Welcome to the Rural Health Link: Rural Health Services Quarterly Digest. This newsletter will share program updates, the TA schedule of events, as well as a variety

of resources focused on rural health services. Each issue will also feature two grantee spotlight articles. We welcome your feedback. If you have any comments or recommendations for future content, please reach out to us at chsdteam@gsu.edu.

This newsletter is brought to you by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) and the technical assistance (TA) providers from the Community Health Systems Development team at the Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC).



GRANTEE SPOTLIGHTS

PROGRAM-SPECIFIC UPDATES

Delta Region Maternal Care Coortination Program

(Delta MCC)

Technical Assistance Activities 

Thank you for attending the peer call focusing on asset mapping! We appreciate your insights and sharing your approach to developing your asset map. Be on the lookout for more upcoming technical assistance activities later this summer!

Save the Date: Maternal Health Program Meeting 

Together for Rural Moms: Community, Care, and Connection 

August 26-27, 2025 | Rockville, Maryland 

We look forward to seeing you for our maternal health reverse site visit! More information to come.

Rural Health Services Outreach Program

(Outreach)

Final Closeout Report

This deliverable is due in the HRSA Electronic Handbook (EHB) within 90 days of the project end date. If you do not request a no cost extension (NCE), the report is due on or before July 29, 2025. If you are granted an NCE, this report is due within 90 days of your new and approved project end date. 

Final Sustainability Plan 

This deliverable is to be submitted in the EHB. Note that Outreach grantees submitted their preliminary sustainability plan in November 2024. Please use this draft plan to support the completion of your final Sustainability Plan. If you do not request an NCE, the report is due on or before July 29, 2025. For grantees with an approved NCE, this report will not be due until 90 days after the approved NCE end date.

Final Federal Financial Report (FFR) 

This deliverable is a financial reporting for grant award in Payment Management System capturing grant award expenditures for your project. Additional details are available on the HRSA Manage your Grant Website (under “what’s the grant closeout process?” If you do not request an NCE, the report is due on or before July 29, 2025. For grantees with an approved NCE, this report will not be due until 90 days after the approved NCE end date.

Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program 

(RMOMS)

Delta States Rural Development Network Program

(Delta States)

Learning Opportunity 

Using Data to Inform Policy 

August 2025 (date/time TBD) 

Be on the lookout for an announcement about our next Delta States webinar focused on Using Data to Inform Policy. More details to follow. 

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Upcoming Deliverable Due Dates

Year 2 Performance Data Reporting  

• Performance Improvement and Measurement System (PIMS) Platform opens: August 1  
• PIMS due: August 31, 2025

Year 2 Federal Financial Report (FFR) 

Due in Electronic Handbooks System (EHB) October 29, 2025.

Optional:  

Year 2 Carryover Request  

Due in EHB: Due within 30 days of FFR submissions 

Please keep an eye out for an email from your program coordinator with guidance for carryover requests. As always, please reach out to your program coordinator or technical assistance providers if you have any questions or concerns.

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Noncompeting Continuation Report (NCC) 

Thank you for submitting your NCC reports. The technical assistance team and project officer will be reviewing these reports with grantees on July monthly calls.

Rural Health Care Coordination Program

(Care Coordination)

Small Health Care Provider

Quality Improvement Program

(Quality)

Upcoming Deliverable Due Dates

As things wrap up with the year 3 activities, we look forward to the deliverables that will set you up for year 4 and planning for the next phase of your projects post award. Please be mindful of the next few deliverables which will need to be submitted in EHB. 

Draft Sustainability Plan 

Draft sustainability plans are due July 31, 2025 in EHB. As a reminder, draft plan template can be found on the quality webpage here.

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Value-Based Care Webinar and Peer Calls

Thank you to those of you who joined the webinar May 14 that featured Karla Weng presenting on the topic of Sustainability Strategies: Value-Based Care Partnerships. Access to the recording and slides were shared by program coordinator Kristi Martinsen via email on May 23. We also hosted two peer calls that allowed grantees to share more on their programs and practice pitching to partners. 

Rural Northern Border Region Outreach Program

(Northern Border)