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  • Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives (Deadline: 05/01/2021)
    The CDC is offering funding to implement community and societal level strategies that address social determinants of health and racial inequity to prevent violence impacting adolescents and young adults in areas with high rates of violence. This includes youth violence, teen dating violence, and other adverse childhood experiences, as well as conditions that put communities at greater risk for violence, such as concentrated poverty, limited educational attainment, high unemployment, and racial inequity. Priority consideration will be given to projects that focus on rural, American Indian/Alaska Native, and economically disadvantaged communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide   Funding »
  • DOJ Services for Victims of Human Trafficking (Deadline: 04/15/2021)
    The U.S. Department of Justice will make 27 awards of up to $800,000 each for direct services to victims of human trafficking. Eligible applicants include state, local, and tribal governments, public housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations, with priority given to rural areas. Funding »
  •  Mary Kay Foundation Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program (Deadline: 04/30/2021)
    The Mary Kay Foundation Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program awards grants to emergency women's domestic violence shelters. The foundation will award a grant to at least one domestic violence shelter in every state that applies. Funding »
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Community Outreach grants (Deadline: 03/19/2021)
    DHS is accepting applications for COVID-19 Vaccination Community Outreach grants. Wisconsin-based local or tribal governments, nonprofits, K-12 schools, and school districts are eligible to apply for funding up to $100,000 for activities focused on increasing knowledge and awareness of the COVID-19 virus and vaccines, decreasing vaccine hesitancy, and decreasing barriers to accessing COVID-19 vaccine. Funding »
  • Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant (Deadline: 02/16/2021)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 Rural Emergency Medical Services Training grants. The purpose of this program is to recruit and train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in rural areas. Eligible applicants are rural emergency medical service agencies operated by a local or tribal government (fire-based and non-fire based) and non-profit emergency medical service agencies. Funding »
  • Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (Deadline: 03/12/2021)
    The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program is a multi-year initiative by the Health Resources and Services Administration aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in high risk rural communities. Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations.  Funding »
  • SAMHSA Rural Emergency Medical Services Training (Deadline: 02/16/2021)
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will make 27 awards of up to $200,000 each to recruit and train emergency medical services personnel in rural areas.  Eligible applicants are rural emergency medical service agencies operated by a local or tribal government, or nonprofit agency.  Funding »
  • HRSA Announces Loan Programs for Health Professions Schools (Deadline: 02/25/2021)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Announces Loan Programs for Health Professions Schools   Colleges and universities: Take advantage of HRSA’s School-Based Loan Programs. These four programs give schools funding to offer low, fixed-rate loans to students pursuing a wide range of health care careers. Applications accepted until Thursday, February 25, 11:59 p.m. ET. For more information, visit: HRSA School-Based Loans. Funding »
  • SUD Grants for Rural Communities (Deadline: 03/12/2021)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy will be making approximately 78 awards of $1 million each to rural communities to enhance substance use disorder service delivery. All domestic public and private entities, nonprofit and for-profit, are eligible to apply and all services must be provided in HRSA-designated rural areas. Funding »
  • Falls Prevention Among Elderly (Deadline: 02/02/2021)
    The Administration for Community Living is offering six grants to help communities reduce falls among older adults and adults with disabilities through the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs. The grant will prioritize projects that can target specific populations, such as rural communities, underserved areas, veterans, caregivers, or Tribal elders. Eligible applicants are domestic public or private nonprofit entities including state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education. Funding »
  • Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (Deadline: 01/16/2021)
    The Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP) is designed to help strengthen value-based care for health care organizations by building recipients' foundation of efficiency, quality, patient experience, and safety of care. RHPTP’s goal is to guide small rural hospitals (SRH) and certified rural health clinics (RHC) not currently participating in value-based care to prepare for and position their organizations for future participation in alternative payment and care delivery models. The National Rural Health Resource Center will host a webinar will be held on December 17 for interested providers. Learn more Funding »
  • Regional Telehealth Resource Center Program (Deadline: 01/21/2021)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration announced the opportunity for funding under the Regional Telehealth Resource Center Program (RTRC). RTRC programs assist healthcare organizations, networks, and providers in the implementation of telehealth projects that serve rural populations. RTRCs also helps patients and families living in rural areas to obtain telehealth services. Eligible applicants include domestic public, nonprofit, and for-profit entities. Faith-based, community-based, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply. Learn more Funding »
  • Vaccine Promotion Grant (Deadline: 11/16/2020)
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation will fund up to six community-based organizations to develop and implement effective health communication and community engagement strategies to increase vaccine confidence and acceptance among groups at risk for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases related to under-immunization. Eligible applicants are nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) community-based organizations such as faith-based organizations, vaccine advocacy organizations, public health focused associations, civic and social organizations that have the capacity to educate and engage communities at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases outbreaks related to under-immunization. Traditional public health organizations should partner with groups who have demonstrated effective engagement with communities at risk.   Funding »
  • Workforce Development Grant (Deadline: 11/16/2020)
    AHW’s Call for Innovations to Advance Wisconsin’s Health Workforce will support projects seeking to develop innovative and sustainable programs, tools, and resources to advance Wisconsin’s health research, health care, and community health workforces. Successful projects should result in a sustainable workforce development resource or product that has been institutionalized within an existing system for ongoing workforce development beyond the project period. Project teams will need to identify a Wisconsin-based health workforce development need supported by appropriate data and evidence, and propose a feasible, innovative resource to address the need. Successful applicants will demonstrate alignment with AHW priorities including focus areas, determinants of health, and health equity and will engage either a community-led or Medical College of Wisconsin-led project team. Funding »
  • Nursing Home Grant Program (Deadline: 11/30/2020)
    Federally certified nursing homes are eligible to receive up to $3,000 to support efforts for in-person visits from family members. Funds can be used to purchase tents for outdoor visitation and clear dividers to create a physical barrier to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission during in-person visits. Funding »
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research in Upper Midwest (Deadline: 12/04/2020)
    Grants ranging from $5,000 to a maximum of $20,000 are available to occupational health and safety (OHS) researchers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Areas of OHS include industrial hygiene, occupational and environmental health nursing, occupational and environmental epidemiology, occupational and environmental medicine, occupational health services research and policy, injury epidemiology and safety, ergonomics, toxicology, health physics, and occupational health psychology.   Potential types of projects include intervention studies, risk factor analyses, and exposure assessments affecting a broad range of employee groups, including construction workers, farmers, industrial process workers, and small business owners. Funding »
  • Rural Policy Analysis Program (Deadline: 12/14/2020)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Policy Analysis Program. This program supports research and analysis of key policy issues affecting rural communities. Analyses funded under this cooperative agreement should focus on policies and regulations impacting rural health systems and communities, public dialogue around rural policy issues, and identifying considerations for rural stakeholders and policy makers. Eligible applicants include domestic public, private, and nonprofit organizations, including tribes and tribal organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, and hospitals. Funding »
  • Farm to School Grant Program (Deadline: 01/08/2021)
    The Farm to School Grant Program provides funding to plan, establish, and/or sustain a Farm to School program that improves access to local foods in schools. Additional funding priorities for the 2020 grant cycle include applications from tribal organizations and entities serving native communities, applications small to medium-sized agricultural producers, and projects that serve a high proportion of children (at least 40% or more) who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Eligible applicants include Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, small businesses, local governments, and schools, school districts, and non-school based sites that operate the National School Lunch and/or Breakfast Program. Funding »
  • America Walks' Community Change Grants (Deadline: 11/09/2020)
    America Walks’ Community Change Grants provide funding to advance safe, equitable, accessible, and enjoyable places to walk and move.  They are accepting applications for up to $1,500 for projects focused in creating healthy, active, and engaged places to live, work, and play.  Funding »
  • Edible Garden Projects Grant (Deadline: 11/02/2020)
    Annie's Grants for Gardens program offers funding for edible garden projects that help connect students to nutritious food. Grants can be used to purchase gardening tools, seeds, or other needed supplies for new gardens (up to $3,000) or to support existing garden projects ($5,000).   Funding »
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