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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Policy

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

Crisis Intercept Mapping for Suicide Prevention for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF) Community Workshops Inactive
Crisis Intercept Mapping (CIM) workshops for teams from local communities with a focus on identifying and responding to the needs of service members, veterans, and their family members who are at risk for death by suicide. Applications from rural and tribal communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2022
Sponsor: SAMHSA Service Members, Veterans, and their Families Technical Assistance Center
Public Health Policy and Strategy Innovation Hub Training Inactive
A training cohort of public health practitioners and emerging leaders to prepare for change, build capacity for strategic policy and decision making, learn adaptive leadership skills to inform decision-making approaches, and design solutions to address current and future public health issues. Trainings will be primarily focused on addressing collaboration partnerships with the healthcare, housing, and transportation sectors.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Nov 30, 2022
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Network of Public Health Institutes
Virginia Healthy Communities Action Teams to Prevent Childhood Obesity Grants Inactive
Grants for organizations, coalitions, and teams in Virginia to develop Healthy Community Action Teams to promote policy, systems, and environmental changes that will help children and adolescents reach and maintain healthy weights. Applications from rural communities are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Virginia
Application Deadline: Oct 17, 2022
Sponsor: Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement Inactive
Funding to strengthen the infrastructure of tribal public health systems by strengthening leadership and workforce, improving access to tribal-specific data, adapting evidence-informed programs, and improving policies and practices to increase sustainability. This is a supplemental funding opportunity for current grantees.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 10, 2022
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington Community Power Grants Inactive
Core support (or general operating support) grants for community-based organizations in Washington working to improve health equity by dismantling systemic barriers and fostering community well-being. Rural and tribal organizations are a priority.
Geographic coverage: Washington
Application Deadline: Apr 7, 2022
Sponsor: Inatai Foundation
National Indian Health Board Public Health Innovation Awards Inactive
Honorary awards to recognize excellence, achievement, and innovation for individuals, tribes, organizations, and programs that have enriched and improved public health in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2022
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Rural Health and Economic Development Analysis Inactive
Funding for a single entity to quantify and describe the economic impacts of local healthcare sectors on rural economies to provide information to assist policy makers and other rural stakeholders in improving healthcare in rural areas. Topic areas may include sustainability of services and minimum population requirements as it relates to healthcare and the economic vitality of rural communities, including rural tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Mar 8, 2022
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Texas Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention Services Inactive
Grants for evidence-based cancer prevention services for medically underserved areas and populations in Texas.
Geographic coverage: Texas
Application Deadline: Feb 9, 2022
Sponsor: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Indian Health Service Domestic Violence Prevention Program Inactive
Funding for tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to support the development and/or expansion of a domestic violence prevention programs by incorporating prevention efforts addressing social, spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being of victims through the integration of culturally appropriate practices and trauma-informed services.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 2, 2022
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service Domestic Violence Prevention Program: Forensic Healthcare Services Inactive
Funding for tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to provide access to treatment for American Indian/Alaska Native victims of domestic and sexual violence by supporting the development of and/or expansion of forensic healthcare services that are culturally appropriate and trauma-informed.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Feb 2, 2022
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services