Opportunity Information: Apply for EP HIT 20 001
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Small Grant Program is a multi-year cooperative agreement run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Its overall goal is to strengthen the readiness and real-world usability of Medical Reserve Corps units nationwide so they can better support their communities public health and medical needs during emergencies. The program emphasizes that it is not enough for MRC units to simply develop skills, plans, and capacity on paper; awardees are expected to help ensure those capabilities are actually activated when incidents occur. As part of that, applicants are expected to identify practical barriers that prevent MRC units and volunteers from being used during emergencies and to propose concrete plans to reduce or remove those barriers.
A central feature of the opportunity is its focus on long-term continuity. The grant is designed not only to build or expand response capabilities during the funded period, but also to push awardees and any sub-awardees, especially local MRC units, to create sustainability plans. In practice, that means thinking ahead about how volunteer management, training, deployment processes, partnerships, and other core functions will be maintained and improved after the grant ends, rather than letting capability gains fade once funding runs out.
The funding opportunity is split into two distinct tracks, referred to as Project A and Project B. Under Project A, ASPR plans to make a single award to one eligible entity that will provide support to MRC units across the entire country. This national-level role is intended to strengthen the broader MRC ecosystem by offering coordination, assistance, or other forms of structured support that can benefit units in multiple jurisdictions. Under Project B, ASPR plans to make multiple awards to states and territories to support MRC programming at a statewide or territory-wide level. That programming is intended to improve how MRC units function within a state or territory, including efforts to integrate local and tribal MRC units into broader preparedness planning and actual emergency response structures.
Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement instrument, which generally signals that the federal agency expects to be substantially involved in the work beyond simply issuing funds. The opportunity is categorized under Disaster Prevention and Relief and Health, and is listed under CFDA 93.008. Eligible applicants, as listed in the opportunity data, include nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The maximum award amount is listed as $3,200,000, and the agency anticipated making about 22 awards in total across the opportunity. Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, with a stated deadline of September 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.Apply for EP HIT 20 001
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the disaster prevention and relief, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Medical Reserve Corps Small Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.008.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 23, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 21, 2020 The deadline for the submission of applications is September 21, 2020 at 1159 pm EST. Applications must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov by 1159 p.m. Eastern Time on September 21, 2020.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 22 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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