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Tennessee Funding & Opportunities

Tennessee State Loan Repayment Program Inactive
Loan repayment assistance for primary care practitioners who agree to serve in a Health Professional Shortage Area of Tennessee.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Jan 31, 2024
Sponsor: Tennessee Office of Rural Health
Tennessee Opioid Abatement Community Funding Inactive
Funding to implement opioid abatement remediation strategies in Tennessee including primary prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery support, education/training, research, and evaluation. Rural and underserved communities are a program priority.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Oct 9, 2023
Sponsor: Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council
Tennessee Breast and Cervical Screening Program (TBCSP) Evidence-Based Interventions Inactive
Funding to increase breast and cervical cancer screening with a focus on populations who are underserved and who have increased cancer risk due to inequities.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Sep 11, 2023
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Park and Recreation Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Substance Misuse Inactive
Grants for local parks and recreation agencies to use evidence-based mentoring programs to support youth living in communities with high rates of substance misuse who have experienced substance misuse directly in the home or personally, with special focus on youth facing barriers to youth development opportunities, including those in low-income and rural areas.
Geographic coverage: Available in 24 U.S. states
Application Deadline: Mar 31, 2023
Sponsor: National Recreation and Park Association
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program Inactive
Grants to support the planning, development, and implementation of integrated healthcare networks within the Delta Region that collaborate to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic healthcare services and associated health outcomes; and strengthen the rural healthcare system as a whole.
Geographic coverage: The 8 Delta States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
Application Deadline: Mar 22, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
COMPASS Initiative HIV Capacity Building Grants Inactive
Capacity building grants and technical assistance for HIV/AIDS-serving community-based organizations in 12 southern states.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Application Deadline: Feb 20, 2023
Sponsors: Emory University COMPASS Coordinating Center, Gilead COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing HIV/AIDS in Southern States) Initiative
Tennessee Safety Net Dental Grant Inactive
Funding to provide adult emergency dental extraction, preventive hygienic dental services, and general oral healthcare for uninsured adults in Tennessee 19-64 years of age. Preference will be given to applicants that propose to provide dental services to meet the needs of a Medically Underserved Area (MUA), Medically Underserved Population (MUP), or a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) where current safety net services are limited.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Oct 7, 2022
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health
Appalachia READY Nonprofits Initiative Learning Track Inactive
Online training, coaching, and funding designed to build organizational capacity for nonprofit organizations in the Appalachian region.
Geographic coverage: Available in specific counties in 13 Appalachian states.
Application Deadline: Aug 19, 2022
Sponsor: Appalachian Regional Commission
Delta Region Rural Health Workforce Training Program Inactive
Grant to establish strategic networks to support healthcare facilities in the Delta region with recruitment, training, certification, and placement of professionals in critical administrative support occupations, including medical coding and billing, insurance claims processing, health information management, clinical documentation, business operations for healthcare organizations, and supply chain and materials management.
Geographic coverage: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee
Application Deadline: Jun 17, 2022
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Healthcare Safety Net Federally Qualified Health Centers for Uninsured Adult Tennesseans Ages 19-64 Years of Age Inactive
Grants for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes in Tennessee to offer a sliding fee scale and provide comprehensive, preventive, dental, behavioral health services to an underserved area of population to uninsured adult Tennesseans 19-64 years of age.
Geographic coverage: Tennessee
Application Deadline: Jun 9, 2022
Sponsor: Tennessee Department of Health

Last Updated: 12/4/2023