Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Culture and cultural competency

Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 Inactive
Grants for demonstration projects of evidence-based health literacy strategies that are culturally appropriate to enhance COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and/or other mitigation measures in racial and ethnic minority populations and other socially vulnerable populations, including rural communities.

Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking Inactive
Grants to support programs that provide 6-24 months of transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services for victims of human trafficking. Priority for this funding cycle will be given to applicants that address the specific challenges that rural communities, that benefit individuals in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties, and that encourage program investments in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).

Notah Begay III Foundation Community Empowerment Grants Inactive
Grants to Native American communities for community-led, culturally-rooted programs that promote physical activity, healthy nutrition, youth development, and cultural connections.

Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Inactive
Funding to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds in becoming registered nurses using evidence-based strategies to support nursing students from enrollment through graduation. The purpose is to expand and support a workforce to provide quality, culturally-aligned care to rural and underserved communities in need.

Indian Health Service Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Projects Inactive
Grants to develop and expand education and awareness of prevention, treatment, and/or recovery activities for opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

Optimally Change the Map of Teen Pregnancy through Replication of Programs Proven Effective (Tier 1) Inactive
Grants for replicating effective programs designed to improve the overall health of adolescents and reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections in communities with the greatest needs and disparities.

National Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Tribes Inactive
A cooperative agreement and funding to establish a National Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Tribes that will serve as the technical assistance focal point for coordinated and culturally competent capacity building technical assistance American Indian and Alaska Native Nations.

Medical Student Education Program Inactive
Grants for public institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate education for medical students preparing to become physicians in states with primary care provider shortages. The program is designed to prepare and encourage medical students who are training in the most underserved states to choose residencies and careers in primary care that serve tribal communities, rural communities, and/or medically underserved communities after they graduate.

Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country Inactive
Grants for projects designed to reduce rates of death and disability from commercial tobacco use, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke and reduce the prevalence of obesity and other chronic disease risk factors and conditions in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Innovation in Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities Program Inactive
Grants to support the implementation of innovative, evidence-informed strategies to integrate care at a system-level within a state for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD), with a special emphasis on medically underserved populations (based on poverty, rural geographic location, and/or populations that experience health disparities).