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  • Rural Communities Opioid Response Program—Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion (Deadline: 07/01/2019)
    The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program is a $120 million opioid-focused initiative by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in rural counties that are at the highest risk for substance use disorder. There are an estimated eleven awards.  Funding »
  • Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Grants (Deadline: 06/07/2019)
    These two-year grants will go to developing and disseminating training and technical assistance for rural communities on addressing opioid issues. It is expected that grantees will facilitate the identification of model programs, develop and update materials related to the prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD), and ensure that high-quality training is provided.  There are an anticipated 11 awards. Proposed budgets cannot exceed $550,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Funding »
  • Webinar: Increasing Access to Treatment and Recovery Supports for People with Disabilities (Deadline: 04/25/2019)
    SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) invites you to join national experts in a conversation about how organizations and service providers can engage and support people with disabilities. Specific focus will be devoted to individuals seeking treatment and recovery support services for serious mental illness or substance use disorders. 1pm Central Time. Funding »
  • Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health Academic/Scholarly Research Grants (Deadline: 07/01/2019)
    Grants for academic/scientific investigators and those newly interested in agricultural safety and health research. Funding will support new agricultural safety and health knowledge and assess and promote best safety and health practices, with a focus on projects addressing mental health; sleep deprivation; safe transport and handling of commodities; and slips, trips, and falls prevention. Only those in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin are eligible.  Funding »
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Group Respite and Early Memory Loss Grants (Deadline: 06/26/2019)
    Grants for community-based, social model day programs that provide dementia-specific group activities for participants and respite for family caregivers and care partners. Eligible applicants are nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations or public agencies.  Funding »
  • Family Self-Sufficiency Program (Deadline: 06/13/2019)
    Funding for public housing agencies and housing choice voucher programs to hire family self-sufficiency coordinators that will work with low-income people to increase their earned income and financial literacy, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare assistance, and make progress toward economic independence and self-sufficiency. Funding »
  • Relatives as Parents Program (Deadline: 06/12/2019)
    Grants to support the creation or expansion of healthcare, mental health services, and other supportive services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on the responsibility of surrogate parenting due to the absence of the parents. Funding »
  • Rural PREP Microresearch Grants (Deadline: 06/03/2019)
    Funding for locally generated and implemented, community-based research projects leading to local solutions to problems in underserved rural communities in the areas of primary care, population health, and workforce training. Funding »
  • Community Economic Development Projects (Deadline: 06/03/2019)
    Grants to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) for projects designed to address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families through the creation of employment and business opportunities, including expansion or construction of clinics and health centers. Bonus points will be given to projects that create jobs in rural communities and counties of persistent poverty. Funding »
  • Community Development Financial Institution Program (Deadline: 06/06/2019)
    The U.S. Department of Treasury provides funding for economic development in communities that need it through Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).  The CDFI Fund provides access to financial products and services in low-income communities, specifically designed to create and build business and jobs that improve economic prospects.   This funding opportunity offers two types of awards:   Financial assistance in the form of loans, grants, deposits, and equity investments that require a dollar-for-dollar match with funds from a non-federal source; and Technical assistance grants that allow CDFIs and prospective CDFIs to increase their capacity to serve their communities.  Funding »
  • Rural Community Development Initiative Grants (Deadline: 06/05/2019)
    The USDA is accepting applications to spur Community and Economic Development in Rural Communities. The grants are available under the Rural Community Development Initiative program, which allows qualified intermediaries to provide assistance to help improve housing and community facilities, and to implement community and economic development projects in rural areas. Applicants are encouraged to consider projects that will support the Administration’s goal to combat substance use disorder, including opioid misuse, in high-risk rural communities by strengthening the capacity to address prevention, treatment and/or recovery.  Applications are due by June 5, 2019. Funding »
  • Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-Based Program (Deadline: 06/05/2019)
    The U.S. Department of Justice (Department), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications to plan and implement comprehensive programs in response to the growing opioid epidemic.  There are 3 funding categories:   Locally Driven Responses to the Opioid Epidemic—Funding amount: $600,000–$1,200,000; Statewide Implementation, Enhancement, and Evaluation Projects—Funding amount: $3,000,000–$6,500,000; and Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Implementation and Enhancement Projects—Funding amount: up to $2,000,000.  Funding »
  • USDA Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program Applications (Deadline: 05/31/2019)
    USDA Rural Development will begin accepting the first round of applications for the Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program). In March 2018, Congress provided $600 million to USDA to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural America. The program, called “ReConnect,” includes loans and grants that will be awarded to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America. USDA is making available up to $200 million in grants, $200 million in loan and grant combinations, and $200 million in low-interest loans. The application deadlines are May 31, 2019, for grants; June 21, 2019, for loan/grant combinations; and; July 12, 2019, for low-interest loans. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, internet service providers and municipalities may apply. Projects funded through this initiative must serve communities with fewer than 20,000 people with no broadband service or where service is slower than 10 megabits per second (mbps) download and 1 mbps upload. Funding »
  • USDA Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program Applications (Deadline: 06/21/2019)
    USDA Rural Development will begin accepting the first round of applications for the Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program). In March 2018, Congress provided $600 million to USDA to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural America. The program, called “ReConnect,” includes loans and grants that will be awarded to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America. USDA is making available up to $200 million in grants, $200 million in loan and grant combinations, and $200 million in low-interest loans. The application deadlines are May 31, 2019, for grants; June 21, 2019, for loan/grant combinations; and; July 12, 2019, for low-interest loans. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, internet service providers and municipalities may apply. Projects funded through this initiative must serve communities with fewer than 20,000 people with no broadband service or where service is slower than 10 megabits per second (mbps) download and 1 mbps upload. Funding »
  • USDA Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program Applications (Deadline: 07/12/2019)
    USDA Rural Development will begin accepting the first round of applications for the Rural e-Connectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect Program). In March 2018, Congress provided $600 million to USDA to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural America. The program, called “ReConnect,” includes loans and grants that will be awarded to help build broadband infrastructure in rural America. USDA is making available up to $200 million in grants, $200 million in loan and grant combinations, and $200 million in low-interest loans. The application deadlines are May 31, 2019, for grants; June 21, 2019, for loan/grant combinations; and; July 12, 2019, for low-interest loans. Telecommunications companies, rural electric cooperatives and utilities, internet service providers and municipalities may apply. Projects funded through this initiative must serve communities with fewer than 20,000 people with no broadband service or where service is slower than 10 megabits per second (mbps) download and 1 mbps upload. Funding »
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance: Law Enforcement/First Responder Diversion Mentor Program (Deadline: 05/10/2019)
    The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) announced the creation of the Law Enforcement/First Responder Diversion Mentor Program to begin on October 1, 2019. This program is part of the training and technical assistance (TTA) resources available to local jurisdictions through BJA’s Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP). The Program will provide communities interested in starting a diversion program with the opportunity to learn from established or innovative programs that have shown success in meeting their communities’ treatment needs. The mentor sites selected through this application process will serve as models for individuals and teams interested in starting a program or for established programs interested in learning innovative practices. Funding »
  • DOJ Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (Deadline: 05/07/2019)
    The Department of Justice (DOJ) will make ten awards of up to $1 million each to address public safety concerns, intervention, prevention, and diversion services for children, youth, and families directly affected by opioid abuse.  Eligible applicants are state and local governments, including federally recognized tribal governments who can develop partnerships with local justice systems, as well as health, education and social service organizations. Funding »
  • Grants for First Responders to Opioid Overdose (Deadline: 05/06/2019)
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will provide grants to state, local and tribal governments to train first responders and members of other key community sectors to administer a drug or device for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose. Recipients will also establish processes, protocols, mechanisms for referral to appropriate treatment and recovery communities, and safety around fentanyl, carfentanil, and other dangerous licit and illicit drugs. Funding »
  • CDC Overdose Data Collection (Deadline: 05/02/2019)
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will make 78 awards to state and local governments for a three-year funding opportunity.  A total investment of $945 million will be available to help local partners collect timely data on prescribing, and on nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses.  The purpose is to help the CDC understand the scope, direction, and contours of the epidemic and then use data to inform and target their prevention and response efforts.  Funding »
  • Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants (Deadline: 05/15/2019)
    The US Department of Agriculture will award financial assistance to enable and improve distance learning and telemedicine services in rural areas, to support the use of telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies. Applicants are encouraged to consider projects that provide measurable results in helping rural communities build robust and sustainable economies through strategic investments in infrastructure, partnerships and innovation. Funding »
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