Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Funding
State Youth Peer Support Policy Toolkit
Toolkit presents resources and guidance for developing and supporting state-level policy for peer support to address youth mental health needs. Highlights models, funding mechanisms, and training, among other aspects integral to youth peer support programs.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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Toolkit presents resources and guidance for developing and supporting state-level policy for peer support to address youth mental health needs. Highlights models, funding mechanisms, and training, among other aspects integral to youth peer support programs.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Award Recipients Generally Met All Core Activities and Benchmarks
Examines whether Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion award recipients met the five required core activities and three proposed benchmarks between September 2019 and August 2022. Summarizes results of a performance audit of RCORP MAT Expansion award recipients, including site visits to each awardee. Appendix C covers the challenges and barriers award recipients faced while establishing or expanding their MAT programs.
Additional links: Report Highlights
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Examines whether Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion award recipients met the five required core activities and three proposed benchmarks between September 2019 and August 2022. Summarizes results of a performance audit of RCORP MAT Expansion award recipients, including site visits to each awardee. Appendix C covers the challenges and barriers award recipients faced while establishing or expanding their MAT programs.
Additional links: Report Highlights
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Supporting Rural Health Facilities
Discusses strategies pursued by states to strengthen the financial stability of rural hospitals and expand access to primary care, behavioral healthcare, and emergency care. Describes state policies related to technical assistance, financial stabilization grants, payment models, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), health centers, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), and free-standing emergency departments.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Discusses strategies pursued by states to strengthen the financial stability of rural hospitals and expand access to primary care, behavioral healthcare, and emergency care. Describes state policies related to technical assistance, financial stabilization grants, payment models, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), health centers, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), and free-standing emergency departments.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Rural Health Transformation Program Resources
Offers data, analysis, and other resources related to the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Includes links to rural facility and population score estimates by state and an analysis of RHTP funding awarded for the first year by state.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Offers data, analysis, and other resources related to the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Includes links to rural facility and population score estimates by state and an analysis of RHTP funding awarded for the first year by state.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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Tornadoes: Agencies Promote Resilience but Actions Needed to Improve Access to FEMA Assistance
Report investigating accessibility of FEMA assistance funding for tribal and rural communities. Discusses grant writing, cost share, benefit-cost analyses, infrastructure, emergency management staffing, and more.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Report investigating accessibility of FEMA assistance funding for tribal and rural communities. Discusses grant writing, cost share, benefit-cost analyses, infrastructure, emergency management staffing, and more.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Tracking State Preparation for the Rural Health Transformation Program
Presents an interactive map displaying state actions to inform the creation of a transformation plan in preparation for the Rural Health Transformation Program application.
Author(s): Heather Howard, Rebecca Lopez, Jamila McLean
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: State Health & Value Strategies
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Presents an interactive map displaying state actions to inform the creation of a transformation plan in preparation for the Rural Health Transformation Program application.
Author(s): Heather Howard, Rebecca Lopez, Jamila McLean
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: State Health & Value Strategies
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Distribution of Block Grant Funding: Considerations for Rural Communities
Analyzes the allocation of federal block grant funding from states to local communities via case studies of public health, community development, and substance use treatment funding distribution in six states. Highlights barriers and facilitators of rural funding, including agency staffing, flexibility, and cooperation and state-by-state variation in approaches to rurality.
Author(s): Kate E. Beatty, Casey P. Balio, Margaret M. Francisco, Michael B. Meit, Stephanie M. Mathis
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
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Analyzes the allocation of federal block grant funding from states to local communities via case studies of public health, community development, and substance use treatment funding distribution in six states. Highlights barriers and facilitators of rural funding, including agency staffing, flexibility, and cooperation and state-by-state variation in approaches to rurality.
Author(s): Kate E. Beatty, Casey P. Balio, Margaret M. Francisco, Michael B. Meit, Stephanie M. Mathis
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
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Rural and Tribal Transit: The Federal Transit Administration Should Evaluate Its Efforts to Help Improve Accessibility and Service
Explores the primary federal funding sources for accessible transit for older adults and people with disabilities for rural and tribal communities. Describes the approaches these communities have used to provide accessible transit, and the challenges they have faced. Discusses how the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have helped communities use funds to improve these transit services.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Explores the primary federal funding sources for accessible transit for older adults and people with disabilities for rural and tribal communities. Describes the approaches these communities have used to provide accessible transit, and the challenges they have faced. Discusses how the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have helped communities use funds to improve these transit services.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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A Rural Lens on Federal Block Grant Distribution
Provides an overview on federal block grants and how they are allocated in rural and underserved areas. Includes data on funding allocation, interview feedback from grant representatives, and an analysis of the application materials of 5 block grants: Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Child Care and Development Fund/Block Grant (CCDF, CCDBG), Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG), and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG). Discusses how federal block grants can move toward equitable distribution for rural communities.
Author(s): Casey P. Balio, Stephanie M. Mathis, Margaret M. Francisco, Michael B. Meit, Kate E. Beatty
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
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Provides an overview on federal block grants and how they are allocated in rural and underserved areas. Includes data on funding allocation, interview feedback from grant representatives, and an analysis of the application materials of 5 block grants: Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Child Care and Development Fund/Block Grant (CCDF, CCDBG), Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG), and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG). Discusses how federal block grants can move toward equitable distribution for rural communities.
Author(s): Casey P. Balio, Stephanie M. Mathis, Margaret M. Francisco, Michael B. Meit, Kate E. Beatty
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
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Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure
Provides an overview of federally-funded water infrastructure projects, including those in rural areas, as well as programs that provide community support for these types of projects and related activities. Includes information on the federal cost-share, average amount of assistance, fiscal year 2021 funding level, and fiscal year 2025 appropriations highlights for each program.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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Provides an overview of federally-funded water infrastructure projects, including those in rural areas, as well as programs that provide community support for these types of projects and related activities. Includes information on the federal cost-share, average amount of assistance, fiscal year 2021 funding level, and fiscal year 2025 appropriations highlights for each program.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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