Delta Health Care Services Grant Program

To provide financial assistance to address the continued unmet health needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among health care professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and other individuals and organizations in the Delta Region.

Eligible applicants are consortiums of the following: regional institutions of higher education, academic health and research institutes, and/or economic development entities located within the Delta Region. Applicants are not eligible if they have been debarred or suspended or otherwise excluded from participation in Federal assistance programs under Executive Order 12549, “Debarment and Suspension.” Applicants are not eligible if they have an outstanding judgement obtained by the U.S. in a Federal Court (other than U.S. Tax Court), are delinquent on the payment of Federal income taxes, or are delinquent on a Federal debt. Any corporation that has been convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the past 24 months or that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, is not eligible for funding.

Applications are evaluated for eligibility for the program. Eligible applications are reviewed by the Agency and ranked according to published evaluation criteria. Applications are funded in rank order until available funds have been expended.