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Health Systems Development       Community-Based & Rural Health Program       Critical Access Hospitals       Rural Health Clinics

** Announcements of 2008 Community-based & Rural Health Program grant awards, scheduled for the month of October, have been delayed.  Please check back with us for updates on the new grant announcement date. 

The 2008 Community-based & Rural Health Program Grant guidelines and forms:

• 2008 Community-based and Rural Health Program Grant Application Guidlines [PDF] 
• 2008 CBRHP Required Forms A-E [Microsoft Word]  

** Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation from the July 9, 2008 Technical Assistance Workshop for the Community-based & Rural Health Program [PDF].

About the Community-based and Rural Health Program
Funds will be used to provide immediate financial assistance to rural and/or underserved areas throughout the state to maintain, enhance or expand access to community-based primary and preventive health care services.

Applicants to the Community-based Rural Health Program (CBRHP) should demonstrate the following principles in their proposals: service providers or communities utilize or conduct needs-assessments that indicate a gap in the proposed service(s); service providers can illustrate existing unmet needs for the proposed service(s) in the community; service providers or communities can demonstrate that provision of the proposed service(s) is needed and supported by the community; and demonstrates that they are working toward a medical home system of care. 

·         the development of new federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), FQHC Look-Alike clinics, expanded scope projects, service expansion projects and expanded medical capacity projects located in medically underserved areas or medically underserved populations, or 

·         enhancement of School-Based Health Centers, or

·         other projects that expand access to primary care services.

Projects that include establishing or expanding components of the medical home model system of care will be prioritized for CBRHP funding.   The Bureau recognizes and fully supports the movement toward a medical home model system of care.  There are many components of the medical home model system of care. Applicants must demonstrate that they will be using CBRHP funding to add or enhance one or more of the components of the medical home model of care.  This can include, but is not limited to

• Information system technology for interoperability, electronic health records, referral systems,  data collection relative to quality improvement and patient safety
• Implementation of services for managing chronic disease and/or care coordination
• Provision of pharmacological services/management (Addition of services i.e. mental health, dental, preventative care, etc.)

NOTE:  Projects That Are Designed For The Sole Purpose Of Planning Will Not Be Considered.

Eligible applicants include public or non-profit [a tax-exempt entity as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the IRC] health care provider organizations located in a rural area, a federally designated HPSA and/or an area identified in Act 162 from the 2002 First Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature. Applications from profit-making organizations will not be accepted.

For more information on the Community-based and Rural Health Program, contact Tracie Ingram at Tracie.Ingram@la.gov

Archive Materials
** 2007 CBRHP Grantwriting Workshop was held by the Bureau staff on June 22, 2007. Click here for workshop presentations and materials.