The HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, commonly shortened to the "Outreach Program," is a community-based grant program administered by HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), listed federally as Assistance Listing 93.912. Its purpose is to help rural communities expand, enhance, and sustain healthcare service delivery by funding collaborative networks rather than single organizations: every award goes to a consortium of at least three healthcare provider organizations, with at least two-thirds of network members located in a HRSA-designated rural area.
The program runs on two funding tracks. The Regular Outreach Track funds projects that expand access to care and strengthen rural health resources and capacity broadly. The Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI) Track is narrower and more clinically targeted: it funds projects addressing the underlying drivers of the five leading causes of death in the United States, with an added focus on maternal health outcomes in rural communities. Full program details, including past awardee data, are available through the Rural Health Information Hub's funding page.
For FY2025, HRSA awarded more than $15 million total across 58 awardees through this program: nearly $10 million through the Regular Outreach Track and more than $5 million through the HRHI Track. Eligible applicant types are broad by design—nonprofits, public and private higher-education institutions, state and county health departments, hospitals, tribal governments and organizations, community-based organizations, FQHCs, and rural health clinics can all participate, provided they meet the consortium and rurality requirements.
For rural health systems and their partners, this program is one of the more accessible entry points into HRSA rural funding precisely because it's structured around partnership rather than a single large applicant—making it a natural fit for a hospital, an FQHC, and a technology or care-delivery partner to apply together around a shared project.
It's a community-based grant program administered by HRSA's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (Assistance Listing 93.912) that funds consortiums of at least three healthcare provider organizations to expand, enhance, and sustain rural healthcare delivery.
The Regular Outreach Track funds broad access and capacity-building projects, while the narrower Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative (HRHI) Track targets the five leading causes of death in the U.S.—heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injury, and chronic lower respiratory disease—plus maternal health outcomes.
HRSA awarded more than $15 million total across 58 awardees for FY2025: nearly $10 million through the Regular Outreach Track and more than $5 million through the HRHI Track.
Applicants must form a consortium of at least three healthcare provider organizations, with at least two-thirds located in a HRSA-designated rural area. Eligible entity types include nonprofits, hospitals, tribal governments, FQHCs, and rural health clinics.
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