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USDA rural development seeks applications for cooperative health care program
Kansas
USDA Rural Development State Director Chuck Banks has announced the availability of $1 million of grant funds through the Agency's Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) Home-Based Health Care Demonstration Program. This initiative was announced by Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman Dec. 23.
The purpose of this program is to encourage the development of rural home health care cooperatives, which will serve as models that will balance the need for high quality service to rural recipients with the needs of the service providers for fair wages and stable working conditions.
"Improving access to and the quality of health care for rural Kansans is key to expanding economic growth in our state. USDA Rural Development is proud to offer this and other programs which support improving health care in Kansas," stated State Director Banks.
The pre-development grants will not exceed $50,000 each and will be made to qualified public bodies or nonprofit organizations to establish a home health care cooperative. The revolving loan grants will be made to qualified nonprofit or public organizations that will provide start-up funds and technical assistance to pre-planning grant recipients and home health care cooperatives established through this program. The intermediary recipients for the revolving loan funds will be required to provide matching funds at least equal to the grant funds awarded.
The deadline for receipt of an application is 4 p.m. EST on Feb. 13, 2004. The agency will not consider any application received after the deadline.
Entities wishing to apply for assistance may download the application requirements delineated in this notice from the RCDI website at www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/rcdi/index.htm. Applicants may also request application packages from: Stephen Wetherbee, Rural Housing Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0787, Washington, DC 20250-0787, telephone: 202-720-1503, e-mail: stephen.wetherbee@usda.gov.
USDA Rural Development's mission is to deliver programs that support increasing
economic opportunities and enhancing the quality of life for rural Americans. As a venture capital entity, USDA Rural Development provides equity and technical assistance to finance and foster growth in home ownership, business development, and critical community and technology infrastructure in rural America.
Date: 1/15/04
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