The funding opportunity is aimed towards promoting rural Tele-emergency services with an emphasis on tele-stroke, tele-behavioral health, and Tele-Emergency Medical Services (Tele-EMS). This will be achieved by enhancing telehealth networks to deliver 24-hour Emergency Department (ED) consultation services via telehealth to rural providers without emergency care specialists.
 
The total award budget for 2020 is $8.7M with up to $300k max award per recipient organization per year with no match required.
 
The deadline for applications has been extended to June 15, 2020.