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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Planning and strategy methods and resources

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

Broadband Technical Assistance Program
Funding to eligible entities to receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training that promotes the expansion of broadband into rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Aug 20, 2024
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development, USDA Rural Utilities Service
Supporting Vaccine Confidence
Funding to expand, plan, implement, and evaluate promising practices and develop novel approaches to increase vaccine confidence among populations with low vaccination rates, including rural communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 21, 2024
Sponsors: Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Discretionary Grants
Grants to support communities in the development and implementation of comprehensive safety action plans to significantly reduce or eliminate roadway fatalities and serious injuries. Ensuring investment in rural and tribal communities is a priority.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 29, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Community Selection
As part of the Continuum of Care program, HUD will select up to 25 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. At least 8 of the selected communities will be rural. Applicants must be a collaborative registered through the most recent Continuum of Care Program.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 29, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Boettcher Foundation Grants
Community Connections Grants for initiatives or infrastructure projects that strengthen the connections between individuals and organizations in Colorado. Rural Catalyst Grants for building the capacity of rural nonprofit organizations.
Geographic coverage: Colorado
Application Deadline: Aug 30, 2024
Sponsor: Boettcher Foundation
Kansas Rural Hospital Innovation Grant
Grants for hospitals in Kansas for transitional projects related to changing a hospital's current healthcare delivery model to a model more appropriate for the community that the hospital serves.
Geographic coverage: Kansas
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2024
Sponsor: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant Program
Funding for projects that reconnect communities by removing, retrofitting, or mitigating highways or other transportation facilities that create barriers to community connectivity. The program will support economically disadvantaged communities to increase affordable, accessible, and multimodal access to destinations like jobs, healthcare, grocery stores, schools, places of worship, recreation, and park space. The program seeks to award funding to rural and tribal communities that face unique challenges related to mobility and economic development, including isolation, transportation cost burden, and traffic safety.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2024
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Transportation
Indiana Trailblazer Planning Grant
Funding for the development of community-university partnerships to improve health, examine social determinants of health, or enhance health equity to result in future collaborative research proposals. Indiana CTSI has an interest in projects that are focused on rural health.
Geographic coverage: Indiana
Application Deadline: Oct 1, 2024
Sponsor: Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)
Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program
Offers funding to federally-recognized tribes and tribal organizations to build climate resilience capacity.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Oct 18, 2024
Sponsor: Bureau of Indian Affairs
Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (U54)
Funding for Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (Ag Centers) to conduct high quality research and subsequently disseminate their findings and recommendations. Projects should result in audience appropriate products that contribute to improving the safety and health of agriculture, forestry, and fishing workers.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Sep 22, 2023
Application Deadline: Oct 22, 2024
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services