Funding Announced! HRSA Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program (Rural MOMS)

The Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (Rural MOMS) Program from HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), is open and accepting applications  for the program’s 4-year period of performance (September 30, 2025 – September 29, 2029).  HRSA award up to 3 cooperative agreements for up to $1,000,000 per year, to provide support to establish innovative, collaborative rural obstetric networks to improve maternity care and access to care in rural communities. Applications are due on April 22, 2025.

Rural MOMS funds networks that establish or continue collaborative improvement and innovative models that can provide long-term sustainable and financially viable service delivery to improve maternal and infant health outcomes. The work of these networks supports the goal of the program to improve maternal and infant health outcomes and access to and delivery of maternity and obstetrics care in rural areas and reduce preventable maternal mortality risks and decrease severe maternal morbidity in rural areas.

Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit, or for-profit entity providing prenatal care, labor care, birthing, and postpartum care services in rural areas, frontier areas, or medically underserved areas, or to medically underserved populations or Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations.

A technical assistance webinar via Zoom is scheduled for applicants on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 2:00 pm Eastern.  If you are unable able to join the webinar, a recording will be made available later.

Examples of previously funded projects under this program are available at this link.  Applicants may also benefit from the availability of Evidence-Based Toolkits for Rural Community Health which are informed by previous program investments by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and the Rural Health Information Hub.

For more information about this funding opportunity, contact RM***@**sa.gov

Helpful links:

• Notice of Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov
• Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program | HRSA
• Profiles of current and past Rural MOMS awardees:
  • RMOMS Awardee Directory – FY 2021 Cohort (PDF – 1 MB)
  • RMOMS Awardee Directory – FY 2022 Cohort (PDF – 1 MB)

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