Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts

Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) Road Map Strategist and Champion Programs
Funding to increase the capacity of local health departments and tribally-led health programs to address dementia.

New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program
Tax incentives for investments in business and economic development projects in distressed rural and urban counties, including capital investments in healthcare facilities. Investors give to Community Development Entities who then offer low-interest financing to businesses; in return for their investment, investors receive a tax credit against their federal income tax.

Iowa Farm Bureau Sponsorship Program
Sponsorship support for events and fundraisers in rural Iowa. Giving priorities include health and wellness, agriculture, farm families and their communities, and youth education/leadership.

GREAT Health Rural Simulation Mannequin Grant Program
Grants to support the development and implementation of simulation programs at nurse training programs across rural Georgia.

Idaho Children's Trust Fund Annual Grant Program
Grants for projects designed to prevent child abuse and neglect within Idaho by increasing protective factors in order to strengthen families and promote well-being. Rural populations are a priority.

Kansas Regional Partnership Grant Program
Grants for eligible providers to participate in collaborative arrangements that promote preventive health and address root causes of diseases, enhance rural providers' efficiency and sustainability, attract and retain a high-skilled healthcare workforce, spark growth of value-based care models, and foster the use of innovative technologies. Funds must be used for the development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of approved regional partnership activities consistent with program requirements.

Kansas Transformative Capital Investment Grant Program
Grants for eligible providers in rural Kansas to make capital investments to transform the manner in which they serve their communities.

Minnesota Home and Community Based Service (HCBS), Continuity of Care, Transition and Provider Capacity Building Mini-Grant
Grants to protect continuity of care for people in Minnesota who are Medicaid eligible who have lost or are at risk of losing home and community based services because their provider can no longer serve them.

Indiana Curriculum Enhancement Grant
Grants to support eligible Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency programs in Indiana in developing new or substantially expanding existing curricular components that provide at least 8 weeks of rural training experiences and at least 8 weeks of addiction medicine training.

Indiana Preceptor and Rural Track Grant
Grants to develop the infrastructure, partnerships, preceptor capacity, staffing, and operational processes necessary to establish structured and sustainable rural clinical training opportunities for medical students, residents, or both in Indiana.