Applying for Grants to Support Rural Health Projects – News
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Sep 5, 2023 - Following analysis of the first round recipients of the Community Wildfire Defense Grant, the U.S. Forest Service has developed new tools to allow lower resourced communities a better chance at success in the second round of funding. The lower resourced communities are often rural the analysis found. Notes challenges for rural communities in securing grants are usually less administrative capacity and less access to matching funds.
Source: The Daily Yonder
Aug 25, 2023 - Describes the impact of federal grant funds for a rural nonprofit and the surrounding community in rural Pennsylvania. The organization, which focuses on decreasing food disparities, has added a new mobile unit allowing them to bring their services to those with a disability or without transportation. Also describes other Pennsylvania recipients of federal grant dollars for projects related to emergency services and pharmacy storage upgrades.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Last Updated: 9/5/2023