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Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program (RAED)

 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.259
Program
web site
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/FundingOppDeta
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Sponsor Office of Rural Health Policy
Deadlines February 4, 2009
Purpose The purpose of the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Grant Program is to purchase automated external defibrillators(AED) that have been approed, or cleared for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration, and to provide defibrillator and basic life support training in AED usage through the American Heart Association, the Red Cross, or other nationally recognized training courses.
Eligibility Awards will be made to community partnerships. These partnerships are defined as a consortium of first reponders (e.g., EMS, Law Enforcement and Fire Departments)and local for-profit and nonprofit entities that may include but are not limited, to long-term care facilities, rural health clinics, community health centers, post offices, libraries and other civic centers, athletic facilities, senior organizations applying as a community partnership. All applicant organizations have to be located in an eligible rural county or eligible rural census tract of urban counties. Eligible rural counties can be found at: http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/eligibility. The eligible census tracts of urban counties are included in the document identified above. To identify the Censust Tract where your organization is located, visit the wepage at: http://app.ffiec.gov/geocode/default.htm
Geographic
coverage
Nationwide
Amount of
funding
Estimated Amount of this Competition: $1,100,000.00
Estimated Number of Awards: 10
Application
process
Electronic submission of application is/will be available on Grants.Gov for this funding opportunity. Please visit www.grants.gov to register and apply. Please refer to the guidance for more information.

A link to the application is available through grants.gov at: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=43495.

 

For more information contact:
Eileen Holloran
Public Health Analyst
RAED Program Coordinator
Office of Rural Health Policy
Phone: 301-443-7529
Fax: 301-443-2803
E-mail: eholloran@hrsa.gov

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information.