Dual Track Rural Hospital Support Grant for Hospital Stabilization or Graduate Medical Education – FY2024

Summary

Georgia Department of Community Health FY2024 round of the Dual Track Rural Hospital Support Grant for Hospital Stabilization or Graduate Medical Education. Funded by Georgia's Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program, not RHTP. Track 1 (Option 1.1: Support for Increased Access, Staffing and Debt Reduction; Option 1.2: Financial and Operational Improvement) and Track 2 (Option 2.1 & 2.2: Support for New Graduate Medical Education Programs) each awarded $500,000 grants to eligible rural Georgia hospitals. Solicitation closed December 28, 2023; Notice of Award posted April 12, 2024.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are rural hospitals in the State of Georgia as defined by the Georgia Department of Community Health and the Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program. Detailed eligibility criteria are not published in the award announcements, but only rural hospitals were successful applicants.

Requirements Checklist

• Applicants were evaluated based on their proposals for hospital stabilization (increased access, staffing, debt reduction, financial and operational improvement) and/or the establishment or expansion of graduate medical education programs. Awards were made based on scoring criteria related to impact, need, sustainability, and alignment with the Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program.

Required attachments

• Application Narrative
• Budget Proposal