Rural Access to Emergency Devices

Program Title:

Rural Access to Emergency Devices

Agency/Sub-Agency:

HRSA/ORHP

Description:

The purpose of this Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program is to purchase automated external defibrillators (AED) that have been approved, or cleared for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration, and to provide defibrillator and basic life support training in AED usage through the American Heart Association, The American Red Cross, or other nationally recognized training courses.

Eligible Entity(ies):

Awards will be made to community partnerships. These partnerships are defined as a consortium of first responders (e.g., EMS, las enforcement and fire departments) and local for-profit and nonprofit entities that may include but are not limited, to long-term care facilities, rural health clinics, community health centers, post offices, libraries and other civic centers, athletic facilities, senior citizen and day care facilities, faith-based organizations or rural community organizations applying as a community partnership. All applicant organizations have to be located in an eligible rural county or eligible rural census tract of urban counties. Eligible rural counties can be found at http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/eligibility. The eligible census tracts of urban counties are included in the document identified above. To identify the Census tract where your organization is located, visit the Web page at http://app.ffiec.gov/geocode/default.htm.

Intended Beneficiaries:

Rural Populations

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.:

93.259

CFDA Category:

Health

CFDA Sub-Category(ies):

Ed - Health Education & Training

Keyword(s):

Emergency Health, Rural Communities

HHS Announcement No.:

HRSA-08-109

New Funding Opportunity:

Yes

Competition Type (N), (CC) or (M):

Yes (N)

Single Source / Limited Competition:

NA

Est Annual Min Award:

$100,000

Est Annual Max Award:

$500,000

Est Number of Awards:

4

Est Posting Date:

11/5/2007

Est Application Deadline:

01/10/2008

Est Award Date:

09/01/2008

Est Start Date:

09/01/2008

Program Contact Name:

Eileen Holloran

Program Contact Telephone No.:

301 443-7529

Agency Forecast ID No.:

HRSA102