expanding access and improving care quality and delivery, and health outcomes through evidence-based model and/or promising practices tailored to meet the local populations’ needs.
4. Sustainability: Developing and strengthening care coordination program’s financial sustainability by establishing effective revenue sources such as expanded service reimbursement, resource sharing, and/or contributions from partners at the community, county, regional, and state levels.

• Successful award recipients of the Care Coordination Program will be able to demonstrate:
  • Enhanced integrated systems to collaborate and share data among member organizations
  • Effective care coordination workforce to meet needs within the rural communities
  • Improved access, delivery, and quality of services and overall patients’ health outcomes
  • Increased program financial sustainability.

Eligibility

 

Applicants must be:

• Located in a rural county or eligible rural census tract
• Rural public and nonprofit private entities including faith-based and community organizations
• In a consortium with at least two additional organizations. These two other organizations can be rural, urban, nonprofit or for-profit. The consortium must include at least three or more health care providers.
• Have not previously received an award for the same or similar project unless the applicant is proposing to expand the scope of the project or the area that will be served through the project.

 

HRSA Review Criteria

 

These criteria are the basis upon which the reviewers will evaluate and score the merit of the application. The entire proposal will be considered during objective review. Please visit the full solicitation for further information regarding the following criteria.

1. Need (25 points)
2. Response (25 points)
3. Evaluative Measures (5 points)
4. Impact (10 points)
5. Resources/Capabilities (25 points)
6. Support Requested (10 points)

Award Information

 

Anticipated Total Annual Available FY 2020 Funding: $2,500,000

Estimated Number and Type of Awards: Up to 10 grants

Estimated Award Amount: Up to $250,000 per year

Cost Sharing/Match Required: No

Period of Performance: September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023 (3 years)

Additional Information

 

To view the full solicitation please click on the link below.

Notice of Funding Opportunity

 

Contact the Limited Submissions Team with questions at Limited_Submissions@unc.edu.