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Grants & Programs

As part of HRSA, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) organizes health care-related activities in rural areas.

FORHP administers local and state grants to enhance rural healthcare and offer community-based programs promoting networks, EMS improvements, and AED training.

How do you help grantees?

How do you support rural communities?

We study how policy affects rural communities. 

We advise the HHS Secretary on health-related issues in these communities, such as:

  • How Medicare and Medicaid affect access to care
  • The condition of rural hospitals
  • How available physicians and other health professionals are

How do you enhance health care in rural communities?

We design our grants and programs to build health-care capacity at the local and state levels.

Our grants provide funds to:

  • 50 State Offices of Rural Health
  • Rural hospitals through the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant (Flex)

Our community-based programs:

  • Help strengthen rural health care networks
  • Help improve emergency medical services
  • Give training on how to use automatic external defibrillators

We also manage the Black Lung Clinics grant program and the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education grant program.

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