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Funding by Topic: Behavioral health

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

Massachusetts Special Initiatives Grants
Grants for new projects in Massachusetts that positively impact health or healthcare access for Massachusetts residents who have been economically, socially, culturally, or racially marginalized.
Geographic coverage: Massachusetts
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Maine Care for the Underserved Pathways AHEC Scholars Program
A multidisciplinary certificate and honors distinction program for health professions students in Maine that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural and underserved communities, and networking with other students and professionals.
Geographic coverage: Maine
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2024
Sponsors: Maine Area Health Education Center Network, University of New England Center for Excellence in Health Innovation
Nurturing Hope Scholarship for Aspiring Mental Health Professionals in Washington
Scholarship to support aspiring mental health professionals with lived experience in Washington.
Geographic coverage: Washington
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2024
Sponsors: Anchor Point Counseling PLLC, Bold.org
Children's Advocacy National Subgrant Program
Funding for the establishment, improvement, and expansion of Children's Advocacy Centers to provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from the statutorily mandated and other involved agencies. One of the program objectives is to increase the number of resource-poor, geographically isolated, rural, and/or underserved communities developing a multidisciplinary approach to child abuse.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 2, 2024
Sponsor: National Children's Alliance (NCA)
Lumpkin Family Foundation Land, Health, Community Grants
Grants to organizations in Eastern Central Illinois to support healthy communities by increasing access to healthy food, growing local agriculture economies, supporting mental health and well-being, promoting green farming practices, and encouraging rural development through community engagement and collaboration. Preference is given to rural organizations.
Geographic coverage: Illinois
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 2, 2024
Application Deadline: Sep 6, 2024
Sponsor: The Lumpkin Family Foundation
Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning Program
Funding to evaluate, develop, and, expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models for healthcare providers and other professionals. The program is designed to improve retention of healthcare providers and increase access to health care services in rural areas, frontier areas, health professional shortage areas, or medically underserved areas and for medically underserved populations or native Americans.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Aug 2, 2024
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mentoring at Risk and Rural Youth
Grants to Cooperative Extension agencies to expand opportunities for rural youth, juvenile justice-involved youth, and youth at risk of juvenile justice involvement by providing mentoring services through 4-H programming.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 5, 2024
Sponsors: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06)
Offers grants for new or continued Native American Research Centers for Health, which support research and research training to meet the health needs of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jul 7, 2024
Application Deadline: Aug 7, 2024
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
South Carolina Health Priority Grants
Grants for projects that that improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for South Carolina residents, especially the economically vulnerable. Health priorities include oral health, mental health, diabetes, and social determinants of health.
Geographic coverage: South Carolina
Letter of Intent (Required): Aug 7, 2024
Application Deadline: Sep 13, 2024
Sponsor: Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge
Funding for projects that bring an innovative approach to long-standing and complex issues related to the nation's opioid crisis. According to the funder, projects should "explore and/or evaluate new outside-the-box ideas, bring together approaches from several diverse fields, and engage multi-disciplinary, cross-sector teams to reduce overdoses, increase access to treatment, and support long-term recovery." Applications that address rural and underserved populations are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 8, 2024
Sponsor: Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)