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Funding in Nebraska

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

Midwest Assistance Program Loan Fund
Provides low-cost, short and intermediate term loans for community water and wastewater projects through its Community Revolving Loan Fund.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Midwest Assistance Program

Nebraska Loan Repayment Program
Provides funding to physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants practicing the specialties of family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, general surgery, and psychiatry.
    Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Nebraska Office of Rural Health

Nebraska Rural Housing Program
Loans and grants are available to low-income applicants to remove health or safety hazards and/or improve or modernize their home.
    Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

REAP Direct Loan Program
Loan products designed to fill a gap for financing needs of startup and existing small businesses in rural Nebraska.
    Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Rural Enterprise Assistance Project


Inactive Funding in Nebraska

The programs listed below have been funded in the past, but are not currently accepting applications. Information about these inactive funding programs is provided only for your convenience and does not indicate that the programs will be available in the future. To inquire about future availability of a particular program, please contact the funding agency or organization.

Healthy Baby Funds
Funding to support community efforts to promote preconception, family planning and healthy baby outreach activities.
    Geographic Coverage: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
    Application Deadline: Jul 13, 2009
    Sponsor: HHS Office of Minority Health

National Farmworker Jobs Program for Program Year 2009
Grants to assist eligible migrants and seasonal farmworkers and their families to prepare for jobs likely to provide stable, year-round employment both within and outside agriculture.
    Geographic Coverage: Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, and Nebraska.
    Application Deadline: Sep 1, 2009
    Sponsor: Employment and Training Administration

Nebraska Homeless Assistance Program (NHAP)
Funding to provide an overall continuum of care approach to address the needs of people who are homeless in Nebraska.
    Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
    Application Deadline: Feb 15, 2008
    Sponsor: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Nebraska Housing Study Grant Program
Grants to be used to stimulate ideas for comprehensive development plans encompassing housing, community, and economic development opportunities in Nebraska.
    Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
    Application Deadline: Jul 1, 2008
    Sponsor: Nebraska Investment Finance Authority

Nebraska Student Loan Program (NSLP)
Awards forgivable student loans to Nebraska medical, dental, physician assistant, and graduate-level mental health students who agree to practice an approved specialty in a state-designated shortage area.
    Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
    Application Deadline: Jun 1, 2009
    Sponsor: Nebraska Office of Rural Health

Rural People, Rural Policy Participation Request Statement Grant
A multi-year national initiative that energizes and equips rural organizations and networks to shape policy that will improve the lives of rural people and the vitality of rural communities.
    Geographic Coverage: West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona
    Application Deadline: Jan 25, 2008
    Sponsor: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Senior Medicare Patrol Projects
Grants for model projects that demonstrate effective ways of utilizing retired persons as volunteer expert resources and educators in community efforts to combat health care error, fraud and abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid programs.
    Geographic Coverage: Refer to Eligibility for the 26 participating states and 1 territory.
    Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 2, 2009
    Application Deadline: Mar 13, 2009
    Sponsor: Administration on Aging