Grant Programs Funded by
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Care Coordination Delta MCC Delta States Network Development Northern Border Outreach Quality Improvement RMOMS Workforce Training Network
FORHP Grant Programs
The Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC) provides tailored technical assistance support to Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)-funded grant program to increase access to care and address the unique health care challenges facing rural communities.
Care Coordination
This program is focused on improving care coordination in five primary focus areas to include heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, or maternal health.
Delta MCC
This program provides support to rural communities in the Delta States (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee) to improve and increase access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy.
Delta States
This program provides support to rural communities in the Delta States (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee) to implement preventive or clinical health services for chronic diseases.
Network Development
This program provides support to mature networks of rural health care providers and community health partners to integrate administrative, clinical, technological and financial functions to improve access and quality of health care in rural areas.
Northern Border
This program promotes the delivery of health care services to rural underserved populations in the rural Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) Region of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont.
Outreach
This program provides support to promote rural health care services outreach projects utilizing evidence-based or promising practice models in order to address community-specific health concerns.
Quality Improvement
This program provides support for the Rural Quality Program and is to support planning and implementation of quality improvement activities for rural primary care providers or providers of health care services, such as a critical access hospital or a rural health clinic, serving rural residents.
RMOMS
This program seeks to improve maternal care in rural communities by collecting data on rural hospital obstetric services, building networks to coordinate continuum of care, leveraging telehealth and specialty care, and improving financial sustainability.
Workforce Training Network
This program seeks to expand public health capacity by supporting health care job development, training and placement in rural and tribal communities.