Resources - Funding Opportunities
Office of Rural Health Policy
The Office of Rural Health Policy administers a number of grant programs that can be used to support rural EMS and trauma system development at local, regional and state levels. Among these are:
- Rural AED
The 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.
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/aed.htm - Outreach
The Office of Rural Health Policy's Outreach Grant Program is designed to encourage the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential health care services.
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/outreach.htm - Network
Network Development Grants provide funding to help rural communities strengthen their health care systems. These grants are designed to further ongoing collaborative relationships among health care organizations by funding rural health networks that focus on integrating clinical, information, administrative, and financial systems across members.
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/network.htm - Rural Hospital Flexibility
The Rural Hospital Flexibility Program is a Federal initiative that provides funding to State Governments to strengthen rural health. It allows small hospitals the flexibility to reconfigure operations and be licensed as Critical Access Hospital (CAHs), offers cost-based reimbursement for Medicare acute inpatient and outpatient services, encourages the development of rural-centric health networks and offers grants to States to help implement a CAH program in the context of broader initiatives to strengthen the rural health care infrastructure.
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/flex.htm
Other HRSA Funding
The Health Resources and Services Administration provides funding through a number of grant programs.
http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/
Other DHHS Funding
Other sources of funding throughout the Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.hhs.gov/grants/index.shtml
Other Resources
This link provides access to potential grant resources across a variety of agencies and organizations.
http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ruralems/othersources.html
Federal Grant Website
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
http://www.grants.gov