National Organizations of State and Local Officials: State Public Health Financing

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the National Organizations of State and Local Officials (NOSLO) Program: State Public Health Financing.Through NOSLO: State Public Heath Financing, HRSA will fund a national level organization with an in-depth understanding and experience with providing technical assistance and support to State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials.The purpose of the NOSLO: State Public Heath Financing cooperative agreement is to support innovative state-level Medicaid and other healthcare financing policy initiatives, models, and data strategies. The goal is to improve access to quality health care for people who are medically and economically vulnerable, with a special emphasis on maternal health disparities, geographically isolated people in rural areas, health care needs of people leaving the criminal justice system, people with unmet behavioral health needs, including youth and the health care workforce.The successful recipient is expected to achieve this purpose by providing tailored capacity building to State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials to address HRSA’s priorities through 1) communication and information sharing between HRSA and State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials, and 2) technical assistance and training; data collection, sharing, and analysis; publication development; convenings, (e.g., learning exchanges on priority topics); and other activities that enable State Medicaid Directors and other health care payment officials to operate in a responsive, coordinated, and effective manner.Background: The NOSLO program assists state and local authorities in a) improving public health, health care and health care delivery, b) building capacity to address public health issues and support and enforce regulations intended to improve the public’s health, and c) promoting health equity to preserve and improve public health.The NOSLO program has five funding tracks: 1) State and Local Public Health Systems, 2) State Health Legislation, 3) Health Policy Innovation, 4) State Public Health Financing, and, 5) State Governance.
Categories: Health.