Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Schools

Delta Dental of Illinois Community Grants Program Inactive
Grants for projects and organizations in Illinois that address access to oral healthcare, student excellence, and oral health education and awareness for underserved children.

Full-Service Community Schools Program Inactive
Funding to establish or expand full-service community schools, which are designed to improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, with a priority given to high poverty rural schools.

Living Language Grant Program (LLGP) Inactive
Grants to provide native language instruction and immersion programs for Native students not enrolled at Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, including those tribes and organizations in states without Bureau funded schools. The program uses an "all community" model that addresses agriculture, economic development, and healthcare, among others.

Healthy Meals Incentives Grants for Small and Rural School Food Authorities Inactive
Grants for small and rural School Food Authorities that are experiencing challenges in the improvement of the nutritional quality of their school meals due to limited staffing, difficulty in accessing training, increased food costs due to limited purchasing power, lack of physical space, and outdated kitchen equipment.

Rural, Insular, and Native Achievement Programs: Native Hawaiian Education (NHE) Program Inactive
Funding for projects that provide for the unique educational needs of native Hawaiians and recognizes the roles of native Hawaiian languages and cultures in the educational success and long-term well-being of Native Hawaiian students. One of the program priorities is on projects that address mental health and social-emotional well-being of Native Hawaiian learners.

Mental Health Awareness Training Grants Inactive
Grants to prepare and train school personnel, emergency first responders, law enforcement, and community-based agency staff on how to appropriately and safely recognize and respond to individuals with mental disorders.

Health Center Program School-Based Service Expansion Inactive
Grants to add new Health Center Program service delivery sites at schools or expand comprehensive primary healthcare services at existing Health Center Program service delivery sites located at schools.

California Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program Grants Inactive
Grants to help local educational agencies in California develop and implement effective tobacco prevention and education programs for students in grades 6-12. The Department of Education intends to balance the number of applications between urban and rural areas.

School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students Inactive
Funding to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents in underserved and disproportionately affected communities. Projects should increase physical activity, healthy dietary behaviors, and self-management of chronic health conditions among students and implement strategies and activities at the school level that promote student and staff health. Projects should also address social determinants of health and reach populations such as racial/ethnic minority students, students receiving free and reduced lunch, students of lower socioeconomic status, and those who live in rural/sparsely populated areas.

Wisconsin School Health Award Inactive
Recognizes and celebrates schools in Wisconsin that have policies, programs, and the infrastructure to help students develop lifelong healthy behaviors and achieve their full academic potential.