SORH New Director Meeting
Community-Based Division (CBD) Update
September 12th, 2013
Nisha Patel, Director, CBD
Kathryn Umali, Deputy Director & Outreach Program
Coordinator, CBD
Community-Based Division (CBD)
11 grant programs & 14 staff
2 primary categories:
http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/about/community/index.html
Infrastructure development/capacity building
Health care services delivery
Funding:
Primarily demonstration programs
Funding goes directly to rural communities
All programs are 3-years with the exception of 1
CBD Priorities
Programs under Section 330a of Public Health
Service Act:
Rural Health Outreach
Rural Network Development
Rural Network Planning
Quality Improvement
Rural Workforce Development
Rural HIT
Rural HIT/Workforce
Delta States Program
Black Lung & Radiation Exposure Screening
Education
Rural Access Emergency Devices (RAED)
2013 Focus:
Identify Evidence-based/Best Practice Models
Push for Sustainability
Measure Performance
State Office of Rural Health Role
SORH language under Section 330a PHS Act:
“To be eligible to receive a grant, an eligible entity, in
consultation with the appropriate SORH or another State entity,
shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application…”
SORH language in 330a program funding opportunity
announcements (FOA):
Applicants are required to notify the State Office of Rural Health
(SORH) of their intent to apply to this program.
Applicants must include a copy of the letter or email sent to the
SORH, and any response to the letter that has been received,
that was submitted to the SORH describing their project
Outreach & Education on Programs
Technical Assistance Workshops via webinar
Sharing Information with regional liaisons
Sharing information with SORHs
Upcoming
funding opportunity announcements
List of new grantees
NOSORH Webinars
Presentations
on upcoming funding opportunity
Presentations on programmatic changes
Presentation on SORH role and involvement
Questions or Comments?
Nisha Patel, npatel@hrsa.gov or 301-443-6894
Outreach Program: Kathryn Umali, kumali@hrsa.gov, 301-443-7444
Network Development Program: Leticia Manning, lmanning@hrsa.gov
Network Development Planning Program: Linda Kwon, lkwon@hrsa.gov
Delta States Program: Valerie Darden, vdarden@hrsa.gov
HIT/Workforce: Janice Mompoint, jmompoint@hrsa.gov
Quality Program: Ann Ferrero, aferrero@hrsa.gov
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