Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts

Florida Blue Foundation Food Security Grant Program
Grants to improve access to affordable, healthy, and nutritional food for populations living in food insecure communities in Florida, with priority for initiatives in rural counties.

Alaska Capital Improvement Project Grants for Water, Sewer, or Solid Waste Projects
Capital funding for the planning and construction of water and sanitation systems for rural Alaska Native villages to provide safe, clean water and sewage disposal.

Adult Treatment Court Program
Grants and technical assistance to enhance adult drug court operations and services. Courts should integrate evidence-based substance use treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, offender management, and transitional services in judicially-supervised court settings with jurisdiction over offenders to reduce recidivism and substance use, prevent overdoses, and support long-term recovery.

Family Treatment Court Program
Funding to establish new, enhance existing, or implement statewide or countywide family treatment courts to ensure the provision of substance use treatment and other services that improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Funding for implementing new and enhancing existing juvenile drug treatment courts to improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorders and co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.

Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Grants to provide services and programs through performance-based or outcomes-based contracts to improve reentry and reduce recidivism among individuals leaving incarceration. Rural communities have been awarded funding in the past.

Veterans Treatment Court Program
Funding for the implementation and enhancement of veterans treatment court (VTC) operations to connect justice-involved veterans to treatment for substance use disorders, mental health disorders, co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding: Broad Pragmatic Studies
Funding for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research designed to to improve patient care and health outcomes.

Colorado eHealth Spark Fund
Funding to support new ideas that improve community health in Colorado through technology.

Grain Bin Rescue Equipment and Training Contest
Awards for rural emergency first responders that include grain rescue tubes and hands-on rescue training.