Rural Public Health Agencies – Funding & Opportunities

Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) Road Map Strategists Program Inactive
Funding to increase the capacity of local health departments (LHDs), tribal health organizations, and their community partners to address cognitive health.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 15, 2023
Sponsor: Alzheimer's Association

Brownfield Assessment Grants Inactive
Grants for assessing, prioritizing, and planning for the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites that are complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Brownfield Cleanup Grants Inactive
Grants to carry out cleanup activities at specific brownfield sites, resulting in better community environmental health. The program has a focus on areas historically affected by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contamination.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Brownfields Multipurpose Grants Inactive
Grants to carry out a range of eligible assessment and cleanup activities within a proposed target area, such as a neighborhood, a number of neighboring towns, a district, a corridor, a shared planning area or a census tract. Funds must be used for environmental site assessments, brownfields site cleanup, and the development of a plan for the revitalization of one or more brownfields site.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 13, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Barclay-Giel Seed Grants Inactive
Grants for public health projects that have a strong disease and/or injury prevention component that impacts the health of a community by promoting wellness, early detection, and early interventions. Past awards have been given for projects in rural and tribal communities.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 12, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation

Building Workforce Capacity of Rural and Frontier Local Health Departments to Respond to COVID-19 Inactive
Training and technical assistance for local health departments that serve rural and frontier jurisdictions to effectively respond to, recover from, and build community resiliency related to the COVID pandemic and future public health emergencies.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 4, 2023
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials

PHEARLESS (Public Health Regenerative Leadership Synergy) Initiative Inactive
An initiative that brings rising public health leaders together with community leaders to co-create sustainable solutions that advance health equity and well-being for all. Community collectives will be selected to participate in a one-year program comprising four competency-developing modules, a culminating activity, stipends, and potential implementation grant funding.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jul 6, 2023
Sponsors: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, University of South Florida College of Public Health

Delta Health Care Services Grant Program Inactive
Grants to address unmet health needs in the Delta Region through cooperation among healthcare professionals, institutions of higher education, research institutions, and other entities.

Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee
Application Deadline: Jul 3, 2023
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA Rural Development

Partnering for Vaccine Equity Inactive
Funding and technical assistance to increase the capacity of local health departments to increase vaccination uptake and address inequities in influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among racial and ethnic minority adults.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Sponsor: National Association of County and City Health Officials

Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program Inactive
Funding to support community-based organizations to use the EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model to develop and implement community-driven solutions that address environmental and/or public health issues for underserved communities. Special consideration will be given to projects located in rural areas.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Apr 10, 2023
Sponsor: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency