Rural Health Value Program

The Rural Health Value Program is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The opportunity number is HRSA-27-045, and it is associated with Assistance Listing 93.692, Rural Health Delivery Information Systems. The program is categorized as a discretionary health funding opportunity. HRSA forecasts one award with estimated total program funding of 650000 dollars and an award ceiling of 650000 dollars. The Grants.gov forecast reports an award floor of zero; because a zero award floor is treated as missing under the applicable data-entry rules, no reliable minimum award amount is available from the provided source. The purpose of the Rural Health Value Program is to fund one recipient to provide analysis and technical assistance for rural stakeholders. This assistance is intended to help rural stakeholders understand and engage in the value-based care landscape specifically within the context of rural health care. The stated program goal is to strengthen the ability of rural providers to participate and succeed in current and emerging payment and delivery system models designed to provide value-based care. The source therefore establishes a focus on rural health, value-based care, analysis, and technical assistance. More detailed allowable and prohibited expenditures are not provided in the forecast. The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching. The forecast identifies a broad range of eligible applicants, including state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without federal 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, and other for-profit organizations. The source also describes the opportunity as unrestricted among the listed entity types, subject to the additional eligibility clarification. Only domestic organizations are eligible. For this opportunity, domestic organizations may be located in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Faith-based organizations are explicitly eligible. The forecast does not identify a narrower state, county, city, ZIP code, or rural service-area restriction for the applicant organization itself, although the program activities are focused on rural stakeholders and rural health care. The opportunity is currently forecasted rather than open for application submission. HRSA forecasts January 19, 2027 as the posting date and March 20, 2027 as the application due date. Electronically submitted applications are expected to be due no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the application due date. The provided source does not identify a letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide application questions, required attachments, evaluation criteria, registration instructions beyond the general Grants.gov context, or other detailed submission components. Those details may become available when the full opportunity is posted. HRSA estimates an award date of July 1, 2027 and a project start date of August 1, 2027. The forecast lists fiscal year 2027 and an archive date of April 19, 2027. No recurring annual, quarterly, biennial, or other repeating application cycle is stated, so recurrence cannot be established from the provided information. The identified grantor contact is Lawrencia Afagbedzi, who may be reached by email at lafagbedzi@hrsa.gov or by telephone at 301-443-3196. Because this is a forecast, dates, funding amounts, application requirements, and other details may be further specified or changed when HRSA posts the complete funding opportunity.

Align the proposed work closely with the stated purpose of providing analysis and technical assistance for rural stakeholders. Demonstrate how the work will help rural providers understand and engage in value-based care and support their participation and success in current and emerging payment and delivery system models.