| Funding Opportunity ID: | 333704 |
| Opportunity Number: | RDBCP-DHCS-2021 |
| Opportunity Title: | Delta Healthcare Services Grant |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | The Delta Health Care Services Grant program provides financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region. Grants are awarded to promote cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions and other entities in the Delta Region. |
| CFDA Number(s): | 10.874 |
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are a consortium/group of three or more entities that are; Regional Institutions of Higher Education, Academic Health and Research Institutes, and/or Economic Development Entities, as defined in this Notice. The consortium must be located in the Delta Region and must have at least one year of prior experience in addressing the health care needs or the Delta Region. At least one of the consortium members must be legally organized as an incorporated organization or other legal entity and have legal authority to contract with the Federal Government. |
| Agency Code: | USDA-rbcs |
| Agency Name: | Department of Agriculture
Business and Cooperative Programs |
| Posted Date: | May 20, 2021 |
| Close Date: | Jul 19, 2021 Completed applications for grants must be submitted electronically by no later than 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time July 19, 2021. Late applications will not be accepted. |
| Last Updated Date: | May 20, 2021 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $50,000 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $3,000,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Description: | The Rural Business-Cooperative Service announces the availability of $3,000,000 in competitive grant funds for the FY 2020 Delta Health Care Services Grant (DHCS) Program as authorized under Section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008u), as amended by the Agricultural Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334). The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region, through cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions and economic development entities in the Delta Region. |
| Version: | 5 |
