Required Information for Grant Application:
1. Name of the national level organization applying for funding
2. Description of the organization's understanding and experience with providing technical assistance and support to State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials
3. Explanation of how the organization plans to improve public health, health care, and health care delivery
4. Description of the organization's capacity-building activities to address public health issues and enforce regulations
5. Explanation of how the organization plans to promote health equity and improve public health
6. Overview of the organization's communication and data/information-sharing plans with HRSA and state, territorial, and/or local officials
7. Description of how the organization will improve understanding of state, territorial, and/or local needs, priorities, and perspectives
8. Explanation of the organization's proposed capacity-building activities to strengthen the health care safety net and advance public health goals
9. Details of how the organization plans to leverage HRSA programs and collaborate with Medicaid to improve access to quality health care for vulnerable populations
10. Special focus areas for the organization's technical assistance, including maternal health disparities, rural areas, people leaving the criminal justice system, individuals with HIV, people with behavioral health needs, and the health care workforce
11. Proposed activities for tailored technical assistance to State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials, including communication, training, data collection and analysis, publication development, and convenings
12. Description of how the organization will engage multiple states and their State Medicaid Directors to develop implementation plans for policy initiatives
13. Explanation of the organization's technical assistance activities and tools on health care financing policies, models, and data strategies
14. Description of how the organization plans to address maternal health needs, access to mental health and substance abuse disorder services, health care workforce, healthcare needs of people leaving the criminal justice system, individuals with HIV, and other vulnerable populations
15. Compliance with Program Requirements and Expectations
