Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Recruitment and retention of health professionals

Louisiana Healthcare Workforce Collective Impact Grants Inactive
Grants to community coalitions in Louisiana to identify and address pressing community health issues, such as heart disease, diabetes, mental health, obesity, workforce development, and healthcare access, quality, and cost.

VA Rural Scholars Fellowship Inactive
Two year fellowship program designed to develop a cadre of Veterans Health Administration clinicians with the skills, knowledge, and professional networks necessary to become leaders and innovators in rural healthcare delivery systems.

Montana American Indian AHEC Center Development Funding Inactive
Funding for a single organization to establish a Montana American Indian Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Center, with the aim of enhancing and expanding health profession opportunities and increasing access to health for rural and underserved American Indian residents.

Kansas Rural Hospital Innovation Grant Inactive
Grants for hospitals in Kansas for transitional projects related to changing a hospital's current healthcare delivery model to a model more appropriate for the community that the hospital serves.

JEDI Learning Collaborative: Applying JEDI Principles to Workforce Recruitment and Retention Inactive
A learning collaborative designed to increase awareness of organizational barriers contributing to workforce disparities, gain insight into strategies to improve retention for employees with diverse backgrounds, implement action steps to increase diversity in recruitment efforts, and adopt practices to mitigate bias in the hiring process.

Wisconsin Rural Provider Loan Assistance Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for primary care physicians and psychiatrists practicing in an outpatient setting in a rural community in Wisconsin.

Virginia Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) Grant Program Inactive
Matching grants for Virginia EMS agencies and organizations for equipment, vehicles, training, education, recruitment, and retention projects.

Idaho Rural Health Care Access Program (RHCAP) Inactive
Awards funding to projects that help rural communities improve access to primary medical and dental healthcare through telehealth, community development, and recruitment/retention projects.

Alaska Rural Professional Housing Grant Program (RPH) Inactive
Funding for the rehabilitation, construction, and acquisition of housing projects that benefit health professionals, teachers, and public safety personnel in rural Alaska.

Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning Program Inactive
Funding to evaluate, develop, and, expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models for healthcare providers and other professionals. The program is designed to improve retention of healthcare providers and increase access to health care services in rural areas, frontier areas, health professional shortage areas, or medically underserved areas and for medically underserved populations or native Americans.