Substance Abuse Treatment Telehealth Network Grant Program

 
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    CFDA#

    93.211     		 

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

    Summary

    The purpose of the Substance Abuse Treatment Telehealth Network Grant Program (SAT-TNGP) is to demonstrate how telehealth programs and networks can improve access to health care services, particularly substance abuse treatment services, in rural, frontier, and underserved communities.
     
    Funding Priorities: The Substance Abuse Treatment Telehealth Network Grant Program has one funding priority: High Rate of Unemployment and Percent of Persons in Poverty (5 points)
    • Applicants will be granted a funding priority of 5 points if the proposed network includes two or more small hospitals located in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia. According to data from HRSA's Area Health Resource File, these states have both the highest rates of unemployment and the highest percentage of persons living in poverty
    Funding Preferences: Funding preference will be granted to any qualified applicant that specifically requests and demonstrates that they meet at least one of the following requirements:
    • ORGANIZATION – the eligible entity is a rural community-based organization or another community based organization.
    • SERVICES – the eligible entity proposed to use Federal funds made available through such a grant to develop plans for, or to establish, telehealth networks that provide mental health, public health, long-term care, home care, preventive, or care management services or prenatal care for high-risk pregnancies.
    • COORDINATION – the eligible entity demonstrates how the project to be carried out under the grant will be coordinated with other relevant federally funded projects in the areas, communities, and populations to be served through the grant.
    • NETWORK – the eligible entity demonstrates that the project involves a telehealth network that includes an entity that –
      • Provides clinical health care services, or educational services for health care providers and for patients or their families; and
      • Is –
        • A public library;
        • An institution of higher education; or
        • A local government entity.
    • CONNECTIVITY – the eligible entity proposes a project that promotes local connectivity within areas, communities, and populations to be served through the project.
    • INTEGRATION – the eligible entity demonstrates that clinical health care information has been integrated into the project.
     

    History of Funding

    None is available.

    Additional Information

    Important: Applicants should have a successful track record in implementing telehealth technology and have a network of partners in place and committed to the project as of the date of application. Signed Memoranda of Agreements (MOAs) from those network partners committed to the proposed project must be included in the application. Applicants failing to submit verifiable information with respect to the commitment of network partners, including specific roles, responsibilities, and clinical services to be provided, will not be funded.

    The proposed network must include at least two of the following entities (at least one of which shall be a community-based health care provider):
    • Small hospital (defined as less than 50 available beds, as reported on the hospital's most recently filed Medicare Cost Report)
    • Community or migrant health centers or other federally qualified health centers
    • Health care providers, including pharmacists, in private practice
    • Entities operating clinics, including rural health clinics
    • Local health departments
    • Nonprofit hospitals, including community access hospitals
    • Other publicly funded health or human/social service agencies
    • Long-term care providers
    • Providers of health care services in the home
    • Providers of outpatient mental health services and entities operating outpatient mental health facilities
    • Local or regional emergency care providers
    • Institutions of higher education
    • Entities operating dental clinics

    Contacts

    Carlos Mena

    Carlos Mena
    5600 Fishers Lane
    Rockville, MD 20857
    (301) 443-3198
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants include rural or urban nonprofit entities that provide services through a telehealth network. Each entity participating in the applicant's network may be a nonprofit or for-profit entity. Faith-based, community-based, tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply. Services must be provided to rural areas, although the applicant can be located in an urban area. Current and former OAT Telehealth Network Grant recipients are eligible to apply for funds through this notice but must propose a project that differs in sites/services/concept from the previously funded project.

    Deadline Details

    Applications were to be submitted by August 23, 2017. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.

    Award Details

    Approximately $750,000 is available in total funding. Maximum award is $250,000. The project period is September 30, 2017 through September 29, 2020 (3 years). Cost sharing/matching is not required.

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