Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 23 088
The National Organizations of State and Local Officials (NOSLO) Program: State Governance (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-23-088) is a discretionary Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) cooperative agreement designed to fund one national-level organization that already has deep, practical experience working with governors offices. The central idea is to strengthen how state and territorial governors and their policy advisors tackle public health and health care delivery challenges by giving them targeted technical assistance, better access to data and information, and structured opportunities to learn from each other. HRSA is looking for a recipient that can operate at a national scale, understand how governors policy teams function day to day, and translate federal priorities and HRSA-supported resources into workable state actions.
At a program level, the NOSLO State Governance award is meant to help state and local authorities do three connected things: improve public health and health care delivery, build the capacity needed to address public health issues (including the ability to support and enforce health-related regulations), and promote health equity. The grant emphasizes that "capacity-building" is not just training in the abstract. It includes concrete actions that develop and sustain the competencies, systems, and resources needed to deliver better health services, especially for people who are geographically isolated and/or economically or medically vulnerable. In practice, that means helping governors offices strengthen planning, coordination, data use, and implementation so state systems can respond faster and more effectively to persistent and emerging health needs.
The opportunity has three core operational objectives. First, it aims to facilitate communication and data or information-sharing between HRSA and state, territorial, and local officials, with governors offices as the primary audience for this specific State Governance track. Second, it seeks to improve HRSA's understanding of state and territorial needs, priorities, and perspectives, essentially creating a two-way channel so federal program strategies and state realities are better aligned. Third, it supports capacity-building activities at state, territorial, and local levels that strengthen the health care safety net and advance public health goals, meaning the recipient is expected to help states convert ideas into implementable policies and programs, not just hold informational events.
A defining feature of this cooperative agreement is its focus on identifying, developing, and implementing solutions to the public health challenges governors face within their state systems by leveraging HRSA investments. The work is intended to spur innovative state public health activities that expand access to quality health care for high-need populations. The notice repeatedly highlights priority populations and issues, including people who are medically and economically vulnerable, individuals who are underinsured or uninsured, maternal health disparities, and people with unmet behavioral health needs. It also explicitly calls out youth and justice-involved populations, along with other vulnerable groups, signaling that the assistance provided should be relevant to cross-sector challenges that governors offices commonly manage across health, human services, corrections, and community systems.
The successful applicant is expected to provide tailored technical assistance to governors and their policy advisors through a mix of support strategies. These include structured communication and information sharing between HRSA and governors offices, as well as training, data collection and analysis support, publication development, and convenings such as learning exchanges on priority topics. The goal of these activities is to help governors policy teams operate in a more responsive, coordinated, and effective way, with better tools and clearer pathways for turning evidence and best practices into operational changes across agencies and programs.
Program objectives on the implementation side include engaging governors and their advisors to develop detailed implementation plans for policy initiatives that improve access to quality health care for the highest-need populations in ways that intersect with HRSA programs. Where it makes sense, those initiatives should be designed so they can be shared or replicated across states, creating a broader national impact rather than isolated wins. In addition, the recipient must implement technical assistance activities and tools that support innovative solutions, document and share best practices, and help states address real-world public health challenges tied to HRSA priorities and the needs of vulnerable populations.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a cooperative agreement (not a standard grant), which typically means HRSA expects substantial involvement in the work, including collaboration on priorities, deliverables, or implementation approaches. The award ceiling is $500,000, and HRSA anticipated making one award. Eligible applicants are broad and include various levels of government (state, county, city or township, special districts, and independent school districts), federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those categories), as well as for-profit organizations (including small businesses). The opportunity was posted June 6, 2023, with an original closing date of July 6, 2023, under CFDA 93.011, and is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA.
Overall, the NOSLO State Governance opportunity is structured to create a national technical assistance hub for governors offices that strengthens coordination between HRSA and state leadership, builds practical state capacity, and accelerates implementation of health policies that improve access and equity, particularly for populations that are underserved, uninsured or underinsured, experiencing maternal health inequities, living with behavioral health needs, or facing compounded vulnerabilities such as justice involvement or geographic isolation.Apply for HRSA 23 088
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Organizations of State and Local Officials: State Governance" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.011.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 06, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 06, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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