Funding Opportunities
In addition to several CRHC administered grant programs, we have gathered a large collection of funding opportunities to share with our constituents. We encourage you to apply for as many as you are eligible, and to share these resources with others! If you are looking for something in particular, you can contact us at info@coruralhealth.org and we would be happy to assist you in finding it.
CRHC-Administered Funding Opportunities

Other Funding Opportunities & Resources

  • ARRA Prevention & Wellness Funding
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $650 million for evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness strategies that support specific, measurable health outcomes to reduce chronic disease rates. The CDC will support intensive community approaches to chronic disease prevention and control in selected communities (urban and rural).

  • ARRA Rural Health Funding Matrix
    The California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) hosts a webpage to serve as an information resource to rural communities interested in accessing federal funds available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
     
  • Colorado Common Grant Form
    The Colorado Common Grant Form is a standardized grant application form accepted by many funders throughout the state. It is designed to make both application submission and review more succinct and streamlined, easing the process for both applicants and funders.
     
  • Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Grants
    DOLA offers a wide range of services to communities and local governments to help build their capacity. These services include specialized training, technical and financial assistance and emergency management. Of the many grants available, one that may be particulary applicable to CAH's is the Energy and Mineral Impact Grant. This grant provides funding for planning, construction, and maintenance of public facilities and provision of public services. Eligible recipients are municipalities, counties, school districts, special districts and other political subdivisions which are socially or economically impacted by the development, processing or energy conversion of minerals and mineral fuels.
     
  • Colorado Loan Repayment for Dentists and Dental Hygienists
     
  • Community Resource Center (CRC)
     The Community Resource Center publishes The Colorado Grants Guide. The Colorado Grants Guide contains hundreds of profiles with application guidelines on local foundations and trusts, corporations, national funders, government agencies and religious organizations that support Colorado nonprofit organizations. The Colorado Grants Guide is available in most public libraries, and can be purchased from the CRC.
     
  • Duke Health Policy Cyber Exchange Association & Foundation Links
    Duke Health Policy Cyber Exchange Association provides an extensive set of links to associations, national foundations, and state-local foundations providing funding for health issues and activities.
     
  • Emergency Medical and Trauma Service Provider Grant Program
    The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment offers grant opportunities for agencies involved in providing emergency medical and trauma system services. Grant funds are provided through the EMS Account of the Highway User Tax Fund.
     
  • Federal Funding Tools and Information Sources
    This website provides web links to federal databases, newsletters, and other related websites.

  • HHS Funding for Evidence Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention
    $75 million is available on a competitive basis for the purpose of “replicating evidence-based programs that have been proven through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risks underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors".

  • HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy Funding Opportunities
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), provides a listing of Federal funding opportunities aimed at expanding access to, coordinating, restraining cost of, and improving the quality of essential healthcare in rural areas.
     
  • Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
    NELRP is a competitive program that repays 60 percent of the qualifying nursing educational loan balance of Registered Nurses (RNs) selected for funding in exchange for 2 years of service at a critical shortage facility. Participants may be eligible to work a third year and receive an additional 25 percent of the qualifying nursing educational loan balance.
     
  • Nursing Scholarship Program
    In exchange for at least two years service at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses, the Nursing Scholarship Program pays for tuition, required fees, other reasonable costs, including required books, clinical supplies, laboratory expenses, etc. and a monthly stipend ($1,269 for the 2009-2010 school year).
     
  • Office of Rural Health Policy
    Apply now for the Rural Health Network Development Grant to assist health oriented networks in developing and maintaining sustainable networks with self-generating revenue streams. This program is a three year grant program with individual grant awards limited to a maximum of $180,000 per year.
     
  • Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
    The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) is a national resource on rural health and human services information. Information specialists are available to provide customized assistance, such as web and database searches on rural topics and funding resources, linking users to organizations, and furnishing relevant publications.
     
  • Rural Health Initiative Outreach Grant Program
    This grant program allows rural hospitals to offer new services, expand existing services, or reach new populations. Go to the web page above for an application and more information. In 2001, Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, CO was a recipient of this grant and utilized the grant to sponsor the Holyoke Health & Wellness Fair!
     
  • Rural Workforce Development Program
    This one-time funding opportunity will support the development of rural health networks that focus on activities relating to the recruitment and retention of emerging health professionals (students and residents). The program seeks to support a range of different approaches to community-based training and can include a focus either singularly or collectively on professions such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy and other allied health professions.
     
  • The Colorado Health Foundation
    The Colorado Health Foundation invites safety net organizations to submit applications to increase the enrollment of eligible Coloradans in Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) by creating partnerships with county government to out-station enrollment technicians at clinic sites.

  • The Colorado Trust Funding Opportunities
    The Colorado Trust’s strategic grantmaking supports the development of a coordinated system of policies, programs and services that expand health coverage, and improve and expand healthcare.
     
  • The Foundation Center RFP Bulletin: Health
    The RFP (Request for Proposals) Bulletin is published weekly by the Foundation Center, and lists current funding opportunities.

  • USDA Rural Development Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants
    Funding is available through USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT) to increase educational opportunities and expand access to health care services in rural areas. Grant awards range from $50,000 to $500,000. Eligible applicants include: rural schools, colleges, and universities, non-profit organizations, hospitals, libraries, health care clinics, Indian tribes, consortiums or partnerships, other incorporated organizations and related organizations which operate rural educational or health care facilities.