South Carolina Funding & Opportunities

Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in rural areas within the Southeast Crescent service area, allowing them to remain in the United States.

Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project Development Loan Fund Program
Community development loans to local governments, public service authorities, user associations, nonprofit organizations, and other community entities for the development and/or construction of large-scale community projects.

South Carolina Health Priority Grants Inactive
Grants for projects that improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for South Carolina residents, especially the economically vulnerable. Health priorities include oral health, mental health, diabetes, healthcare access, workforce, and more.

Appalachia READY Local Governments Training Inactive
Training to help local government officials in the Appalachian region better identify, secure, manage, and implement federally funded economic development projects.

Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program Inactive
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.

Local Economy Lab: Funding to Support Coal Communities in Transition Inactive
Funding and technical assistance to help coal communities build community-led economic transition projects. Community-driven solutions will be across 3 strategy areas: workforce development, entrepreneurship/small business support, and place-based infrastructure.

Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC): Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions Inactive
Grants for projects in the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions that will provide career, training, and support services to eligible individuals in eligible counties and parishes. Grants will support workforce development activities that prepare dislocated workers, new entrants to the workforce, and incumbent workers for good jobs in high-demand occupations aligned with a regional or community economic development strategy. High demand industries include manufacturing, IT, healthcare, business, and energy.

CORES Multi-Institutional Pilot Program Inactive
A phased pilot model designed to spark collaborative translational science across a multi institutional network. The initiative will accelerate the development, testing, and implementation of innovative solutions to improve health outcomes, while building strong collaborative pathways to drive meaningful care model transformation in rural communities and position these efforts for national scaling through external funding.

Region IV Public Health and Primary Care Leadership Institute Inactive
A leadership and educational opportunity in the southeast region that focuses on adaptive leadership in public health and primary care. Participants will experience group and individual assignments, panels, lectures, webinars, and discussions, and use problem-based learning to explore real-life situations leaders face in the field.

Duke Endowment Child and Family Well-Being Grants Inactive
Funding to expand opportunities for children who have experience or are at risk of maltreatment in North Carolina and South Carolina, including out of home care and evidenced-based programs focused on prevention and early intervention for at-risk children.