HRSA proposal due date: April 10, 2020

Purpose:

The purpose of this program is to assist states and local authorities in a) preserving and improving public health, b) building capacity to address other public health matters and support and enforce regulations intended to improve the public’s health, and c) preventing and suppressing communicable diseases.

To fulfill the program’s purpose, NOSLO: Health Legislation and Governance has the following objectives: 1) facilitate bidirectional communication and data/information sharing between HRSA and state officials, 22) strengthen HRSA-funded programs by better understanding state stakeholder needs, priorities, and perspectives, and 3) support capacity-building activities at the state level that strengthen the health care safety net and advance shared public health goals with HRSA.

The term “capacity-building” includes actions that build, strengthen, and maintain the necessary competencies and resources needed to sustain or improve health services delivery to vulnerable and under-served populations. Capacity-building activities supported through NOSLO: Health Legislation and Governance include technical assistance and training; data collection, sharing, and analysis; materials development; or other agreed-to actions that enable states to operate in a comprehensive, responsive, coordinated, and effective manner.

Core Activities:

• Educate Core Activities
  • Provide HRSA and public health stakeholders with policy analysis, research, and other relevant information related to state legislators’ and legislative officials’ needs and priority issues
  • Increase state legislators’ and legislative officials’ awareness of HRSA priorities, programs, initiatives, and resources to strengthen the health care safety net
• Innovate Core Activities
  • Share state health care and public health best practices with HRSA and the public to inform HRSA-funded programs and public health stakeholders
  • Offer capacity-building assistance to state legislators and legislative officials to support and spread best practices that benefit populations served by HRSA and enhance the impact of HRSA-funded programs
• Situate Core Activities
  • Provide HRSA with state context and feedback from state legislators and legislative officials on the state policy landscape and HRSA-funded program activities
  • Facilitate engagements between HRSA staff and state legislators and legislative officials to strengthen the health care safety net

Additional information, including the Notice of Funding Opportunity, is available on the HRSA website.