Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-13-157 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.912Eligible Applicants Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: Mar 18, 2013Award Ceiling: $25,000Expected Number of Awards: 12Creation Date: Jan 18, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: This announcement solicits applications for the Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program.  The purpose of the Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program (Delta) is to fund organizations located in the eight Delta States to address unmet local health care needs and prevalent health disparities in rural Delta communities.  In practice, the Delta Program provides resources to help rural communities develop partnerships to jointly address health problems that could not be solved by single entities working alone.  A priority of the Office of Rural Health Policy is to fund evidence-based programs which demonstrate improved health outcomes.  Evidence-based practices are those that are developed from scientific evidence and/or have been found to be effective based on the results of rigorous evaluations.[[]1]   “A ‘promising model’ is defined as...

Source: Grants.gov - January 19, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding