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Browse funding opportunities, technical assistance, and other programs supporting a broad range of rural community and economic development activities. You can also find assistance for residents, including families, homeowners, seniors, veterans, small businesses, agricultural producers, and more.
Programs & Opportunities
Program Name
Category
Status
Assistance Type
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Education
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
FSCS provides school districts and the Bureau of Indian Education (in partnership with one or more community-based organization, nonprofit, or public or private entity) support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Education
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
N/A, Project Planning
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Education
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) assists students who are migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) enrolled in their first year of undergraduate studies at an IHE. The funding supports completion of the first year of studies.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Education
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
N/A
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Education
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The HEP helps migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or immediate family members of such workers) to obtain the equivalent of a secondary school diploma and subsequently to gain improved employment, enter into military service, or be placed in an institution of higher education or other postsecondary education or training.
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Education
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Nonprofit
Use of Funds:
N/A
Community Development, Health Facilities, Health Services
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Community Development, Health Facilities, Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to identify, engage, educate, and collaborate with rural stakeholders on national rural health policy issues and promising practices to improve health care in rural areas nationwide. Program objectives include: 1) Identifying and educating rural stakeholders about national policy issues and promising practices for…
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State, Utility
Use of Funds:
Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development, Technical Assistance
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program is anticipated to be available in November 2023, pending appropriation of funds. The purpose of the program is to provide medical screening, healthcare referrals, and education to individuals who may have been exposed to radiation as a result of nuclear…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing
Health Services
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Psychostimulant Support (RCORP-PS), is anticipated to be available in December 2023, pending appropriations of funds. The goal of the program is to reduce the prevalence and impact of psychostimulants use in rural communities with a comprehensive integrated…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Strategic Planning
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Health Services
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Applications Due January 26
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) announced a new funding opportunity that supports organizations in their efforts to develop integrated health networks. Through the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (2024), FORHP will make approximately 30 awards of up to $100,000 each.…
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) announced a new funding opportunity that supports organizations in their efforts to develop integrated health networks. Through the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program (2024), FORHP will make approximately 30 awards of up to $100,000 each.…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Health and Human Services
Eligible Applicants:
Business, Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Project Planning, Strategic Planning
Community Development, Economic & Business Development
Upcoming/Cyclical
Financial
Status:
Upcoming/Cyclical
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The WORC Initiative, which is a partnership between ETA, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Delta Regional Commission(DRA), and (starting with WORC round 5 in 2023) the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), funds grant projects within the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions. These grants are…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Labor
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Local Government, Nonprofit, Other, State
Use of Funds:
Equipment & Materials, Outreach, Project Planning, Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development, Infrastructure
Rolling Application
Financial
Status:
Rolling Application
Category:
Community Development, Economic & Business Development, Employment & Career Development, Infrastructure
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) is a new ARC initiative that aims to drive large-scale, regional economic transformation through multi-state collaborative projects across Appalachia. With the additional funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 (also known as the Bipartisan…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Appalachian Regional Commission
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Indian Tribe, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Operations/Staffing, Outreach, Project Planning, Research/Development
Employment & Career Development
Open
Financial
Status:
Open
Category:
Employment & Career Development
Assistance Type:
Financial
Summary:
The Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete Pilot Program) will invest $200 million in persistently distressed communities to create and connect people to good jobs. This program will create renewed economic opportunity in communities that have for too long been forgotten. To do so, the program targets areas where prime-age (25-54 years…
Financial Assistance Type:
Grant
Agency Provider:
Department of Commerce
Eligible Applicants:
Higher Education, Local Government, Nonprofit, State
Use of Funds:
Strategic Planning, Technical Assistance