Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services

Appalachian Region Healthcare Support Program

Opening soon

In short: Health Resources and Services Administration expects to make 1 award of up to $2.5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.

Deadline: Opens Jan 26, 2027 · due about Mar 27, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
Award size: Up to $2.5M
Total available: $2.5M · about 1 award
Match ?: Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply: County government, City or town government, Public college or university, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Nonprofit without 501(c)(3), Larger business, Small business, Tribal organization, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), State government, Tribal government, Private college or university, and others named in the official notice
Where: Check the official notice for location limits

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How this fits you

Regional program. Check that your county is in its area
No match required
Past Tennessee awards on file: 1

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About this grant

The Appalachian Region Healthcare Support Program provides technical assistance (TA) to help rural healthcare organizations, including critical access hospitals (CAHs), small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other healthcare organizations located in the rural counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) with planning and implementing health care service improvements. The goal of this program is to strengthen healthcare delivery in rural areas of the Appalachian Region by improving financial and operational performance as well as the quality of care in rural healthcare organizations.

Who can apply, from the official notice

Successful applications must target rural healthcare organizations located in the Appalachian region. For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, a "rural healthcare organization" is a healthcare organization located in a rural county in the Appalachian region. "Healthcare organizations" include: critical access hospitals (CAHs), small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other healthcare organizations.

Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/a1c13a53-9048-45ed-a6c1-1685675f08f1 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/4ed91502-9c10-4771-b97c-87c4584b4139

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

1 award to Tennessee groups in 1 county since 2026. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winner	Where	Amount	Fiscal year
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach	Memphis, Shelby County	$962K	2026

Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

About the federal program

Rural Health Limited Geographic Areas: Delta, Appalachian Region, and Northern Border Region
Program number 93.619 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant

How applications are judged

Criteria are based on the need of the project, innovation, realistic and measurable goals and objectives, clearly defined roles of each network member, strength of applicant's management plan, community involvement, level of local commitment, costs, and program evaluation plan. Specific criteria will be included in the guidance for each program.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

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