Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Emergency preparedness and response

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.

Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Grants Inactive
Grants for pre-disaster mitigation activities to build capacity of state and local governments, tribes, and territories to help them to identify mitigation actions and implement projects that reduce risks posed by natural hazards. Priority is given for projects that benefit disadvantaged communities, including rural areas. Funding is specifically set aside for resilient infrastructure projects for tribal communities.

Community Health Center Climate Resilience Learning Collaborative Inactive
Learning collaborative for clinical and administrative health center representatives to identify challenges related to a changing climate, specifically extreme heat. Health center teams will engage in interactive activities to enhance preparedness and develop strategies to build resilience to extreme heat.

Climate Program Office Tribal Drought Resilience with Inflation Reduction Act Support Inactive
Funding to enable tribal nations to address current and future drought and climate risk on tribal lands across the western U.S. by improving decision support and building drought resilience in a changing climate. Projects should work to reduce impacts of drought on human health, critical infrastructure, security, and the economy.

NACCHO's Model Practices Award Inactive
Recognizes and honors outstanding local health officials and practices in the United States.

Community Facilities Program Disaster Repair Grants Inactive
Grants to repair essential community facilities in rural areas that were damaged by Presidentially Declared Disasters in calendar year 2022. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community. It does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings.

Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant - Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2023 Grant Funds Inactive
Funding to provide training and technical assistance for rural communities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to identify and plan for community facility repairs as a result of damages resulting from presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 2022.

Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program Inactive
Funding for projects in small and disadvantaged communities that are designed to increase natural hazard resilience in drinking water systems.

Community Wildfire Defense Grants Inactive
Grants for at-risk local communities and tribes to plan for and mitigate the risk created by wildfires. Priority is given to projects located in areas identified as having a high or very high wildfire hazard potential; that benefit low-income communities; and/or serve communities impacted by a severe disaster within the previous 10 years.

Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance Grants Program Inactive
Funding for technical assistance providers to provide on-site assistance to help eligible rural communities mitigate damage to water systems caused by presidentially declared disasters in Fiscal Year 2022.