Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program | HRSA 24 121

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 24 121

The Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program (TCLP) is a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funding opportunity designed to strengthen the health care workforce and improve access to specialty and high-need health services in underserved communities. The core aim is twofold: help retain health care providers and expand access to care for people living in rural and frontier areas, health professional shortage areas, medically underserved areas, and for medically underserved populations, including Native American communities. The program is focused on practical service gaps that commonly strain these communities, including chronic diseases and conditions (such as Alzheimer’s disease), infectious diseases, mental health and substance use disorders, prenatal and maternal health, pediatric care, pain management, palliative care, and other specialty care needs.

A central feature of TCLP is its emphasis on “technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models.” In plain terms, this means distance-based health education models that use live, interactive videoconferencing to connect specialists with multiple frontline clinicians and other health professionals at the same time. The intent is not simply to deliver lectures, but to support ongoing, case-based learning where participants discuss real-world clinical scenarios, share best practices, and build the confidence and skills needed to manage complex conditions locally. Alongside education, programs are expected to evaluate outcomes, which can include tracking changes in provider knowledge, practice behaviors, workforce retention, and downstream effects on patient care and access.

TCLP is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning awardees should expect active involvement from HRSA during the project period rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The funding is meant to support recipients as they evaluate existing collaborative learning models, develop new or improved programming, and expand successful approaches where appropriate. A strong focus is placed on building durable instructional capacity that can continue to support clinicians serving underserved communities, including the development or acquisition of instructional programming that leverages telehealth and other innovative technology to bring expertise to where patients live.

Training and evaluation are key deliverables. Recipients are expected to provide training for health care providers and other professionals who deliver or support services, and that training includes guidance on best practices for data collection and evaluation. The goal is to generate credible evidence about impact, such as whether the collaborative learning model improves patient outcomes, strengthens care quality, supports more timely access to specialty knowledge, and contributes to provider satisfaction and retention in hard-to-staff settings. This aligns with HRSA priorities around building a workforce that meets emerging needs, improving access to quality health services, advancing health equity, and improving population health.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of organizations as long as they provide or support health care services in the targeted underserved settings or populations. Eligible applicants include public and private entities, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, small businesses, community-based and faith-based organizations, and Tribal governments and organizations (including urban Indian organizations). Applicants must be located in the United States or certain U.S. territories and freely associated states, including Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Key opportunity details include the funding opportunity number HRSA-24-121, listed under CFDA 93.211. The application deadline is August 2, 2024. HRSA anticipates making about 8 awards, with an award ceiling of $475,000. Overall, TCLP is geared toward practical, technology-driven clinician support systems that bring specialized knowledge to underserved care teams, reinforce workforce stability, and measurably improve access and outcomes in communities that have historically faced persistent barriers to care.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.211.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-02. (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 $475,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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