Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Access

Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01) Inactive
Funding for innovative research that will inform and support the delivery of high-quality, continuously improving mental health services to benefit individuals with, or at risk for developing, a mental illness. Research on innovative service delivery models that seek to reduce disparities in service access, quality, and outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, individuals limited by language or cultural barriers, sexual and gender minorities, individuals living in rural areas, socioeconomically disadvantaged persons, and other underserved groups is encouraged.

North Carolina Oral Health Infrastructure and New Approaches Inactive
Grants for safety net dental clinics in North Carolina to support replacing critical equipment and/or integrating new approaches to oral healthcare delivery.

Rural Health Network Development Program Inactive
Grants for healthcare networks in rural areas to address gaps in service, enhance systems of care, and expand capacity of the local healthcare system. The purpose of this program is to support rural integrated healthcare networks that have combined the functions of the entities participating in the network in order to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential healthcare services; and strengthen the rural healthcare system as a whole.

Health Equity Innovations Fund Inactive
Funding for solutions designed to eliminate structural racism and other structural inequities within the nursing profession, health systems, and communities that lead to improved access to care and services for populations impacted by health disparities.

Wisconsin Grants to Improve Cultural Competence of the Behavioral Health Workforce Inactive
Grants to support culturally appropriate community-based behavioral health services for underserved populations who face barriers in accessing and using mental health and substance use services.

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program Inactive
Grants to support community-based child health projects that improve the health of mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and families in rural and other underserved communities by increasing their access to health services.

AAPD Foundation Access to Care Grants Inactive
Grants to support community-based initiatives that provide dental homes to children who are underserved and/or have limited access to oral healthcare.

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies Program Inactive
Funding to prepare nurses to serve as nursing clinical faculty and preceptors to newly hired or transitioning licensed nurses in a variety of care settings in rural and underserved areas.

Maine School Based Health Center Services Grant Inactive
Grants to establish School Based Health Centers to deliver or expand access to integrated medical and behavioral health services to students in middle and/or high schools in Maine, with an emphasis on establishing centers in rural and medically underserved areas of the state, improving equity in healthcare access for students of color, and providing preventive oral health services.

Public Health Nursing Case Management: Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections Inactive
Funding to mitigate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in Indian Country through a model that utilizes public health nurses to provide case management services.