Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Substance use and misuse

Iowa 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 Iowa, allowing them to remain in the United States.

The Addict's Wake Community Screening Award
Programming funds to host a film screening of "The Addict's Wake," a film on substance use disorder.

Syringe Services and Community-Based Harm Reduction Grants
Funding for syringe services and community-based harm reduction activities. Grants may be used for free sterile syringes, safer smoking and snorting kits, education, and community wraparound services to reduce opioid overdoses and the transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis.

Tribal Nation Opioid Abatement
Grant funding for culturally relevant prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services related to opioid use for federally recognized tribal nations in Wisconsin.

Kentucky State Loan Repayment Program
A 50/50 matching program that increases availability of primary healthcare services through repayment of education loans to eligible health professionals practicing in Health Professional Shortage Areas of Kentucky.

Georgia Behavioral Health Provider Loan Repayment Program (GBHPLRP)
Loan repayment assistance for mental health and substance use professionals in return for practicing in rural and underserved areas of Georgia.

Wisconsin Opioid and Stimulant Unmet Treatment Needs Grants
Grants to support services for people with an opioid use disorder, stimulant use disorder, and other co-occurring substance use disorders in Wisconsin.

Montana Mental Health Trust Funding
Grants for programs, services, and resources for the prevention, treatment, and management of serious mental illness in Montana children and adults.

Empowering Nonprofits in California to Work on Tobacco Prevention in American Indian/Alaskan Native Communities
Funding to address commercial tobacco-related disparities affecting the American Indian population in California.

Texas Primary Prevention of Cancer
Funding to implement evidence-based strategies to ensure that all Texans benefit from cancer prevention knowledge. Projects will include interventions to reduce cancer risk, disease burden, and cancer disparities and address social determinants that contribute to cancer burden and disparities. Applications must include the delivery of interventions to non-metropolitan (rural) and/or medically underserved counties in the state.