Chronic Disease in Rural America – Funding & Opportunities

Implementation of Community Health Worker-Mediated Services for Re-Engagement to Care and Outreach for Persons with HIV in Rural Communities Inactive
Grants to state and local health departments to partner with HIV clinical providers to develop strategies that use community health workers to re-engage people with HIV in care and conduct outreach among individuals who are not virally suppressed in rural communities.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 13, 2023
Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2024
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Special Diabetes Program for Indians Inactive
Funding for diabetes treatment and/or prevention activities/services for American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Nov 29, 2023
Sponsors: Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Leveraging Social Networks to Promote Widespread Individual Behavior Change (R01 and R34 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Funding for planning activities and research to develop social network interventions to promote health across the lifespan, especially in populations in which they are currently largely underdeveloped and untested. Rural and tribal populations are research interests, among others.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Oct 3, 2023
Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2023
Sponsors: National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans Inactive
Funding to collaborate with multi-sectoral partners to develop an implementation-ready Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plan to reduce disparities in health outcomes related to chronic disease in a tribal jurisdiction, community, or catchment area. Health disparity populations include socially, economically, geographically, and environmentally disadvantaged populations.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Application Deadline: Jul 11, 2023
Sponsors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Minority AIDS Initiative: The Substance Use and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Navigator Program for Racial/Ethnic Minorities Inactive
Funding to provide substance use and HIV prevention services for racial and ethnic minority populations at high-risk for substance use disorders (SUDs) and HIV infection. States with a substantial rural HIV burden are considered a program priority.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Jun 20, 2023
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Rural Health Care Coordination Program Inactive
Funding for rural health consortiums to improve and expand delivery of health care services through comprehensive care coordination strategies in rural areas. Primary focus areas include: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, and maternal health.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023
Sponsors: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Minority AIDS Initiative: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High Risk for HIV/AIDS Inactive
Grants to increase engagement in care for racial and ethnic minority individuals with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders who are at risk for HIV or are HIV positive and that receive HIV services/treatment.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: May 22, 2023
Sponsors: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Multi-Level HIV Prevention Interventions for Individuals at the Highest Risk of HIV Infection (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Inactive
Research grants for projects that test the effectiveness of multi-level interventions to prevent HIV in high-risk health disparity populations or subgroups in one or more geographic areas with a high rate of new HIV infections. Individuals from rural areas are considered a health disparity population.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 3, 2023
Application Deadline: Apr 3, 2023
Sponsors: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program: New Geographic Service Areas Inactive
Funding to provide, on an ongoing outpatient basis, high quality early intervention services and comprehensive primary care services for individuals with HIV infection in new geographic service areas.

Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline: Apr 3, 2023
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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