The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for improving health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.
HRSA programs help those in need of high quality primary health care, people living with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women, and mothers. HRSA also supports the training of health professionals, the distribution of providers to areas where they are needed most and improvements in health care delivery.
HRSA oversees organ, bone marrow and cord blood donation. It compensates individuals harmed by vaccination, and maintains databases that protect against health care malpractice, waste, fraud and abuse.
Since 1943 the agencies that were HRSA precursors have worked to improve the health of needy people. HRSA was created in 1982, when the Health Resources Administration and the Health Services Administration were merged.
Here is news of application deadlines for their Rural Health programs.
- Rural Residency Planning and Development Program – Apply by March 25
- Rural Health and Economic Development Analysis – Apply by March 27
- Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program – Apply by March 29
- Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program – Emergency Medical Services Supplement – Apply by April 5
- Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program – Apply by April 22
- Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Evaluation – Apply by May 6
- Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation – Apply by May 6