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Rural Health
Funding by Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Tennessee State Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Tennessee, allowing them to remain in the United States.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Perinatal Telehealth Inactive
Grants to establish or expand perinatal telehealth services in a defined Tennessee geographic area targeting underserved populations.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2024
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Small and Critical Access Hospital Assistance with National Healthcare Safety Network Antibiotic Use Option Reporting Inactive
Funding to assist small hospitals in Tennessee with the monthly fee and startup costs to institute a software surveillance system that would allow them to report into the National Healthcare Safety Network Antibiotic Use (NHSN AU) Option Reporting.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: May 17, 2024
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Breast and Cervical Screening Program (TBCSP) Evidence-Based Interventions Inactive
Funding to increase breast and cervical cancer screening with a focus on populations who are underserved and who have increased cancer risk due to inequities.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Sep 11, 2023
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee Safety Net Dental Grant Inactive
Funding to provide adult emergency dental extraction, preventive hygienic dental services, and general oral healthcare for uninsured adults in Tennessee 19-64 years of age. Preference will be given to applicants that propose to provide dental services to meet the needs of a Medically Underserved Area (MUA), Medically Underserved Population (MUP), or a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) where current safety net services are limited.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Oct 7, 2022
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Healthcare Safety Net Federally Qualified Health Centers for Uninsured Adult Tennesseans Ages 19-64 Years of Age Inactive
Grants for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes in Tennessee to offer a sliding fee scale and provide comprehensive, preventive, dental, behavioral health services to an underserved area of population to uninsured adult Tennesseans 19-64 years of age.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Jun 9, 2022
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
https://www.tn.gov/hfc/division-of-licensure-and-regulation/tennessee-civil-monetary-penalty--cmp--reinvestment-program.html Inactive
Funding to support evidence-based initiatives that improve the quality of life and quality of care for individuals currently living in nursing home facilities in Tennessee. The 2021 application cycle has a focus on customer service and elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: May 28, 2021
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health