Funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change (Round 4) - Grants for research to improve the quality of health care provided to patients from racial and ethnic backgrounds likely to experience disparities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

OVW FY 2010 Grants to Enhance Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program - Funding to community based organizations to addresses language and communication barriers to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking victims. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office on Violence Against Women

Broadband Initiatives Program (Round 2) - Funding to extend loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- USDA Rural Utilities Service

Ribbon of Hope Mini-Grants Program - To support activities that establish or expand local programs in health, science, and education to serve identified needs of local communities. Geographic coverage: North Carolina -- North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program (SHCPQI) - Grant program designed to assist rural providers with the implementation of quality improvement strategies, while improving patient care and chronic disease outcomes. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of Rural Health Policy

Community Coalition Grant - Grants to community coalitions to reduce underage use of alcohol and/or binge drinking. Geographic coverage: Iowa -- Iowa Department of Public Health

Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program - Short-term Technical Assistance - The focus of the program is economic development: helping small and emerging businesses and stimulating economic development through new and improved public transportation. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Community Transportation Association of America

Ameriprise Financial Community Relations Program - Funding to improve the lives of individuals and build strong communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Ameriprise Financial

Nicholas E. Davies Public Health Award of Excellence - Award stresses excellence in the development of systems that creatively and effectively utilize electronic data on individual patients/clients in the public health arena. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Kansas Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) - LIEAP provides an annual benefit to help qualifying households pay winter heating bills. Geographic coverage: Kansas -- Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services

Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging (SUAs) and Tribal Organizations in National Disasters Declared by the President - Grants to provide disaster relief and assistance funds to those State Units on Aging (SUAs) and tribal organizations who are currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Administration on Aging

Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program (NTOTAP) - Funding for native health organizations to develop prevention and intervention multimedia projects that focus on high-priority local health concerns. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Center for Native American Telehealth and Tele-education

Organizational Davies Award of Excellence - Awards to recognize exemplary implementations of electronic health records (EHRs). Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program - Grants to support community-based child health projects that improve the health status of mothers, infants, children, and adolescents by increasing their access to health services. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program - Program aimed to increase the number of academic medicine faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Drug Free Communities Support Program - Grants to reduce substance abuse among youth and to establish and strengthen collaboration among communities. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Grandparents as Caregivers Assistance Program - The Grandparents as Caregivers Assistance (GPCG) program provides cash benefits to grandparents or other relatives raising children. Geographic coverage: Kansas -- Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services

America's Farmers Grow Communities Project - Through the program, farmers can direct a $2,500 award to a local non-profit organization thats important to them and their community. Geographic coverage: Arkansas, Iowa, and Missouri --

Idaho Rural Physicians Incentive Program - Program to encourage primary care physicians to practice in medically underserved areas of Idaho. Geographic coverage: Nationwide --

OVW FY 2010 Education, Training and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities - Grants to create sustainable, systemic change that will result in effective services for individuals with disabilities who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking and hold perpetrators of such crimes accountable. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Office on Violence Against Women

3RNet Recruitment and Retention Assistance - Helps health professionals find jobs in rural and underserved areas. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network

Best Practices in Womens Health: A Model for Care and Wellness - Funding to identify best practices in women's health. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Health Resources and Services Administration

340B Drug Pricing Program - Allows certain facilities to purchase prescription and non-prescription medications at reduced cost Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Bureau of Primary Health Care

Section 538 Multi- Family Housing Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) Demonstration Program - The Demonstration Program's purpose is to test the viability and efficacy of the concept of a continuous loan note guarantee through the construction and permanent loan financing phases of a project. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- USDA Rural Housing Service

Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color (Round 2) - Funding to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Entergy Community Partnership Grants - Grants for community-based projects that promote healthy families, community development, education, literacy, or arts and culture. Geographic coverage: Communities within Entergy's service area in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas. -- Entergy Corporation

Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) Round 5 - Grants to generate, disseminate and translate research to improve the quality of care provided in hospitals. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Champ A Champion Fur Kids Grants - Grants for childrens health and wellness. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Build A Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation

Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Grants - Provides grants that positively affect the health of Arkansans. Geographic coverage: Arkansas -- Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas

Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety - An award program to honor a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary team for its significant institution-wide system improvements relating to medication use. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Cardinal Health Foundation