The Office of Rural Health Policy's Rural Access
to Emergency Devices (RAED) Grant Program provides funding to rural
communities to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
and provide training in their use and maintenance. The legislation
that created this program states that awards will be made to community
partnerships. These partnerships are defined as a consortium of
first responders (e.g., EMS, law enforcement and fire departments)
and local for and non-profit entities that may include, but are
not limited to, long-term care facilities, rural health clinics,
community health centers, post offices, libraries and other civic
centers, athletic facilities, senior citizen and day care facilities,
faith-based organizations and schools without AEDs. An applicant
must be part of a statewide, regional or multi-county consortium
or rural community organizations applying as a community partnership.
Funding preference is given to those community partnerships that
are State-wide in scope. Each community partnership must have a
designated lead applicant as the grantee of record and to act as
the fiscal agent for the partnership. In order to qualify as a statewide
community partnership, all eligible counties do not have to be included.
However, a state level office must be the lead applicant. State
Emergency Medical Services Offices and State Offices of Rural Health
are encouraged to apply as a lead applicant.
Only those community partnerships that are located
in or that serve areas that are eligible for Rural Health grants
may apply for RAED Grants. For information on what areas are eligible
for RAED Grants see Geographic
Eligibility for Rural Health Grant Programs.
Please note that the email address is ruralems@hrsa.gov
for any inquiries regarding the RAED Grant Program.
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Directory of RAED Grantees,
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Public Law 106-505, Rural Access
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Directory of State
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State EMS Contacts |
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