Rural Project Examples Addressing Funding - Rural Health Information Hub

MoCAP
Updated/reviewed August 2022

Need: To help Missouri organizations secure funding to improve health outcomes.
Intervention: MoCAP provides free grant writing services and technical assistance to eligible organizations in its 84-county service area.
Results: Since 2010, MoCAP has provided support for over 800 proposals and helped bring in more than $362 million in funding.

Columbia Gorge Collective Impact Health Specialist
Updated/reviewed June 2022

Need: To address the specific health needs of north central Oregon and south central Washington.
Intervention: The Collective Impact Health Specialist identifies community needs, convenes community partners to design initiatives that address those needs, and secures funding for health-related initiatives.
Results: Thanks to the CIHS, the Columbia Gorge region has received $20.5 million since 2014.

Collaborative Approaches to Well-Being in Rural Communities
Updated/reviewed November 2021

Need: To improve mental health and well-being in rural Texas.
Intervention: The Hogg Foundation has awarded $7.75 million in grants to support five rural Texas communities in developing collaborative approaches to mental health that best fit each community's needs.
Results: Five community collaboratives have successfully completed their planning process and developed implementation plans.

Healthcare Georgia Foundation's CDFI Investments
Added December 2019

Need: In rural Georgia, poor health outcomes and high poverty rates require innovative approaches.
Intervention: As the only statewide private foundation in Georgia with the sole focus of improving health, Healthcare Georgia Foundation supports Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to do the same.
Results: With a program related investment from the Foundation, 2 statewide CDFIs and 1 national CDFI are providing low-interest loans and other support to rural healthcare efforts.

HopeWest
Updated/reviewed May 2019

Need: To provide easily-accessible and affordable services to address the challenges associated with aging, serious illness and grief across Western Colorado's rural counties.
Intervention: A nonprofit, community-sustained healthcare model was created to address serious illness care and grief needs of adults and children.
Results: Since 1993, HopeWest has helped more than 22,000 hospice patients and families in need and has grown to serve five counties.

Rural Project Examples: Funding