Find out if your office, service area, or potential consoritum members are located in geographic areas federally defined as Rural by county, census tract, or zip code. Enter an address or choose a state and county to check for eligibility status.

HRSA Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer

Visit the official FAQ for the HRSA-25-038 2025 Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program Grant application.

HRSA FAQ webpage

Use this site to register, renew, or check your UEI status. Current registration with SAM.gov and a UEI number is mandatory for HRSA applicants.

https://sam.gov/entity-registration

​

• Any updates to the Notice of Funding Opportunity, its due date, or other changes can be found on Grants.gov.

• Additionally, applications must be submitted on this platform. 

• If you do not have a current Grants.gov or Login.gov username and password, you will need to register for an applicant account. 

https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/

• A SORH's purpose is to help individual rural communities build healthcare delivery systems. SORHs are often based at state health departments, but in a few states they are independent organizations or be based in universities.

• Applicants must notify their SORH of their intent to apply and obtain a response, which will be included as Attachment 1 in the grant application.

• SORH's can be excellent resources of data, ideas, and potential partnerships. They may be able to connect you with other healthcare entities in or around your targeted rural area, and help you understand the statewide context of rural health programs in your state. 

• Find your SORH contact here. https://plus.nosorh.org/Web/Membership/Directory/State_Members_List.aspx

• Can't find your SORH contact? Email me. 

​

• The Community Guide publishes best practices and promising practices for improving community, population, and healthcare systems that you can consider in your planning your proposal. 

• The Million Hearts Initiative provides clinical tools, protocols, and action guides for primary care practices to control high blood pressure and improve tobacco cessation.

• Released December 9, 2024, the 2025 Standards of Care in Diabetes contains the latest recommendations on diabetes prevention and management.