Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program
For FY 2008, the Rural Heath and Safety Education Programs will focus on issues related to aging in one or more of three areas: 1) population aging in rural areas; 2) eldercare or care giving and its impact on rural and farm families; and/or 3) related issues of rural health care to provide older individuals and families with: (1) Information as to the value of good health in an era of population aging; (2) Information to increase the older adult individual or family's motivation take more responsibility for their own health; (3) Access by older adults to health promotion and educational activities; (4) Trained health and allied health professionals or paraprofessionals committed to rural health and care of aging population; and (5) Training for volunteers and health services providers concerning health promotion and health care services for rural older adult populations, in cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Who Is Eligible to Apply
1862 Land-Grant Institutions
1890 Land-Grant Institutions
Other or Additional Information (See below)
More Information on Eligibility
Land-grant colleges and universities that are eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University.
Request for Application (RFA) | Apply: Electronic
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