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Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts

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

California Last Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grants
Grants for last-mile broadband infrastructure projects to connect unserved Californians with high-speed broadband services.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Sep 29, 2023
Sponsor: California Public Utilities Commission
California Resilience Challenge
Funding for projects designed to adapt to climate change that will yield significant future benefits for public health, safety, infrastructure, the economy, and the environment in California. Priority is given to underrepresented communities, which are those that experience continuing injustice including people of color, immigrants, people with lower incomes, those in rural areas, and indigenous people.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Sep 29, 2023
Sponsor: Bay Area Council Foundation
Delaware Highmark BluePrints Grants
Grants for health-related projects, programs, and supportive services in Delaware in the priority areas of increasing access to healthcare for uninsured and underserved people, reducing health disparities in minority communities, supporting early childhood development with initiatives focused on health, recruiting and training health care professionals, and addressing social determinants of health.
Geographic coverage: Delaware
Application Deadline: Sep 29, 2023
Sponsor: Delaware Community Foundation
Region 1 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program (EJ TCTAC)
Funding for a single entity to serve as a training and technical assistance center for EPA Region 1. The Center will work with agencies that are interested in participating in environmental and energy justice programs, policy development, and using environmental and energy grant programs to advance environmental and energy justice. Environmental health and public health outcomes are encouraged, and rural communities are a priority.
Geographic coverage: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and 10 tribal nations
Application Deadline: Sep 29, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wisconsin Opioid and Stimulant Treatment Unmet 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.
Geographic coverage: Wisconsin
Application Deadline: Sep 29, 2023
Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Indiana SIA Foundation Grants
Funding for capital projects related to health and welfare, arts and culture, and education in Indiana.
Geographic coverage: Indiana
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
Sponsor: SIA Foundation, Inc.
Kansas EMS Education Incentive Grant Program
Grants for licensed ambulance services in rural, frontier, and densely settled rural areas of Kansas to help with recruiting, training, and certifying ambulance EMS providers.
Geographic coverage: Kansas
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
Sponsor: Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services
Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Hardship Exception Application
CMS eligible hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) may be exempted from the Medicare Promoting Interoperability payment adjustment if they can show that compliance with the requirement for being a meaningful EHR user would result in a significant hardship. Eligible hospitals and CAHs may submit a hardship exception application each year for a maximum of 5 years.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
Sponsor: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 4 Grants
Funding for projects in Region 4 that improve health literacy; increase the ability of the general public to find and use health information; and improve health professionals' access to, awareness of, and skills for locating high quality biomedical and health information.
Geographic coverage: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
Sponsors: National Institutes of Health, Network of the National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDL and REDG)
Loans and grants to assist in the economic development of rural areas, including funds for healthcare facilities and equipment, telecommunications networks, and job creation projects.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development