Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Maternal health and prenatal care

Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for certain health professionals who agree to serve in a Health Professional Shortage Area of Hawaii.

Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation Grants
Grants for projects that directly impact the health and well-being of Alaska Native people and communities, with preference given to the areas of access to care, children, behavioral health, and rural healthcare.

Highmark Foundation Grants
Grants for projects in West Virginia and Western and Central Pennsylvania in the areas of chronic disease, family health, and service delivery systems.

Illinois National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse midwives, dentists, and psychiatrists who agree to serve in a Health Professional Shortage Area of Illinois.

Illinois Reproductive Health Facilities Capital Grant Program
Capital grants to support reproductive healthcare facilities in Illinois that are experiencing increased demand for their services. Priority will be given to projects that are located in rural or underserved areas, that provide a range of pregnancy-related medical services, and that address an unmet need for additional capacity and/or patient and staff safety and security.

Illinois Underserved Physician Workforce (UPW) Loan Repayment Program
Funding to assist communities in recruiting physicians to their nonprofit healthcare facilities in Heath Professional Shortage Areas in Illinois. Practice location sites register and agree to sponsor any provider who wishes to be considered for the program. Providers may apply for loan repayment in return for service at an approved site for at least 2 years.

Indiana State Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment assistance for primary care providers who agree to provide services in a healthcare shortage area in Indiana.

Louisiana Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Louisiana, allowing them to remain in the United States.

Louisiana Physician Placement Service: Rural Scholars
Residency and fellowship placement assistance for health career students in Louisiana, with an emphasis on physicians committed to practicing primary care in a rural location in Louisiana following residency training.

Louisiana Primary Care Rural Preceptorship Program
A hands-on experience designed to expose medical students to primary care medicine in rural and/or medically underserved areas of Louisiana.