Interact for Health Rural Changemaker Program

Caitlin Bentley
cbentley@interactforhealth.org
606.226.0025

The Rural Changemaker Program provides funding to support grassroots work addressing community-identified challenges and inequalities related to health in the rural regions served by Interact for Health in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

Projects should:

• Center rural communities as the primary focus of a proposed or existing project or program, including leadership and decision-making power
• Make rural communities the primary beneficiaries of outcomes generated by the project or program
• Address a health challenge or underlying inequity identified by the community
• Plan, develop, implement, and/or sustain a solution
• Create action by energizing community members around a common, shared health concern

Eligibility criteria:

• Public or private nonprofit or governmental organization or entities with eligible fiscal sponsors
• Provide services in at least one county of Interact for Health's identified rural counties in Ohio, Indiana, or Kentucky

A list of rural counties is provided in the application instructions.

Award ceiling: $100,000
Award floor: $10,000
Project period: Based on project scope
Estimated total program funding: $800,000

Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application portal are available on the program website.

Applicant webinar recording