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Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Racial and ethnic groups

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RHIhub for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.

Transportation Program Innovations Inactive
Opportunity to showcase innovations in local transportation programs. Innovations should be targeted to the needs of older adults and people with disabilities. Participation from rural, frontier, and tribal programs are encouraged.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2023
Sponsor: National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
Education and Outreach for Dental Therapy in Tribal Settings Inactive
Grants to support education and outreach on tribal dental therapy programs. The overall goal of the program is strengthening efforts and launching new efforts to enhance federal, state, and tribal policies supportive of dental therapy within the Indian Health System.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Tribal Colleges and Universities Implementation Activities or Feasibility Study for Dental Therapy Training Programs Inactive
Grants to tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to implement activities to support training and educational opportunities for dental therapy students, or to undertake a feasibility study to explore what it would take to begin a dental therapy training program at the TCU.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Tribes and Tribal Organizations Implementation of Dental Therapy Inactive
Grants for projects that implement dental therapy in tribal communities in states that have a legal mechanism for dental therapists to practice within the Indian Health System.
Geographic coverage: Available in 14 states.
Application Deadline: Aug 14, 2023
Sponsor: National Indian Health Board
Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants Inactive
Funding to implement culturally relevant sexual assault and domestic violence services for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and family violence. The program is designed to reduce the pervasive and harmful impact of violence and trauma by implementing culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed interventions for individuals and families who are from diverse, underserved, and historically marginalized communities. Populations of focus include Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Latino/Latina, and African Americans, among others.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 11, 2023
Sponsors: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP) – Continuing Training Grants (CTG) Inactive
Grants to support emergency preparedness training solutions to help rural and tribal areas prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, threats, hazards, and other emergencies.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 9, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Community Health Aide Program: Tribal Assessment and Planning Inactive
Grants to support assessment and planning for tribes and tribal organizations to determine the feasibility of implementing a Community Health Aide Program in their respective communities.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 7, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Minnesota Commercial Tobacco Equity Grants Inactive
Grants for community-driven change in Minnesota to advance policies, systems, and environmental changes that impact communities disproportionately affected by commercial tobacco. A major focus is tribal communities.
Geographic coverage: Minnesota
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jun 30, 2023
Application Deadline: Aug 7, 2023
Sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Community Mobility Design Challenge Grants Inactive
Grants to support planning activities for communities seeking innovative ways to address the particular mobility challenges experienced by low-income community members for whom a lack of transportation is an obstacle to the pursuit of economic, health, and social well-being.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Aug 4, 2023
Sponsors: Community Transportation Association of America, Federal Transit Administration, National Center for Mobility Management
Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Inactive
Funding to support 2 cooperative agreements to establish a national Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (CIIHE) to support community efforts to address health disparities and advance health equity in American Indian and Alaska Native populations, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 1, 2023
Sponsors: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health