Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts

Academy of General Dentistry Foundation Grant Program
Grant support for nonprofit community-based outreach programs that provide free oral cancer screenings and education to the public, especially underserved communities that lack access to oral healthcare due to geographic and/or economic hardship.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Student Award Program
Funding for doctoral and medical students at Michigan universities who research healthcare topics, including demonstration and evaluation projects and pilot programs that are aimed at improving healthcare within the state.

Centene Foundation Grants
Grant funding for nonprofit organizations working in the areas of healthcare, social services, or education.

Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) Foundation Grants
Funding for projects and research to increase access to and utilization of oral health care.

Wyoming Childcare Provider Start-Up Grants
Funding intended to increase the number of childcare slots available for Wyoming families.

Muktuk Marston Foundation Fund
Grants for charitable, literary, educational, scientific, and food security projects that benefit Alaska Natives who live west of the 156th Meridian.

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Student Project Stipends
Stipends for students working on practice-based projects in public health organizations in the Northwest Region of the United States.

Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program
Grants for qualified nonprofit organizations and tribes to create a revolving loan fund to increase access to clean, reliable water and septic systems for households in eligible rural areas.

Rural Transportation Voucher Pilot Program
Funding for Centers for Independent Living to pilot a rural transportation voucher program.

Michigan Rural Development Fund Grant
Grant funding to promote expansion and sustainability of land-based industries; worker training related to land-based industries; and energy, livestock processing, transportation, housing, communications, broadband, water and wastewater infrastructure to benefit rural communities and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Michigan.