Rural Health
Funding by Topic: American Indian or Alaska Native

Tribal Solid Waste Grant Inactive
Grants to support planning, assessment, evaluation, and training activities to help tribes establish sustainable waste management programs and measure the extent of threat to human health related to the disposal of solid waste.

Minnesota Section 5311 Rural Transit Program Inactive
Funding for capital, planning, and operations of transit systems in tribal and rural areas outside of the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan areas.

Alaska Native Youth Training and Technical Assistance Project Inactive
Funding to provide comprehensive and culturally relevant training and technical assistance to support Alaska Native villages and communities in their efforts to create, expand, and/or sustain programs, services, and supports for youth. The program is designed to build capacity of organizations to offer prevention and intervention services for Alaska native youth to reduce juvenile delinquency, incarceration, substance use, suicide, expulsion or dropout from school, and other challenges.

Native American Business Development Institute Grant Inactive
Technical assistance grants for federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations to explore economic development opportunities through feasibility studies and business plans. The program goal is recovery from and adaptation to the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Native American Elder Justice Initiative (NAEJI) Inactive
Funding to operate a national center that addresses the need for culturally appropriate information and community education materials on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in Native American/Alaska Native communities. Activities include developing culturally specific materials for tribes, gathering and disseminating information on best practices, and gathering and disseminating examples and information on model tribal codes to address elder maltreatment.

Ending the HIV/HCV Epidemics in Indian Country Inactive
Funding to implement effective and innovative strategies, interventions, approaches, and services to reduce new HIV and HCV infections among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.

Indian Business Incubators Program (IBIP) Grants Inactive
Grants to establish and operate business incubators that serve tribal reservation communities. Projects should provide individually tailored business incubation and other business services to native businesses/entrepreneurs to overcome the unique obstacles they confront and provide tools to start and grow businesses that offer products and services to reservation communities (including health and human service related businesses).

Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement Umbrella Cooperative Agreement Inactive
Funding to strengthen the infrastructure of tribal public health systems by strengthening leadership and workforce, improving access to tribal-specific data, adapting evidence-informed programs, and improving policies and practices to increase sustainability. This is a supplemental funding opportunity for current grantees.

Tribal Colleges Extension Program - Capacity Applications Inactive
Grants to build extension program capacity at 1994 Land-Grant Institutions. Funding will support one or more extension program areas including agriculture; community resources and economic development; family development and resource management; 4-H and youth development; leadership and volunteer development; natural resources and environmental management; and nutrition, diet and health.

Native Youth on the Move Grants Inactive
Grants to support existing projects that focus on improving and sustaining native youth health in New Mexico in the areas of physical activity, access to healthy foods, youth leadership, and cultural connections.