Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 18 097
The National Forum for State and Territorial Chief Executives (National Forum) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), designed to strengthen coordination between state/territorial leadership and federal health priorities. Structured as a cooperative agreement, the program focuses on bringing together top-level decision-makers, especially governors and their senior policy advisors, alongside state and federal health and human services leaders and relevant private-sector partners. The central idea is to create a consistent, high-level venue where leaders can compare approaches, share lessons learned, and jointly shape practical strategies that improve healthcare delivery and public health outcomes across states and territories.
At its core, the National Forum aims to help states and territories develop and implement innovative strategies and best practices tied to three closely connected areas: health workforce challenges, broader health system performance, and access to healthcare. By convening these stakeholders, the Forum supports governance discussions that affect specific healthcare delivery systems and public health issues that are especially important to state and territorial governments. The expectation is that sustained collaboration at this leadership level can translate into real policy and operational improvements, rather than one-off conversations that end when a meeting closes.
HRSA emphasizes that its support for the National Forum is meant to help governors and key policy staff craft solutions that are both innovative and sustainable, with particular attention to pressures facing the healthcare safety net. In practical terms, this means helping state leaders address persistent gaps that affect underserved and vulnerable communities, including the availability of providers, the capacity of safety net systems, and the policy conditions needed to keep services stable over time. The opportunity is explicitly framed as advancing HRSA goals to improve service to safety net populations and aligning with HHS principles centered on service and long-term sustainability.
Because this is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, the federal role is typically more collaborative, with HRSA providing not only funding but also active partnership, coordination, or technical involvement to ensure the work stays aligned with federal initiatives and priorities. The announcement also highlights that the award is intended to leverage limited HHS and HRSA resources by increasing cohesiveness between state-led work and regional or national health and human services initiatives. In other words, the National Forum is positioned as a connector, helping states and territories synchronize their efforts with broader federal strategies, reduce duplication, and spread effective approaches more quickly.
Key details from the opportunity listing include the funding opportunity number HRSA-18-097, CFDA number 93.528, and a focus area categorized under Health. The instrument type is a cooperative agreement, and the program anticipated a single award (Expected Awards: 1). The posting date (Creation Date) was March 12, 2018, with an original closing date of May 11, 2018. The award ceiling is listed as 0 in the source data, which often signals that the ceiling was not specified in that field or was handled differently in the full notice. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced as being in the full opportunity text.
Overall, this opportunity supports a national, governor-facing platform intended to strengthen decision-making and accelerate workable solutions on health workforce and access issues, while reinforcing the safety net and aligning state and territorial strategies with HRSA and HHS priorities.Apply for HRSA 18 097
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Forum for State and Territorial Chief Executives (National Forum)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.528.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 12, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 11, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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