Recent Funding Announcements
Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program To Give Awards of
$120,000 for Outstanding Health Care Programs
Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program
(CHLP) honors ten outstanding individuals who overcome daunting odds to expand
access to health care and social services to underserved and isolated populations
in communities across the United States. Each is awarded $120,000: $105,000
for program support and $15,000 as a personal stipend.
CHLP welcomes nominations from consumers, community leaders, health professionals, government officials and others who have been personally inspired by people providing essential community health services. However, nominations from development and public relations departments or professional grant writers cannot be accepted.
The nomination process begins with a Letter of Intent (LOI), which can be sent to the CHLP at any time during the year but is due no later than September 22, 2004. Nomination packets will be sent automatically to nominators whose candidates fit all of CHLP's eligibility criteria. Completed nominations are due in our office by November 10. The program's National Advisory Committee then reviews nominations. Site visits are scheduled in the Spring. The ten individuals selected as Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders are announced in the late summer.
For more details, see the Community Health Leaders program.
Grants Available for Programs Related to Reducing and Preventing Tobacco Use
The American Legacy Foundation has a small innovative program that provides grants for specific initiatives and research that advance efforts to reduce and prevent tobacco use, especially among youth. Topic areas of greatest interest include:
- Tobacco prevention, cessation and education for 18-24 year olds, especially those not in higher education settings;
- Second-hand smoke education and policy; and
- Projects targeting rural settings.
For more information or an application, visit the American Legacy web site.
HHS Awards $11.6 Million in Grants to Improve Access to Potentially Life-Saving Defibrillators in Rural Communities
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced that $11.6 million in grants will be available to increase access to on-the-spot help for people who suffer heart attacks in rural America. The Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grants will go to rural communities in 49 states to purchase FDA-approved automated external defibrillators and train emergency and community personnel to use the devices. Automatic defibrillators are lightweight, portable devices that provide an electrical shock capable of restoring the normal heart rhythm of heart attack victims, greatly improving chances of survival. The program is administered by HHS' Health Resources and services Administration (HRSA), through its Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP). An applicant must be part of a statewide, regional, or multi-county consortium or rural community organizations applying as a community partnership. Each community partnership must have a designated lead applicant as the grantee of record and to act as the fiscal agent for the partnership. 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. For additional information, visit the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program Web site, or contact the ORHP at 301-443-2803. Federal Grant Opportunities Bureau of Primary Health Care Black Lung Clinics Program
Funding is provided to serve miners with what is categorically termed Black Lung Disease. The program allows for outreach, screening and diagnosis, education, rehabilitation, treatment and benefits counseling.
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
This agency promotes better health care services in rural America. It offers a number of funding opportunities for rural providers, in addition to news, events, and publications.
Health Resources and Services Administration, Community Access Program
This program provides funding to assist communities and consortia of health care providers to create the infrastructure necessary to develop health care systems for the uninsured and underinsured. A majority of CAP grants fund the development and implementation of disease and case management service. CAP grants currently support 158 communities in urban and rural areas and on tribal lands. Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Rural health providers seeking financial support to set up or equip a telemedicine or telecommunications program will find useful information from OATs. Up to 40 percent of grant funds may be used for equipment. Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program
The RAED grant program provides funding to rural communities to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and provides training in their use and maintenance. Rural Health Outreach Grant Program
This program focuses on delivering health services through creative programs that require the grantee to form a network with at least two partners.
Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program
This grant program allows small rural hospitals the flexibility to change operations and be classified as Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
Rural Information Center Health Service
The Rural Information Center Health Service provides information on federal rural health grants, as well as information on private and nonprofit foundations that fund programs related to rural health, and a master list of foundations that address health care issues. The site also offers information on special foundation funding initiatives, and on foundation fellowships and health education assistance. Related links:
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