| 12-9-2024 12 noon,
Letter of Intent
| A a total of $7 million in new grant funding is available istatewide in Maryland to support projects in the following four areas: (1) diabetes and chronic disease; (2) maternal and child health; (3) behavioral health, including mental health and the ongoing impact of the opioid crisis; and (4) oral health care, in support of the state’s Medicaid Dental Benefit. In this year’s RFA, the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission(CHRC) is providing added emphasis for applications that serve areas identified under the Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments and Households (ENOUGH) Initiative.
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| In partnership with the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), Google is offering eligible rural healthcare organizations access to technology, consulting and support services, and security training resources at a discount or no cost.
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| The Cybersecurity Program for Rural Hospitals offers assistance to help rural hospitals keep their health services safe and secure with affordable access to Microsoft security solutions and building cybersecurity capacity.
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| 11-22-2024
| The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is offering an educational community of practice designed to empower pediatric clinicians in rural areas to enhance the quality of care provided for infants and children with birth defects and infant disorders (BDID). As much as possible, the project will focus on congenital syphilis (CS) and congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).
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| The American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) Foundation provides grants to assist birth center applicants with fees that are due to the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC), including accreditation fees and annual fees.
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| Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides loan products, training, resources, and technical assistance/business development services for healthcare providers in under-resourced communities with the goal of transforming and expanding primary care. Rural providers are encouraged to apply.
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| 12-13-2024
| The NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities and Promote Health Equity (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Program supports resource projects that use information technology to improve the organization and management of health-related information, with a broad range of usability, user and personal access factors considered. Strategies proposed should have the potential to provide useful information to communities that experience health disparities and those who provide health care for these communities.
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| 12-05-2024
| The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and CDC are offering funding to support climate change and health adaptation initiatives at local organizations. Small and rural health departments will be given preference.
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| 12-13-2024, 5PM EST
Encouraged to apply EARLY.
| This NOFO invites applications for a National Evaluation Center (NEC) to evaluate AHRQ’s Healthcare Extension Service: State-based Solutions to Healthcare Improvement (Healthcare Extension Service). The Healthcare Extension Service will accelerate dissemination and implementation of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) evidence into healthcare delivery through improvements in healthcare policy, payment, and practice and will reduce healthcare disparities especially among people who receive Medicaid, are uninsured, and other people who are medically underserved.
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| 01-27-2025
| The purpose of the CoE in MCH Program is to strengthen and expand the MCH workforce by training graduate and post-graduate public health students in MCH, and advance MCH science, research, practice, and policy through a well-trained MCH public health workforce.
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| 01-23-2025
| The purpose of this program is to recruit and train diverse graduate students in MCH public health; expand MCH curriculum and degree offerings within schools and programs of public health where there is currently a lack of, or limited, MCH offerings; and build MCH faculty capacity within schools and programs of public health. You must select only one of the two Catalyst Program tracks for your application, either: Track 1: MCH Curriculum Start-Up
Track 2: MCH Curriculum Expansion
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| 01-06-2025
| The Bill Finerfrock Health Policy Fellowship is a 4-week educational experience in Alexandria, Virginia for mid-career professionals to learn leadership skills for becoming grassroots advocates and champions for rural health. The residential fellowship will take place during May, June, or July of 2025.
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| 12-05-2024 | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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| 04-01-2025
| The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) New Board Chair Leadership Program is a 5-part virtual leadership training program for new health center board chairs or those about to step into the board chair role. Training addresses the role of the board chair, board chair-CEO partnership, board meeting facilitation, navigating conflict, and board chair succession planning.
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| 02-17-2025
| The Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship Program offers scholarships for medical students approaching their final year of medical school. Scholarship awards are made under 12 categories, including scholarships for students underrepresented in medicine (such as Native Americans/Native Hawaiians/Alaska Natives) and students committed to addressing health equity for underserved populations and economically disadvantaged areas.
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AmeriCorps State and National Grants
| 01-23-2024
| AmeriCorps awards grants to organizations to implement programs that utilize AmeriCorps members to engage in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen rural and urban communities.
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Rural Community Development Program
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| The Rural Community Development Program provides technical assistance to help regional and tribal organizations manage safe water systems in rural communities.
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On-Farm Labor Housing Loans
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| On-Farm Labor Housing Loans provide affordable financing to develop or rehabilitate affordable rental housing for very-low to moderate income domestic, migrant, and seasonal farm laborers.
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Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator
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| The Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator is a 3-year initiative designed to eliminate rural health disparities by helping hospitals and clinicians provide high-quality evidence-based care.
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Zero Suicide Academy
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| The Zero Suicide Academy is a virtual or in-person training for healthcare and behavioral healthcare organizations that seek to dramatically reduce suicides among patients in their care. Participants learn how to incorporate best and promising practices into their organizations and processes to improve care and safety for individuals at risk.
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State Rural Transit Assistance Programs (RTAP)
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| The Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) provides funding for state level programs that offer training and technical assistance to improve mobility for Americans living in communities with populations less than 50,000. State RTAP funds are often used to provide training for rural and tribal transit agency personnel and to fund scholarships to attend transit-related conferences and training.
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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Training and Mentoring
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| This program provides free training and mentoring services for eligible healthcare providers to effectively use buprenorphine and other medications to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) in high-need communities. Completion of the training will count toward meeting MATE Act training requirements for practitioners registering for or renewing a DEA license.
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Dispensary of Hope Dispensing Site Network
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| This opportunity is a national collaborative led by a nonprofit medication distributor, Dispensary of Hope, that sources donated medications to assist nonprofit health systems, hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies in serving their patient population, especially individuals experiencing poverty and those that are uninsured.
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Direct Relief Partnership Network
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| The Direct Relief Partnership Network extends medication access to patients who are unable to afford prescriptions, reduces procurement costs of medications and supplies, and leverages resources to foster healthier communities. Direct Relief's goal is to strengthen health systems that care for vulnerable populations, ensuring that healthcare professionals worldwide are able to maintain, expand, and improve health services for people regardless of their ability to pay.
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| CareQuest Institute for Oral Health offers funding for projects that address complex and upstream drivers of oral health disparities. Priority populations include racial and ethnic minorities, rural communities, people with disabilities, and older adults. Projects should demonstrate intent toward responding to the needs of historically marginalized communities.
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Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) Foundation Pilot Project Grants
| 11-30-2024
| DTA Foundation Grants are given to projects and research designed to increase access to and utilization of oral healthcare. Priority will be given to pilots and seed funding grants to projects that can leverage additional funding and expansion in other geographic areas, similar to incubator programs.
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Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows
| 11-03-2024
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows program provides a fellowship opportunity for mid-career health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and healthcare policy. Individuals with diverse and unique perspectives are strongly encouraged to apply, and the foundation has an interest in rural.
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NRHA Rural Hospital HR Certification Program
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| The National Rural Health Association provides a rural hospital leadership and certification program for hospital human resource professionals. The program is a combination of self-guided and group learning.
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Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds
| 11-21-2024
| The Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds Program will offer funding to address and reduce the number of persons experiencing homelessness by adding new units of permanent supportive housing (PSH) through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation.
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Academy of General Dentistry Foundation Grant Program
| 11-30-2024
| The Academy of General Dentistry Foundation provides grant support for nonprofit community-based outreach programs that provide free oral cancer screenings and education to the public, especially underserved communities that lack access to oral healthcare due to geographic and/or economic hardship.
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Certified Professional by the American Heart Association - Telehealth (CPAHA) program
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| The American Heart Association is offering a certification program for healthcare professionals interested in demonstrating a commitment to telehealth. The certification is designed to standardize training for healthcare providers in telehealth care delivery, increase skills and competencies in telehealth care delivery, and help to improve patient outcomes through the integration of telehealth.
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Rural Access to Anesthesia Care Scholarship
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| The Rural Access to Anesthesia Care Scholarship provides stipend scholarships for medical students to complete a rural rotation designed to teach future physicians about anesthesia in rural areas. Applicants will work with a mentor at a designated rural site.
Applicants must be third or fourth year medical students in an approved U.S. program and a medical student member of the American Society of Anethesiologists (ASA).
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Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program
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| The HRSA Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program facilitates access to capital funding and reduces financing costs for health centers by guaranteeing up to 80% of financing needed to support capital infrastructure projects. After approving a loan guarantee, HRSA monitors the loan repayment status and assesses the operational/financial viability of the health center during the life of the loan.Funding may be used for the construction, expansion, alteration, renovation, and modernization of health center medical facilities.
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Hearst Foundations Health Grants
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| The Hearst Foundations assist leading regional hospitals, medical centers and specialized medical institutions providing access to healthcare for high-need populations. In response to the shortage of healthcare professionals necessary to meet the country’s evolving healthcare demands, the Foundations also fund programs designed to enhance skills and increase the number of practitioners and educators across roles in healthcare. The Foundations also support public health, medical research and the development of young investigators to help create a broad and enduring impact on the nation’s health.
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