Rural Health
Funding by Type: Grants and Contracts

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Technical Assistance (RCORP-TA)
Funding for a single entity to connect rural communities with high-quality, comprehensive, and tailored resources and supports to implement and sustain behavioral healthcare, including prevention, treatment, and recovery services, to address the opioid epidemic and related substance use concerns in rural areas.

Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program
Direct financial assistance for rural hospitals facing structural payment disadvantages with the goal of maintenance of healthcare providers, which will in turn maintain essential health services and prevent avoidable hospital closures.

Scaling Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs
Funding to help communities reduce falls and/or falls risk among older adults and adults with disabilities through the implementation of evidence-based falls prevention programs. Projects must engage populations age 60 and older, prioritizing those with the greatest social and economic need, including rural areas.

Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program
Funding for state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies to implement new or enhance existing programs that offer training and services to support officers' emotional and mental health, including counseling programs, peer mentoring, suicide prevention, stress reduction, and police officer family services. The program intends to increase grant funding accessibility for small and understaffed departments, especially those in rural communities, to implement mental health and wellness programs.

America's Healthy Food Financing Initiative Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund Grants and Technical Assistance
Grant funding for projects related to food retail supply chain resiliency, access to healthy foods, employment, and low-income community revitalization.

Delta Dental Foundation Community Mini-Grants Program
Funding for community-based oral health programs in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, with special consideration given to programs that promote and/or provide oral healthcare access.

Delta Regional Authority States Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP)
Grants to help Delta communities create jobs and improve infrastructure. Funds may be used for basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, broadband, and business development including entrepreneurship and workforce training.

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Nutrition Education Grants
Funding to provide nutrition education for participants of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, resulting in healthier food choices and a better understanding of healthy food preparation methods.

Native Collective Research Effort to Enhance Wellness (N CREW) Program: Addressing Overdose, Substance Use, Mental Health, and Pain
Funding for community-led research to enhance culturally grounded, strengths-based, effective, and sustainable interventions addressing overdose, substance use, mental health, and pain in Native communities.

North Dakota Community Foundation Statewide Greatest Needs Grant Program
Grant to support a broad range of projects in communities throughout North Dakota.