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California Funding & Opportunities

California Resilience Challenge Inactive
Funding for projects designed to adapt to climate change that will yield significant future benefits for public health, safety, infrastructure, the economy, and the environment in California. Priority is given to underrepresented communities, which are those that experience continuing injustice including people of color, immigrants, people with lower incomes, those in rural areas, and indigenous people.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Sep 29, 2023
Sponsor: Bay Area Council Foundation
California Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Program: Primary Care Residencies Inactive
Grants to support family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, and pediatric residency programs in underserved areas of California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Sep 26, 2023
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California State Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for primary healthcare professionals who provide services in federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Sep 15, 2023
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Empowering Rural Communities in California to End the Tobacco Epidemic Inactive
Funding to implement policy, systems, and environmental change strategies by engaging rural residents in California to address tobacco disparities.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Sep 12, 2023
Sponsor: California Department of Public Health
Elevate Youth California: Youth Substance Use Disorder Prevention: Standard Track Inactive
Grants to expand youth and young adult substance use prevention through policy, systems, and environmental change among California youth ages 12-26. Populations of focus are low-income, rural and/or urban racial, ethnic, and cultural communities disproportionally impacted by the war on drugs.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Aug 28, 2023
Sponsors: California Department of Health Care Services, The Center at Sierra Health Foundation
California Bachelor of Science Nursing Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for Registered Nurses who are practicing direct patient care in medically underserved areas of California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2023
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Distressed Hospital Loan Program Inactive
Interest free cash flow loans for nonprofit and public hospitals in California that are in significant financial distress (or to governmental entities representing a closed hospital). Funding is designed to prevent the closure of, or facilitate the reopening of, those hospitals.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2023
Sponsor: California Health Facilities Financing Authority
California Licensed Mental Health Services Provider Education Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for mental healthcare professionals who are providing direct care in a qualified facility in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2023
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for physicians who agree to practice in medically underserved areas or other qualified facilities in California.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: Jul 31, 2023
Sponsor: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Tribal Fund - Food Sovereignty and Local Control of Food Systems Inactive
Grants for California-based tribes and tribally-controlled nonprofit organizations working to build food systems in native communities that are self-directed, well-resourced, and supported by policies and systems.
Geographic coverage: California
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
Sponsor: First Nations Development Institute

Last Updated: 8/7/2023