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

Rural Health Network Development Planning Program

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In short: Health Resources and Services Administration expects to make 10 awards of up to $100,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.

Deadline: Opens Jan 23, 2027 · due about Mar 23, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
Award size: Up to $100K
Total available: $1M · about 10 awards
Match ?: Not required · Work out your budget and match
Who can apply: Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Larger business, Tribal government, State government, School district, Public college or university, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Private college or university, Small business, County government, City or town government, and others named in the official notice
Where: Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

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How this fits you

Available in Henry County (nationwide program)
No match required
Past Tennessee awards on file: 73, including your county

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About this grant

The Rural Health Network Development Planning Program supports the planning and development of rural integrated health care networks with specific focus on collaboration of entities to establish or improve local capacity and care coordination in underserved communities. Specifically, the program uses the concept of developing networks as a strategy for linking rural health care network participants together to achieve greater collective capacity to overcome local challenges, expand access and improve the quality of care in the rural communities these organizations serve. The program helps network participants work together on three legislative aims: • Achieve efficiencies. • Expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes. • Strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. The intent is that rural health networks will do the following: • Expand access to care. • Increase the use of health information technology. • Explore alternative health care delivery models. • Continue to achieve quality health care across the continuum of care.

Who can apply, from the official notice

All domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area, but must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, rural underserved populations.

Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/01a1f3ea-fac9-40f9-8414-6aa74edc8a21 · Printed from grantme.click/grants/738b1b4e-77dc-46f0-8d72-285ff554511e

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

38 awards to Tennessee groups in 14 counties since 2019 · 4 in Henry County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winner	Where	Amount	Fiscal year
East Tennessee State University	Johnson City, Washington County	$5.2M	2020
Tennessee Department of Health	Nashville, Davidson County	$3.6M	2019
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach	Memphis, Shelby County	$3.1M	2023
Meharry Medical College	Nashville, Davidson County	$3M	2023
Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro, Rutherford County	$2.9M	2023
Paris-Henry County Health Care Foundation, Inc.	Paris, Henry County	$2.9M	2020
Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital and Center, Inc.	Oak Ridge, Anderson County	$2M	2022
Hardin County Regional Health Center	Savannah, Hardin County	$2M	2022
Mountain States Health Alliance	Johnson City, Washington County	$2M	2019
University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Knox County	$2M	2019
Jackson State Community College	Jackson, Madison County	$1.7M	2022
State of Tennessee	Nashville	$1.5M spent that year	2025

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

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Health

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Health passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 35 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Henry County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winner	Where	Through	Amount	Fiscal year
Cedar Recovery of Middle Tennessee, LLC	Mount Juliet	Middle Tennessee State University	$2.4M	2023
Rural Health Association of Tennessee, Inc.	Decaturville, Decatur County	Tennessee Department of Health	$626K spent that year	2024
Methodist Lebonheur Healthcare	Memphis, Shelby County	Paris Henry County Healthcare Foundation	$549K spent that year	2023
Tennessee Hospital Association	Brentwood, Williamson County	Tennessee Department of Health	$351K	2023
Tennessee Hospital Association	Brentwood	Tennessee Department of Health	$335K	2024
Tennessee Hospital Association	Brentwood	Tennessee Department of Health	$335K	2025
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp	Memphis, Shelby County	Arcare	$200K	2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	University of Mississippi Medical Center	$186K	2023
Hardeman County Community Health Center, Inc.	Bolivar, Hardeman County	Lebonheur Community Health and Well Being	$158K spent that year	2025
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation	Memphis, Shelby County	Arcare	$155K spent that year	2024
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, Davidson County	University of Mississippi Medical Center	$145K spent that year	2025
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation	Memphis, Shelby County	Ar Care	$99K spent that year	2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Similar grants open or opening soon

From other funders, about the same kind of work in Henry County.

Centers of Excellence in Healthcare Quality and Safety · Centers for Disease Control - NCEZID · Opens Nov 5, 2026 · due about Jan 4, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
Rural Healthcare Access Modernization Program (RAMP) · TN Department of Health · No deadline listed: see the official notice
Tennessee Arts & Rural Health Initiative – FY27 · Tennessee Arts Commission · Due Oct 30, 2026 · 21 days left
Residency Incentive Program (rural/underserved service commitment) · Tennessee Center for Health Workforce Development (Tennessee Hospital Association) · Due about Dec 31, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder

About the federal program

Rural Healthcare Services Programs, also called “Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program, Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program, Rural Health Network Development Program”
Program number 93.912 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration · Project 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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