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Funding by Topic: Culture and cultural competency

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

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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 20, 2021
Sponsors: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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).
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Apr 16, 2021
Sponsors: Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 12, 2021
Sponsor: Notah Begay III Foundation
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jan 19, 2021
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Dec 15, 2020
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Apr 13, 2020
Sponsors: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 18, 2019
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Utah
Application Deadline: Jun 14, 2019
Sponsors: Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: May 15, 2019
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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).
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 8, 2019
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services