Delta Health Systems Implementation Program

The purpose of the Delta Health Systems Implementation Program (DSIP) is to improve healthcare delivery in rural areas by implementing projects that will improve the financial sustainability of rural healthcare organizations and allow for increased access to care in rural communities. These projects focus on financial and operational improvement, quality improvement, telehealth, and workforce development in rural healthcare organizations in the rural counties and parishes of the Delta region. The Delta region includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. To view maps of the counties and parishes in each state that are in the Delta region, visit the Delta Regional Authority Service Area Map. To determine if a county or parish in the Delta region is rural, visit Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer . This program supports projects in rural healthcare organizations (as defined in Other Eligibility Criteria) in the Delta region that have received previous technical assistance (TA) through the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program (DRCHSD) or another similar TA program within the last five years. The DRCHSD Program provides intensive, multi-year TA to rural healthcare organizations located in the Delta region for free. DSIP is an extension of the DRCHSD Program and is designed to help rural healthcare organizations that previously received TA, from DRCHSD or another similar TA program, to implement projects based on the recommendations from their TA consultations.

You can apply if your organization is located in a rural county or parish in the Delta region and is one of the below eligible organization types. The Delta region is the region served by the Delta Regional Authority, which includes 252 counties and parishes located across eight states - Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. To view maps of the counties and parishes in each state that are in the Delta region, visit https://dra.gov/about-dra/map-room/. To determine if a county or parish in the Delta region is rural visit HRSA’s Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer at https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/rural-health. Types of eligible organizations These types of domestic* organizations may apply: •Public institutions of higher education •Private institutions of higher education •Non-profits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status •For-profit organizations, including small businesses •State, county, city, township, and special district governments, including the District of Columbia, domestic territories, and the freely associated states •Independent school districts •Native American tribal governments •Native American tribal organizations * “Domestic” means 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, or the Republic of Palau. Individuals are not eligible applicants under this NOFO.

Suzanne Snyder

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