Rural Health
Funding by Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care

Minnesota Home and Community-Based Services Employee Scholarship Grant Program
Funding for home and community-based services providers in Minnesota to support employee scholarship programs for education and training in nursing and other healthcare fields.

Minnesota Mental Health Cultural Community Continuing Education Grants for Individual Providers
Grants for mental health providers in Minnesota pursuing a course of study, through post-secondary training or continuing education, that is expected to lead to recognition as a board-approved supervisor to individual practitioners pursuing licensure as a mental health professional.

Minnesota Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Program Inactive
Assists small rural hospitals in Minnesota with funding for projects to update, modernize, remodel, or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment necessary to maintain operations.

Minnesota Rural Hospital Planning and Transition Grant Inactive
Grants to help small, rural hospitals in Minnesota create and/or implement a strategic plan that will preserve access to health services or respond to changing conditions.

Infection Prevention and Control Capacity Building in Long-term Care Grant Inactive
Grants to increase the capacity of residential facilities serving older adults in Minnesota to meet critical needs and provide services for their residents.

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation in Long-term Care Grant Inactive
Grants to increase the capacity of residential facilities serving older adults in Minnesota to meet critical needs and provide services for their residents. The program goal is to develop systems and strategies to ensure that long term care (LTC) community residents have the safest, most appropriate, and cost-effective transportation services to participate in essential non-emergency health related appointments.

Minnesota Rural Family Medicine Residency Grant Program Inactive
Assists family medicine residency programs outside the 7-county Minnesota Twin Cities metropolitan area by supporting costs associated with training eligible physician residents.

Minnesota Rural Community Health Center Apprenticeship Grant Inactive
Funding to support the rural primary care workforce in Minnesota by establishing new Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) registered apprenticeship programs or funding costs of existing FQHC registered apprenticeship programs in rural parts of the state.

Minnesota J-1 Visa Waiver Program Inactive
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Minnesota, allowing them to remain in the United States.

Minnesota Rural Health Awards Inactive
Honors individuals and teams for outstanding contributions to rural health in Minnesota.