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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Aging and aging-related services

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

Citizens' Institute on Rural Design: Request for Host Applicants Inactive
Opportunity to host a leadership workshop and/or participate in a learning cohort that connects rural communities to design resources, enabling communities to act on ideas for improvements to a community's streets, buildings, public spaces, or landscapes to address the specific physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges facing rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 21, 2023
Sponsors: Housing Assistance Council, National Endowment for the Arts
Minnesota Live Well at Home Grants Inactive
Grants to develop and /or provide services to allow for older Minnesotans to live in the community. Funded projects will improve capacity to develop, strengthen, and integrate programs; maintain home and community-based services for individuals' age 65 and older and at risk of long-term nursing home use and/or spending down into medical assistance; and strengthen services for the caregiver support network. Models that serve older adults in rural areas are of particular interest.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline: Apr 7, 2023
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Human Services
Montana Health Equity Mini Grants Inactive
Grants to support projects in Montana that work to advance health equity for communities most heavily impacted by health disparities.
Geographic coverage: Montana
Application Deadline: Apr 1, 2023
Sponsor: Montana State University
Vermont Educational Loan Repayment Program for Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who agree to practice in an underserved area of Vermont.
Geographic coverage: Vermont
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2023
Sponsor: University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program
NextFifty Initiative Flexible Support Grants Inactive
Grant offering flexible funding to organizations working to improve the lives of adults age 50 and older, including those living rural areas and other vulnerable communities.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Mar 22, 2023
Sponsor: NextFifty Initiative
AARP Community Challenge Inactive
Grants for projects that work to improve livability for all residents of a community. The 2023 application cycle will focus on public spaces; housing; transportation; civic engagement; diversity, equity, and inclusion; digital connections; community health; and economic empowerment, among others. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 15, 2023
Sponsor: AARP
Rural HIV and Aging Challenge Inactive
Challenge that is looking for innovative, effective solutions to address the needs of people in rural communities aging with HIV or long-term survivors, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 14, 2023
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Steele-Reese Foundation Idaho and Montana Grant Program Inactive
Grants to nonprofit organizations in Idaho and Montana working in the areas of rural health, human and social services, education, conservation and preservation, arts and humanities, and native communities.
Geographic coverage: Idaho, Montana
Letter of Intent (Required): Jan 31, 2023
Application Deadline: Apr 3, 2023
Sponsor: The Steele-Reese Foundation
Empowering Communities to Address Behavioral Health and Chronic Pain through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs Inactive
Funding to help communities develop or expand capacity for, deliver, and sustain evidence-based chronic disease self-management education and support programs for older adults and adults with disabilities, particularly those in underserved geographic areas and/or populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Dec 6, 2022
Application Deadline: Jan 11, 2023
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Empowering Communities to Deliver and Sustain Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Inactive
Funding to help communities reduce falls and/or falls risk among older adults and adults with disabilities through the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs. Projects must engage underserved populations, such as engage underserved populations, including people living in rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Dec 7, 2022
Application Deadline: Jan 11, 2023
Sponsors: Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services