1. SORH New Director Meeting Community-Based Division (CBD) Update September 12 th, 2013 Nisha Patel, Director, CBD Kathryn Umali, Deputy Director & Outreach Program Coordinator, CBD

2. Community-Based Division (CBD)  11 grant programs & 14 staff  http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/about/community/index.html http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/about/community/index.html  2 primary categories:  Infrastructure development/capacity building  Health care services delivery  Funding:  Primarily demonstration programs  Funding goes directly to rural communities  All programs are 3-years with the exception of 1

3.  Programs under Section 330a of Public Health Service Act:  Rural Health Outreach  Rural Network Development  Rural Network Planning  Quality Improvement  Rural Workforce Development  Rural HIT  Rural HIT/Workforce  Delta States Program  Black Lung & Radiation Exposure Screening Education  Rural Access Emergency Devices (RAED)  2013 Focus:  Identify Evidence-based/Best Practice Models  Push for Sustainability  Measure Performance Community Need Outreach Funding Outreach Tools Performance Data/Outcomes Build the Rural Evidence Base CBD Priorities

4. State Office of Rural Health Role SORH language under Section 330a PHS Act:  “To be eligible to receive a grant, an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate SORH or another State entity, shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application…” SORH language in 330a program funding opportunity announcements (FOA):  Applicants are required to notify the State Office of Rural Health (SORH) of their intent to apply to this program.  Applicants must include a copy of the letter or email sent to the SORH, and any response to the letter that has been received, that was submitted to the SORH describing their project

5. Outreach & Education on Programs  Technical Assistance Workshops via webinar  Sharing Information with regional liaisons  Sharing information with SORHs  Upcoming funding opportunity announcements  List of new grantees  NOSORH Webinars  Presentations on upcoming funding opportunity  Presentations on programmatic changes  Presentation on SORH role and involvement

6. Questions or Comments? Nisha Patel, npatel@hrsa.gov or 301-443-6894npatel@hrsa.gov Outreach Program: Kathryn Umali, kumali@hrsa.gov, 301-443-7444kumali@hrsa.gov Network Development Program: Leticia Manning, lmanning@hrsa.govlmanning@hrsa.gov Network Development Planning Program: Linda Kwon, lkwon@hrsa.govlkwon@hrsa.gov Delta States Program: Valerie Darden, vdarden@hrsa.govvdarden@hrsa.gov HIT/Workforce: Janice Mompoint, jmompoint@hrsa.govjmompoint@hrsa.gov Quality Program: Ann Ferrero, aferrero@hrsa.govaferrero@hrsa.gov