On June 27th, the New York State Department of Health (DOH), released a Request for Applications (RFA) for implementation or expansion of the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model in New York State. Awardees will operate a Project ECHO “hub” site at a teaching hospital that will use telecommunications technology to link expert specialist teams with primary care clinicians who are located in multiple “spoke” sites for training and mentoring in a virtual knowledge-sharing network.
This RFA will offer up to four awards of up to $215,000 each over 16 months to eligible organizations. Applicants must propose to establish a new Project ECHO hub site or expand the scope of services provided at their existing Project ECHO hub site.
A summary of the RFA is attached. The full RFA is available here. Applications are due on August 8th and applicants may submit optional Letters of Intent/Interest by July 11th.