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Rural
Health Granting Opportunities Community
Based Mini-Grants ODPHP has contracted with John Snow to administer these mini-grants in collaboration with the Health and Human Services (HHS) Regional Health Administrators. Across the U.S., up to 270 grants will be awarded; grants will cover the period from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007; each grant will range from $2,000 to $5,000 for the grant period. The intention of the mini-grant is that it provides seed money for a local level project. It is possible that additional resources may be leveraged by the mini-grant recipients. In general, small, community-based organizations, including faith-based groups, after school programs, coalitions and others with budgets of less than $750,000 per year can apply for these funds. ODPHP is currently in the process of developing the mini-grant application, and anticipate it will be release in early 2007. If you would like to added to the distribution list, send your contact information, including email address to lenee_simon@hhs.gov. If you have any
questions, please contact Lenee Simon (240-453-8252) or Carter Blakey
(240-452-8254) in ODPHP. NACo will select
a limited number of counties to receive technical assistance awards
on a competitive basis. The award includes intensive and expert technical
assistance on the Rural Health Works model, a 4-5 month community
engagement process bringing together a variety of health stakeholders.
County officials must demonstrate their commitment to making Rural
Health Works a success, providing leadership and guidance throughout
the process. Link to full announcement:
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here. This funding announcement issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research and the National Cancer Institute seeks to stimulate research on the decision-making processes made by persons faced with life-threatening illness. These illnesses are ones that almost always lead to death in a fairly short period of time if left untreated, but may be chronic, or even cured, if dealt with early in the disease process. An example of a life-threatening illness that may be chronic for some years would be HIV infection when treated. An example of a life-threatening illness that may be cured in its early stages would be breast cancer. Decision-making can occur from the point of adopting preventive behaviors through the end of life. Examples of such decisions could include participating in an HIV vaccine clinical trial, testing for genetic disorder, choosing a treatment intervention vs. watchful waiting (as in early stage prostate cancer), choosing a treatment intervention among several options, joining a therapeutic clinical trial, or making end-of-life care decisions. Link to full announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-316.html The General Mills Foundation and the American Dietetic Association Foundation, in partnership with the President’s Challenge, are accepting applications for the 2007 Champions for Healthy Kids Champions Awards. Each year the Champions program awards fifty grants of $10,000 each to schools and community groups. Grant recipients have used grant dollars to teach kids about healthy snacks, trying new vegetables, or navigating obstacle courses; training peer educators who deliver health education; and purchasing sports equipment. Community-based,
nonprofit organizations and agencies are eligible to apply. Organizations
must have 501c(3) or 509(a) status. Preschools, as well as elementary,
middle, and high schools are also eligible. The target audience must
be youth between the ages of 2 and 20, and the proposal must have
at least one nutrition objective and one physical activity objective.
In addition, a registered dietician must be an integral part of the
program's planning and activities. Link to full announcement:
http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/champions.aspx
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions to provide financial support through traineeships for registered nurses enrolled in advanced education nursing programs to prepare nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse administrators, nurse educators, public health nurses and nurses in other specialties requiring advanced education. The traineeship program is a formula program so all approved applicants will receive funds. Eligible applicants are collegiate schools of nursing, academic health centers, and other private or public entities accredited by a recognized body or bodies or State agency, approved by the Secretary of Education for the purpose of conducting nursing education. Link to full announcement:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11953
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for traineeships for licensed registered nurses enrolled as full-time students beyond the twelfth month of study in a Master's degree nurse anesthesia program. The traineeship program is a formula program so all approved applicants will be funded. Link to full announcement:
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=E03488A6-5E59-452D-848A-FE8281F96624 Healthy Eating Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among low-income and racial/ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance the foundation’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. This second round of funding focuses on children’s food environments and policies in selected community settings — preschool, child-care, school and after-school environments, as well as nearby food outlets. Preference will
be given to those applicants that may be either public entities or
nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Applicant
organizations must be based in the United States or U.S. territories. Approximately
$3 million in total funding will be awarded for two types of research
grants: 1) Studies to identify and evaluate promising food environments
and policy changes with potential to prevent obesity among children
(12- to 18-month awards of up to $100,000 each, and 18- to 36-month
awards of up to $400,000 each); and 2) Analyses of macro-level policy
or system determinants of food environments and policies that relate
to the targeted community settings (12- to 18-month awards of up to
$75,000 each). The primary purpose of the Rural Program is to enhance the safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child victimization by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural jurisdictions. The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) welcomes applications that propose innovative solutions for achieving this goal. The Rural Program challenges victim advocates, law enforcement officers, pre-trial service personnel, prosecutors, judges and other court personnel, probation and parole officers, and faith- and/or community-based leaders to collaborate to overcome the problem of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and child victimization and to ensure that victim safety is paramount in providing services to victims and their children. Link to full announcement:
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/docs/rural_2007.pdf
The Dana Foundation ( http://www.dana.org/ ) will consider applications from groups of investigators from two or three institutions (or more) in which investigators bring complementary areas of expertise and work to pursue challenging immunological questions in patients. Inter-Institutional consortia (collaborating investigators from two or more institutions) may apply for up to $300,000 per institution (e.g., $100,000 per year for three years, with the total not to exceed $750,000 per consortium). While the foundation will prioritize inter-institutional consortia, it will consider requests for funding for intra-institutional consortia (collaborating investigators within the same institution); these grants, however, will be limited to a total of $300,000 direct costs, payable over three years. Link to full announcement:
http://www.dana.org/grants/health/humanimmunologyconsortia.cfm
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces the availability of FY 2007 funds for grants to deliver peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. Successful applicants will provide peer-to-peer recovery support services that are responsive to community needs and strengths, and will carry out a performance assessment of these services. Link to Full announcement:
http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/TI_07_002.aspx
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is accepting applications for Fiscal Year 2007 funds for grants to enhance and expand substance abuse treatment and/or outreach and pretreatment services in conjunction with HIV/AIDS services in African American, Latino/Hispanic, and/or other racial or ethnic communities highly affected by the twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. The latest reported
AIDS rates (CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2004, Vol. 16) are higher
among African Americans and Hispanic/Latinos than other population
groups in the United States. A recent report from the Centers for
Disease Control found that AIDS rates surpass 72.1 per 100,000 for
non-Hispanic Black, 25.0 per 100,000 for Hispanic, 4.4 per 100,000
for Asian/Pacific Islander and 9.9 per 100,000 for American Indian/Alaska
Native adults and adolescents (HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental
Report 2006, Vol. 12, No. 1). In addition, the minority AIDS rate
is also greater than 20 per 100,000 in all 51 Eligible Metropolitan
Areas (Ryan White Title I grantees). Therefore, funding will be directed
to activities designed to improve the delivery of services to racial
and ethnic minority populations disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS
in all 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, including
the 51 Eligible Metropolitan Areas identified as Ryan White Title
I eligible. SAMHSA/CSAT encourages applications from organizations whose board of directors, key staff and management have demonstrated experience serving minority communities and documented linkages to those populations. They should also be situated in close geographic proximity to the targeted populations. Link to full announcement:
http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2007/ti_07_004.aspx
A program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( http://www.rwjf.org/ ), the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program was established to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who can achieve senior rank in academic medicine and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians. Four-year postdoctoral research awards are offered to physicians from historically disadvantaged backgrounds committed to developing careers in academic medicine and to serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background. The pro- gram defines the term "historically disadvantaged" to mean the challenges facing individuals because of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or similar factors. To be eligible, applicants must be physicians who are from historically disadvantaged backgrounds (ethnic, financial or educational); are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application; and are now completing or have completed their formal clinical training. Preference will be given to physicians who have recently completed their formal clinical training. Successful applicants must demonstrate that they have excelled in their education; are prepared to devote four consecutive years to research; and are committed to 1) pursuing an academic career; 2) serving as role models for students and faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds; 3) improving the health status of the underserved; and/or 4) working to decrease health disparities. Up to twelve four-year awards will be funded in this grant cycle. Scholars will receive an annual stipend of up to $75,000, complemented by a $29,139 annual grant toward support of research activities. Link to full announcement:
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10006000/rwjf The SPNS Information Technology Networks of Care Initiative will award funds for up to 4 years to support organizations that promote the enhancement and evaluation of existing health information networks for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in underserved communities. These organizations will hereupon be referred as demonstration projects. SPNS will also fund one Evaluation and Support Center that will conduct a cross-site evaluation of services and provide technical assistance and support to the demonstration projects. Link to full announcement:
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here. The purpose of
the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP)
is to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals to provide
primary health services (through a culturally competent, interdisciplinary
team of clinicians) to populations located in selected health professional
shortage areas (HPSAs) identified by the Secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services. HPSAs can be found in rural and urban
communities across the Nation. The NHSC LRP recruits fully trained
health professionals who agree to provide primary health services
in NHSC community sites. In return, the NHSC LRP assists clinicians
in their repayment of qualifying educational loans that are still
owed. The NHSC is seeking clinicians that demonstrate the characteristics
for and interest in serving the Nation's medically underserved populations
and remaining in HPSAs beyond their service commitment. It is important
to remember that service to medically underserved populations is the
primary purpose of the NHSC LRP and not the repayment of educational
loans. The primary objective of the program is to improve the economic conditions of rural areas. Assistance provided to rural areas under this program may include technical assistance for business development and economic development planning. Link to full announcement:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/nofas/2006/120806rbog.pdf
Saucony, a subsidiary
of the Stride Rite Corporation, is committed to addressing the national
epidemic of childhood obesity by cultivating a new wave of young runners.
As part of this commitment, the company has partnered with Runner’s
World magazine to launch the Saucony Run For Good Red Laces Program,
which provides grants to communities and nonprofit organizations that
support after-school running and physical fitness programs for kids. The selection of grant recipients will be based on the following: utilization of running participation for enhanced health and/or well-being in children; ability to serve youth populations not traditionally exposed to running programs; and the ability to demonstrate support and inspiration in creating a program that exemplifies the Saucony Run For Good Program’s mission of inspiring the community of runners. Link to full announcement: http://www.sauconyrunforgood.com/ . Article Posted 1/30/07
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