Delta States Rural Development Network Program
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Health Resources and Services Administration is accepting applications for the Delta States Rural Development Network Program to support the planning, development, and implementation of integrated health care networks. Funded networks must collaborate to achieve efficiencies, expand access to care, and improve health outcomes in rural areas within the eight Mississippi Delta Region states. Selected networks must consist of at least three separately owned organizations, with at least 66 percent physically located in designated rural areas, and target up to two specific focus areas such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or substance use. HRSA plans to award approximately 12 grants ranging from $905,664 to $1,188,684 for a three-year performance period starting September 30, 2026. Applications must not exceed 50 pages and must be submitted electronically by August 12, 2026.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities including domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations. The applicant organization may be located in a rural or urban area and must have demonstrated experience serving, or capacity to serve, populations in rural areas within the eight Mississippi Delta Region States (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee). The applicant organization may not previously have received an award under 42 U.S.C. 254c(f) for the same or a similar project unless the entity is proposing to expand the scope of the project or the area that will be served through the project.