Date: February 04, 2022
Close Date: March 17, 2022

Contact

Sara Kelly, Program Specialist IV
(603) 271-9546 | Sara.J.Kelly@dhhs.nh.gov

RFA-2022-DPHS-11-HEALT: Health Workforce and Primary Care Access Data

Division of Public Health Services

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Division of Public Health Services (DPHS), is accepting applications from qualified organizations that have the capacity and expertise to perform the following work required by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce, Division of Policy and Shortage Designation:

  1. Identify areas of the State that meet the federal criteria for Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA), Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (DHPSA), Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P), and Governor’s Exceptional Medically Underserved Population Areas (EMUP).
  2. Develop a Statewide Rational Service Area (SRSA) Plan to identify and submit pockets of unmet need for designation.
  3. Organize and prioritize new shortage area designation and re-designation requests; and prepare the Federal Shortage Designation applications for review and signature by program staff.
  4. Aid in the development and review of provider surveys and analysis for the Health Professions Data Center (HPDC) – from which data will supplement shortage designation work.
  5. Conduct an overall primary care needs assessment to identify and report on key barriers to access to health care for these communities.

Release Date: February 04, 2022

Closing Date/Time: March 17, 2022

Number of Applications Received    3

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