ClosedOpportunity HRSA-22-157

Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program

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

At a glance

Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was June 8, 2022. Individual awards are listed as up to $500K, with about 1 award expected and $500K in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts and 6 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.912 (Rural Healthcare Services Programs).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

May 3, 2022Posted
Jun 8, 2022Application deadline

Posted: May 3, 2022
Close date: Jun 8, 2022
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $500,000
Est. total funding: $500,000
Expected awards: 1
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
Native American tribal organizations
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Private colleges & universities
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit entities and for-profit entities. Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply. In addition to organizations in the 50 U.S. states, only organizations in the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated State of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau may apply. If you are located outside the 50 states, you must still meet the eligibility requirements.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program (RPHWTN-TAP).
The purpose of this cooperative agreement1 is to support a single organization that will provide technical assistance (TA) to rural health care networks in order to strengthen their ability to expand public health capacity by supporting health care job development, training and placement in rural and tribal communities.
The goals of RPHWTN-TAP are to:
1. Provide technical assistance to Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) program award recipients and other rural stakeholders seeking guidance on how to expand clinical and operational workforce capacity in four specific workforce training tracks within their rural health care networks.
2. Identify and/or develop, promote, and maintain tools and resources that can be widely adopted to support rural health care networks’ ability to expand public health capacity by supporting health care job development, training and placement in rural and tribal communities.
3. Facilitate relationships between rural health care networks and relevant stakeholders at the local, state, regional, and national level to promote the exchange of information and promising practices that increase training and certification programs in specified workforce training tracks.
4. Identify and strengthen rural health care networks capacity to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to emerging clinical and operational workforce challenges related to COVID-19 and long COVID.2
5. Provide technical assistance that supports rural health care networks in their efforts to connect academia with health care service delivery to address growing rural health workforce disparities.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

HRSA-22-157 Notice of Funding OpportunityFull Announcement · FINAL_FORHP HRSA-22-157 (UP6) RPHWTN-TAP NOFO.pdfPDF · 430 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.912Rural Healthcare Services ProgramsProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.912

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$48M

FY25

$48.8M

FY26

$48.8M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.912. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 93.912

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 1,565 grant awards had funding actions under Rural Healthcare Services Programs, with 375 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

RURAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER$20.1M
JBS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$19.4M
CUSTOMER VALUE PARTNERS, LLC$10M
MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$5.45M
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$5.07M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Health Resources and Services Administration
aaigbe@hrsa.gov
301-443-7432

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Private colleges & universities and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $500k, total estimated program funding is $500,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.

How do I apply for “Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Technical Assistance Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HRSA-22-157), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.912