HRSA Adds Mom Health Questions to Rural Grant Reporting
Published Date: 4/7/2026
Notice
Summary
HRSA wants to update how it collects info from rural health programs to make reporting easier and more useful. This affects folks running rural health outreach grants, with new questions added—especially about moms’ health. They’re asking for public feedback by June 8, 2026, before finalizing these changes, which aim to improve health services without adding extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Reporting Burden Increased to 507.5 Hours
HRSA estimates the total annualized burden for the revised collection is 507.5 hours for 58 respondents, or 8.75 hours per respondent. The increase in burden accounts for a new cohort that includes 40 recipients under the Regular Outreach Track and 18 recipients under the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative Track awarded under HRSA-25-038.
Form Restructured for Easier Reporting
HRSA is changing the Outreach performance form by consolidating three sub-sections into two new sub-sections called Capacity/Organizational Information and Access/Population Demographics. This revision is intended to improve clarity and make reporting easier for the 58 Outreach award recipients who must submit the form annually.
New Maternal Health Measures Added
HRSA is adding nine new maternal health measures (four required and five optional) that apply only to the 11 award recipients in the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative Track. Those 11 recipients will need to collect and report these additional maternal health measures as part of their annual submissions.
New Sustainability Question Added
HRSA added one new question about sustainability to the Outreach performance measures that respondents must answer as part of the annual report. All 58 Outreach award recipients will see this additional question in the revised instrument.
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