Federal Office of Rural Health Policy resources
- Rural Health Grant Eligibility Analyzer
- If you provide health care in a rural area, you can apply for rural health grants
- Enter an address or choose a state and county to see if you’re eligible
- Resource Guide for New Applicants and Grantees (PDF - 315 KB)
- List of toolkits, guides, and websites
- Organized by topic area (for example, behavioral health, chronic disease, and health IT)
- Will help you carry out rural health projects
- Guide for Rural Health Care Collaboration and Coordination (2019) (PDF - 1 MB)
How rural stakeholders address their communities’ health needs:- Meeting population health goals
- Addressing social determinants of health
- Improving health outcomes
- Meeting Summary - HHS and HRSA Rural Summit (PDF - 314 KB)
- Rural health care stakeholders met in 2019
- Discussed challenges rural communities face in providing and accessing health care
- Explored ways HRSA and HHS could address challenges through programs and policies
External rural health resources
- Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub)
- Resources library, state guides, toolkits, program models, and more
- Get help by phone or email—all services are free
- Rural Community Health Gateway
- Helps you build community health programs and improve services
- Evidence-based toolkits include literature reviews
- Topics include care coordination, community health workers, obesity prevention
- Rural Health Research Gateway
- Free, searchable research library
- Access Rural Health Research Centers and Policy Analysis Initiatives we fund
Federal resources
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