Tuesday May 21, 2013     2:00pm – 3:00pm CST

A presentation on the main provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the health care law, and how to access care in your community in Spanish.  Information on the Health Insurance Marketplace and how to get updates on implementation of the law will be shared.

For more information: http://goo.gl/UjEYT

Opportunities and Obstacles in Rural Telehealth

Sponsored by National Conference of State Legislatures

Wednesday May 22, 2013     1:00pm – 2:00pm CST

For more information: http://goo.gl/auUyM

National Provider Call: National Physician Payment Transparency Program (Open Payments) – What You Need to Know

Sponsored by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Wednesday May 22, 2013     1:30pm – 3:00pm CST

For more information: http://goo.gl/wqqr6

Recruiting and Retaining Oral Health Providers in Rural Communities – Successes from Idaho and Iowa

Sponsored by National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

Thursday May 23, 2013     1:00pm – 2:00pm CST

For more information: http://goo.gl/kgwIp

The Health Care Law 101

Sponsored by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Thursday May 23, 2013     1:00pm – 2:00pm CST

For more information: http://goo.gl/8ncsG

Best Practices for Improving Cultural Competency in the Health Care Workforce

Sponsored by National Conference of State Legislatures

Friday May 24, 2013     2:30pm – 3:30pm CST

For more information: http://goo.gl/vxlSm

Learn more: http://goo.gl/zGVO7

For more information, visit the FDA Patient Network website here: http://goo.gl/1uiqA

Read the blog by Margaret Hamburg here: http://goo.gl/f9b0V

Available here: http://goo.gl/Z1VkF

Health Resources and Services Administration  – Funding to assist eligible entities to strengthen their organizational infrastructure and to increase their capacity to develop, enhance, or expand access to high quality HIV primary health care services for people in underserved or rural communities.

Deadline: May 30, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/xk2Sl

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention Veterans to BSN Coordinating Center

Bureau of Health Professions  – Offers funding to operate a coordinating center to support the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention Veterans to BSN grantees by providing technical assistance, data collection, and program assessment

Deadline: June 7, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/GU9Gv

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program

American Academy of Pediatrics  – Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives.

Deadline: July 31, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/RQhOz

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning Funds Program

American Academy of Pediatrics – Grants for pediatricians to develop innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children’s access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available.

Deadline: July 31, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/ME5zj

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program

American Academy of Pediatrics  – Funding to support pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of implementing a community-based child health projects related to medical home access, health services to uninsured/underinsured, secondhand smoke exposure, immunization programs, and Native American child health.

Deadline: July 31, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/hpCrk

Street Outreach Program

Administration for Children and Families  – Grants to fund organizations who provide street-based services to runaways, homeless populations, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, or sexual exploitation.

Deadline: June 28, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/mO5WG

Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Veterans Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing Program

Bureau of Health Professions  – Funding to develop and implement career ladder programs to increase the enrollment of veterans in bachelor’s of science in nursing programs. Preference will be given to programs that benefit rural and underserved populations.

Deadline: June 7, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/QrfZK

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity (Round 8)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  – 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.

Deadline: July 10, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/xhjVR

Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  – Provides two years of support for postdoctoral scholars for research and leadership projects to address population health and policy change.

Deadline: September 30, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/2KzdX

OMH Announces State Partnership Grants for Improving Minority Health

States and U.S. territories are invited to apply for funds through the Office of Minority Health’s State Partnership Program.  The program seeks to demonstrate how strategic partnerships can improve the health status of minority populations.  OMH offers grants of up to $150,000 for efforts that:

- address data needs regarding health disparities;

- develop partnerships and systems to improve access to health care;

- implement targeted health-issue interventions that promote sciences-based health promotion and disease prevention research;

- advance strategic plans and policies; or

- support state-level health practices.

Deadline: May 28, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/88LLS

Maternal and Child Health  - Awards grants to support state and local governments in their efforts to improve access to health and other services for children and youths with epilepsy residing in rural and/or medically underserved areas.

Deadline: June 19, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/g6bJL

Ribbons of Hope Grant

Invest in Women, Inc. – Funding for an organization that supports or promotes education, health, economic independence, social well-being, or human rights of women and girls.

Deadline: August 1, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/g7w8W

Health Care Innovation Awards

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  – Funding to test new payment and service delivery models that will deliver better care and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid, and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees.

Deadline:Letter of Intent (Required): Jun 28, 2013
Application: Aug 15, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/mtSRZ

Multiplan’s Rural Health Outreach Grant Program

MultiPlan  – Funding to help rural hospitals introduce or expand services, education, screenings and community outreach aimed at improving the health of people in their communities.

Deadline: July 26, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/UvsFy

340B Peer-to-Peer Program

American Pharmacists Association  – Applicants will join a network of 340B providers that will share knowledge and collaborate with peers to improve health care design and delivery.

Deadline: June 30, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/Yvpcr

Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Provides funding to improve the infrastructure and build the capacity of tribal public health systems.

Deadline: Letter of Intent (Optional): Jun 17, 2013
Application: Jul 15, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/hmDcK

Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP)

Bureau of Health Professions  – Offers loan repayment program to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who serve as faculty at eligible health professions schools for a minimum of two years.

Deadline: June 27, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/lfgUO

Grief Reach

National Alliance for Grieving Children  – Provides funding to children’s bereavement programs to expand the reach of programs to include underserved youth populations.

Deadline: July 8, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/KVKOF

American Legion Foundation Child Welfare Grants

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation, Inc. – Provides grants for programs that focus on childhood physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual wellness.

Deadline: July 15, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/eoZAd

Samuel D. Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health Dentistry Grant Program

American Dental Association  – Grants for oral health promotion programs designed to improve and maintain children’s oral health through community education programs.

Deadline: June 10, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/DWiz5

Phyllis and Milton Berg Family Respite Care Grant

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America  – Funding to help alleviate the cost of respite care for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimers disease or a related dementia.

Deadline: June 1, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/x2YC0

NURSE Corps Scholarship Program

Bureau of Health Professions  – Provides scholarships to nursing students in exchange for a two-year, full-time service commitment (or part-time equivalent), at an eligible health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses.

Deadline: May 7, 2013

For more information: http://goo.gl/sffQd