ORCA's Rural EMS Enhancement Grant

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

The Office of Rural Community Affairs (Office) is announcing the

availability of the Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Enhancement Grant Program. This program is created to support the

development and improvement of rural EMS response, delivery, and

service capacity.

The request for funding for any project or combination of projects

must be at least $3,000 and must not exceed $9,000.

ELIGIBLE / ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES

·Provide initial EMT-B or ECA to EMT-B training to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-B to EMT-I to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-I to EMT-P to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-B to EMT-P to rural responders

·Provide instructor training courses for CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PHTLS,

PALS, PEPP, SLAM, or other TDH-approved certification courses

·Provide courses for CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PHTLS, PALS, PEPP, SLAM, or

other TDH-approved certification courses (cannot be part of

certification training in objective 1)

·Purchase and/or installation EMS training equipment

·Purchase and/or installation EMS communications equipment

Eligible applicants must be located in a Texas non-metropolitan

statistical area (non-MSA), as defined by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) )You can find this on page 11 in the application)

For the purpose of this program, " rural " refers to OMB's non-MSA

and " urban " refers to MSA. Eligible applicants include:

·Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)

·Rural hospitals with fewer than 50 licensed beds

·Rural EMS Providers Organization (Paid or Volunteer)

·Rural First Responder Organizations

·Rural Fire Departments-Based EMS (Paid or Volunteer)

·Rural TDH-approved training facilities (Training facilities which

are not EMS providers are not eligible to apply for communication

equipment)

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT EVERY APPLICATION WILL BE FUNDED.

ELIGIBLE IN TEXAS ONLY.

An application can be downloaded from the ORCA website June 9, 2004

at www.orca.state.tx.us click on NEW ITEMS on the top of the

homepage. Applications will download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file.

If you want an application sent to you before the above date please

contact Quang at ORCA at either number below. Make sure you have a

valid email address to receive the application electronically.

For more information or if you have any questions feel free to

contact ORCA at , or toll free at 1-

Al , A.A.S., L.P./VFF

Office of Rural Community Affairs

P.O.Box 12877

Austin, TX 78711-2877

(P)

(F)

Toll Free 1-

[Guest guest]

On the federal listing for this grant it talks about services in MSA that

have adjoining rural areas. Do you know the rules about this?

ORCA's Rural EMS Enhancement Grant

Hello everyone,

The Office of Rural Community Affairs (Office) is announcing the

availability of the Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Enhancement Grant Program. This program is created to support the

development and improvement of rural EMS response, delivery, and

service capacity.

The request for funding for any project or combination of projects

must be at least $3,000 and must not exceed $9,000.

ELIGIBLE / ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES

·Provide initial EMT-B or ECA to EMT-B training to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-B to EMT-I to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-I to EMT-P to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-B to EMT-P to rural responders

·Provide instructor training courses for CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PHTLS,

PALS, PEPP, SLAM, or other TDH-approved certification courses

·Provide courses for CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PHTLS, PALS, PEPP, SLAM, or

other TDH-approved certification courses (cannot be part of

certification training in objective 1)

·Purchase and/or installation EMS training equipment

·Purchase and/or installation EMS communications equipment

Eligible applicants must be located in a Texas non-metropolitan

statistical area (non-MSA), as defined by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) )You can find this on page 11 in the application)

For the purpose of this program, " rural " refers to OMB's non-MSA

and " urban " refers to MSA. Eligible applicants include:

·Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)

·Rural hospitals with fewer than 50 licensed beds

·Rural EMS Providers Organization (Paid or Volunteer)

·Rural First Responder Organizations

·Rural Fire Departments-Based EMS (Paid or Volunteer)

·Rural TDH-approved training facilities (Training facilities which

are not EMS providers are not eligible to apply for communication

equipment)

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT EVERY APPLICATION WILL BE FUNDED.

ELIGIBLE IN TEXAS ONLY.

An application can be downloaded from the ORCA website June 9, 2004

at www.orca.state.tx.us click on NEW ITEMS on the top of the

homepage. Applications will download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file.

If you want an application sent to you before the above date please

contact Quang at ORCA at either number below. Make sure you have a

valid email address to receive the application electronically.

For more information or if you have any questions feel free to

contact ORCA at , or toll free at 1-

Al , A.A.S., L.P./VFF

Office of Rural Community Affairs

P.O.Box 12877

Austin, TX 78711-2877

(P)

(F)

Toll Free 1-

[Guest guest]

This is a Texas state program, not the federal program that was recently

released.

The Rural EMS Enhancement Grant is an ORCA program.

Alan M. , A.A.S.,L.P./VFF

Office of Rural Community Affairs

P.O.Box 12877

Austin, TX, 78711

(P)

(F)

Toll free: 1-

ORCA's Rural EMS Enhancement Grant

Hello everyone,

The Office of Rural Community Affairs (Office) is announcing the

availability of the Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

Enhancement Grant Program. This program is created to support the

development and improvement of rural EMS response, delivery, and

service capacity.

The request for funding for any project or combination of projects

must be at least $3,000 and must not exceed $9,000.

ELIGIBLE / ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES

·Provide initial EMT-B or ECA to EMT-B training to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-B to EMT-I to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-I to EMT-P to rural responders

·Provide certification from EMT-B to EMT-P to rural responders

·Provide instructor training courses for CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PHTLS,

PALS, PEPP, SLAM, or other TDH-approved certification courses

·Provide courses for CPR, ACLS, BTLS, PHTLS, PALS, PEPP, SLAM, or

other TDH-approved certification courses (cannot be part of

certification training in objective 1)

·Purchase and/or installation EMS training equipment

·Purchase and/or installation EMS communications equipment

Eligible applicants must be located in a Texas non-metropolitan

statistical area (non-MSA), as defined by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) )You can find this on page 11 in the application)

For the purpose of this program, " rural " refers to OMB's non-MSA

and " urban " refers to MSA. Eligible applicants include:

·Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)

·Rural hospitals with fewer than 50 licensed beds

·Rural EMS Providers Organization (Paid or Volunteer)

·Rural First Responder Organizations

·Rural Fire Departments-Based EMS (Paid or Volunteer)

·Rural TDH-approved training facilities (Training facilities which

are not EMS providers are not eligible to apply for communication

equipment)

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT EVERY APPLICATION WILL BE FUNDED.

ELIGIBLE IN TEXAS ONLY.

An application can be downloaded from the ORCA website June 9, 2004

at www.orca.state.tx.us click on NEW ITEMS on the top of the

homepage. Applications will download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file.

If you want an application sent to you before the above date please

contact Quang at ORCA at either number below. Make sure you have a

valid email address to receive the application electronically.

For more information or if you have any questions feel free to

contact ORCA at , or toll free at 1-

Al , A.A.S., L.P./VFF

Office of Rural Community Affairs

P.O.Box 12877

Austin, TX 78711-2877

(P)

(F)

Toll Free 1-