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  • Wisconsin Express AHEC (Deadline: 02/08/2019)
    The spring application for the Wisconsin Express program is now open.  Operated through the Area Health Education Center System, Wisconsin Express gives health professions students in Wisconsin an opportunity to become immersed in Wisconsin's diverse communities and cultures while they explore healthcare delivery in medically underserved areas and learn from students in other disciplines. The week-long program is held annually in May at multiple regional sites, with selected additional offerings during spring break. Learn more.  All students enrolled in health professions programs throughout the state's public and private colleges and universities are welcome to apply. The program fee is $210 per participant.  Funding »
  • Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address Minority Health and Health Displarities (Deadline: 02/04/2019)
    This program provides funding for research that examines how health information technology adoption impacts minority health and health disparity populations in access to care, quality of care, patient engagement, and health outcomes. Projects should include a focus on one or more NIH-designated health disparity populations, including those in underserved rural populations.  Eligible applicants include higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, governments, independent school districts, and housing authorities.  An optional letter of intent is due on February 4th, 2019.  Funding »
  • Leveraging Health Information Technology (Health IT) to Address Minority Health and Health Displarities (Deadline: 03/04/2019)
    This program provides funding for research that examines how health information technology adoption impacts minority health and health disparity populations in access to care, quality of care, patient engagement, and health outcomes. Projects should include a focus on one or more NIH-designated health disparity populations, including those in underserved rural populations.  Eligible applicants include higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, governments, independent school districts, and housing authorities.  An optional letter of intent is due on February 4th, 2019.  Funding »
  • Advanced Nursing Education: Nurse Practitioner Residency (Deadline: 03/04/2019)
    The Advanced Nursing Education: Nurse Practitioner Residency Program (Short Title: ANE-NPR) provides grants to prepare new nurse practitioners (NPs) in primary care for practice in community-based settings through clinical and academic focused 12-month Nurse Practitioner Residency (NPR) programs, with a preference for those projects that benefit rural or underserved populations. Eligible applicants include schools of nursing, nurse managed health clinics/centers, academic health centers, state and local governments, other appropriate private or public nonprofit entities, and consortia of public or private nonprofit entities that confer degrees, or provide practice support to RNs for NP education in primary care.  Application instructions are available here.  Funding »
  • Community Access to Child Health Planning & Implementation Grants (Deadline: 01/31/2019)
    The American Academy of Pediatrics will award Community Access to Child Health Planning and Implementation grants (up to $10,000) to support pediatricians and fellowship trainees in the initial planning or pilot stage of implementing a community-based child health initiative.  General pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, pediatric surgical subspecialists, and fellowship trainees from the United States and its territories are eligible. Applicants must be members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Funding »
  • 2019 Top Rural Development Initiatives Award (Deadline: 02/01/2019)
    Wisconsin Rural Partners presents the awards for Top Rural Development Initiatives, which recognizes those communities and organizations that have made a positive impact on their rural area through collaboration and sheer grit. Winning initiatives will be recognized at the Rural Summit in Rice Lake, April 24-25th, 2019.  Funding »
  • Rural Veterans Health Access Program (Deadline: 02/12/2019)
    The purpose of the Rural Veterans Health Access Program (RVHAP) is to provide funding to states to work with providers and other partners to improve access to needed health care services and to improve the coordination of care for veterans living in rural areas.  Award recipients can implement a variety of strategies to improve the capacity of critical access hospitals (CAHs) and other rural health care organizations to provide services that meet the needs of veterans living in rural areas. Funding »
  • Geriatrics Academic Career Award Program (Deadline: 01/15/2019)
    Eligible applicant organizations include accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health. Eligible applicant organizations must submit a separate application on behalf of each eligible individual applying for a Geriatric Academic Career Award. The purpose of the GACA program is to support the career development of individual junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health as academic geriatrics specialists and to provide clinical training in geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. Funding »
  • Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Physician Assistant Program (Deadline: 01/14/2019)
    HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce will make seven awards totaling $2 million in funding to increase the number of primary care physician assistants (PA), particularly in rural and underserved settings. Eligible applicants must be accredited and academically-affiliated PA training programs.  Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations may apply for these funds, if otherwise eligible. Funding »
  • Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (Deadline: 01/27/2019)
    The Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they, in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that will create and retain employment in rural areas. The ultimate recipients repay the lending utility directly. The utility is responsible for repayment to USDA. Intermediaries may use funds to lend for projects in rural areas or towns with a population of 50,000 or less. The intermediary applies to USDA for funding support on behalf of specified local projects. Projects may begin after an application is submitted, but there is no guarantee of approval. Funding »
  • Statewide Consumer Network Program (Deadline: 12/24/2018)
    SAMHSA is accepting applications for Statewide Consumer Network Program (SCN) grants. The purpose of this program is to improve efforts to address the needs of adults with serious mental illness (SMI) by developing and/or expanding peer support services, peer leadership, and peer engagement strategies statewide. It is expected that this program will increase access to and quality of mental health services for adults with SMI; increase the sustainability of consumer-operated organizations; and enhance state capacity and infrastructure to support the recovery of adults with SMI and their families. SAMHSA plans to issue 9 grants of up to $95,000 per year for up to 3 years. Funding »
  • Healthy Transitions: Improving Life Trajectories for Youth and Young Adult (Deadline: 12/21/2018)
    SAMHSA is accepting applications for Healthy Transitions: Improving Life Trajectories for Youth and Young Adults With Serious Mental Disorders Program (Healthy Transitions) grants. The purpose of this program is to improve access to treatment and support services for youth and young adults, ages 16-25, who have a serious emotional disturbance (SED) or a serious mental illness (SMI), hereafter referred to as serious mental disorders. It is expected that this program will improve emotional and behavioral health functioning so that this population of youth and young adults can maximize their potential to assume adult roles and responsibilities and lead full and productive lives. SAMHSA plans to issue up to 14 grants of up to $1,000,000 per year for up to 5 years. Funding »
  • Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (Deadline: 12/17/2018)
    The Rural Residency Planning and Development Program provides grants to develop new rural residency programs or Rural Training Tracks (RTT) in family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry to support expansion of the physician workforce in rural areas. The program's objectives are to develop a newly accredited, rural family medicine, internal medicine, or psychiatry residency program or RTT based in a rural area that is sustainable after the period of performance ends; have a sustainability plan that includes ongoing funding to sustain resident training once the program has been established; and have the ability and a structured plan to track residents’ career outcomes after graduation to determine retention in rural communities.  Eligibility includes: rural hospitals, rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers including Federally Qualified Health Centers, community mental health centers, and Rural Health Clinics, health centers operated by the Indian Health service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization, shools of allopathic and osteopathic medicine, public and private nonprofit graduate medical education consortia, and entities such as faith-based and community-based organizations, capable of carrying out the project activities.  There will be an applicant webinar on December 17th, 2018, 1-2:30 pm Central.  Call-in number: 888.603.7090 Participant code: 4023556 Funding »
  • Rural Residency Planning and Development Program (Deadline: 03/04/2019)
    The Rural Residency Planning and Development Program provides grants to develop new rural residency programs or Rural Training Tracks (RTT) in family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry to support expansion of the physician workforce in rural areas. The program's objectives are to develop a newly accredited, rural family medicine, internal medicine, or psychiatry residency program or RTT based in a rural area that is sustainable after the period of performance ends; have a sustainability plan that includes ongoing funding to sustain resident training once the program has been established; and have the ability and a structured plan to track residents’ career outcomes after graduation to determine retention in rural communities.  Eligibility includes: rural hospitals, rural community-based ambulatory patient care centers including Federally Qualified Health Centers, community mental health centers, and Rural Health Clinics, health centers operated by the Indian Health service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization, shools of allopathic and osteopathic medicine, public and private nonprofit graduate medical education consortia, and entities such as faith-based and community-based organizations, capable of carrying out the project activities.  There will be an applicant webinar on December 17th, 2018, 1-2:30 pm Central.  Call-in number: 888.603.7090 Participant code: 4023556 Funding »
  • Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ) (Deadline: 01/31/2019)
    This program provides grant support and technical assistance to tribes for planning, developing, and implementing changes in tribal criminal justice systems necessary to exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ). The program encourages coordinated collaboration of the entire tribal criminal justice system and victim service providers to incorporate systemic change that ensures victim safety and Indian and non-Indian offender accountability. An optional letter of intent is due January 21st, 2019. The  application is due February 14th, 2019.  Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible to apply. Tribal Jurisdiction grant recipients that received an award in FY 2017 or FY 2018 award and FY 2016 grant recipients that have 50% or more of their existing award remaining are not eligible to apply. Funding »
  • Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ) (Deadline: 02/14/2019)
    This program provides grant support and technical assistance to tribes for planning, developing, and implementing changes in tribal criminal justice systems necessary to exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction (SDVCJ). The program encourages coordinated collaboration of the entire tribal criminal justice system and victim service providers to incorporate systemic change that ensures victim safety and Indian and non-Indian offender accountability. An optional letter of intent is due January 21st, 2019. The  application is due February 14th, 2019.  Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are eligible to apply. Tribal Jurisdiction grant recipients that received an award in FY 2017 or FY 2018 award and FY 2016 grant recipients that have 50% or more of their existing award remaining are not eligible to apply. Funding »
  • Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Program (Deadline: 01/28/2019)
    The Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Program (Short Title: IBHPC) provides grants for innovative training programs that integrate behavioral healthcare into primary care, particularly in rural and underserved settings, with a special emphasis on the treatment of opioid use disorder. Program objectives include: Enhancement of primary care training in integrated behavioral health and primary care; Initiation of new or enhancement of existing training in opioid and other substance use disorders, Medication Assisted Treatment, and enhancements to existing clinical training sites and faculty development as needed; Development and implementation to improve trainee and provider wellness.  There are two types of projects, single projects and collaborative projects.  Eligible applicants include: accredited schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine, academically affiliated physician assistant training programs, accredited public or nonprofit private hospitals, public or nonprofit private entities that the Secretary has determined is capable of carrying out such projects, faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations, if otherwise eligible.  Funding »
  • Connecting Kids to Coverage— Outreach and Enrollment Grants (Deadline: 01/04/2019)
    Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment grants will provide funding to organizations that help families with children enroll in health coverage opportunities, including Medicaid, CHIP, and insurance affordability programs. Specific focus areas will include engaging schools and other programs serving young people in outreach, enrollment, and retention activities; bridging health coverage disparities by reaching out to subgroups of children that have lower than average health coverage rates, such as rural children, teens, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Hispanics; and using parent mentors to assist families with enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.  Eligibility: Applications are accepted from government entities, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, community-based public or nonprofit private organizations, schools, and faith-based organizations or consortia.  A Letter of Intent is required by January 4th, 2019. The deadline for the application is January 28th, 2019.  Funding »
  • Connecting Kids to Coverage— Outreach and Enrollment Grants (Deadline: 01/28/2019)
    Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment grants will provide funding to organizations that help families with children enroll in health coverage opportunities, including Medicaid, CHIP, and insurance affordability programs. Specific focus areas will include engaging schools and other programs serving young people in outreach, enrollment, and retention activities; bridging health coverage disparities by reaching out to subgroups of children that have lower than average health coverage rates, such as rural children, teens, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Hispanics; and using parent mentors to assist families with enrolling in Medicaid and CHIP.  Eligibility: Applications are accepted from government entities, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, community-based public or nonprofit private organizations, schools, and faith-based organizations or consortia.  A Letter of Intent is required by January 4th, 2019. The deadline for the application is January 28th, 2019.  Funding »
  • Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult Treatment Drug Courts and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts (Deadline: 01/04/2019)
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2019 Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult Treatment Drug Courts (ATDC) and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts. The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services in existing adult problem solving courts, and adult Tribal Healing to Wellness courts, which use the treatment drug court model in order to provide SUD treatment (including recovery support services, screening, assessment, case management, and program coordination) to defendants/offenders. Funding »
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