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            Funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Funding opportunities for rural health and human services topics, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center
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<title>American Legacy Foundation, Small Innovative Grants Program</title>
<description>Grant program provides funding for specific initiatives and research that advance efforts to reduce and prevent tobacco use, especially among youth. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- American Legacy Foundation</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=382 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:56:52 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program (HUD)</title>
<description>Funds doctoral candidates' research and dissertations on policy-relevant housing and urban development issues. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1490 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:36:27 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Community Services Block Grant Training and Technical Assistance Program: Special State Technical Assistance</title>
<description>Grants to develop and support interventions in cases where an eligible entity is in a crisis situation. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- Administration for Children and Families</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1903 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:55 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Housing Counseling Training Program</title>
<description>Funds training activities designed to improve the quality of counseling provided by housing counselors. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1905 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:59:46 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Public Housing Family Self-Sufficiency Program  (ROSS)</title>
<description>Funding is for Public Housing Agencies to hire a program coordinator to link participating families to the supportive services they need to achieve self-sufficiency. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=535 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:09 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC)</title>
<description>To assist Hispanic-Serving Institutions expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development in their localities. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1486 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:07:36 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Fair Housing  Initiatives Program (FHIP)</title>
<description>Grants to inform the public about the rights and obligations under the Fair Housing Act. Included two initiatives, the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI) and the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI). Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=76 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:02:40 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Community Development Technical Assistance Program: Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program</title>
<description>Grants to local communities, States, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low income persons medically diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and their families. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=745 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:40:34 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Community Development Technical Assistance Program: Homeless Supportive Housing Program</title>
<description>Funding to assist homeless persons to move to self-sufficiency and permanent housing. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=81 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:40:16 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Community Development Technical Assistance Programs</title>
<description>Funding to provide technical assistance to five separate community development program areas: (1) HOME; (2) CHDO (HOME); (3) Homeless and; (4) HOPWA. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1483 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:28:19 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Electronic Health Record Grant Program</title>
<description>Grants to support the adoption and use of interoperable electronic health records by health care providers in rural and medically underserved areas of the state. Geographic coverage:  Minnesota -- Minnesota Office of Rural Health and Primary Care</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1664 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:15:38 CST</pubDate>
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<title>HeartRescue Grant Program</title>
<description>Grants to increase awareness and education of sudden cardiac death, early defibrillation, and the need for early intervention among community leaders, first responder organizations and the public. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- Medtronic Foundation</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=648 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:09:36 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Program</title>
<description>Grants to develop and implement patient navigator programs. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- Health Resources and Services Administration</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1904 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:05:31 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages (ICDBG)</title>
<description>Grants to develop Indian and Alaska Native communities including housing, environment, and economic opportunities. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=523 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:51:35 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Assisted Living Conversion Program</title>
<description>The purpose of this program is to provide grants for the conversion of some or all of the dwelling units in an eligible project into assisted living facilities (ALFs) for frail elderly persons. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=71 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:46:03 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities</title>
<description>HUD provides funding to nonprofit organizations to develop rental housing with the availability of supportive services for very low-income adults with disabilities, and provides rent subsidies for the projects to help make them affordable. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=479 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:32:32 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinators Program</title>
<description>Grants for the delivery and coordination of supportive services and other activities designed to help improve the living conditions of public and Indian housing residents who are elderly and/or disabled. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=526 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:47:18 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)</title>
<description>Provides loans to nonprofit organizations to run self-help homeownership programs. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=80 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:23:01 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grants</title>
<description>Cooperative agreements to gain knowledge to improve the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of methods for evaluation and control of lead-based paint and other housing related health and safety hazards. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1141 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:11:31 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Coordinators</title>
<description>Funding to employ program coordinators for the Housing Choice Voucher FSS program. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=72 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:10:41 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)</title>
<description>To assist Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) to build, expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, and to expand the role of the TCUs into the community. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1488 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:03:21 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Demonstration Program for Elderly Housing for Intergenerational Families</title>
<description>Provides funding for supportive housing for low-income elderly persons. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=75 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:28 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC)</title>
<description>To assist Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions (AN/NHI) of higher education expand their role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs in their localities. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1487 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:41:48 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Early Doctoral Student Research</title>
<description>To enable doctoral students enrolled at institutions of higher education accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to cultivate their research skills. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1489 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:35:05 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Operation Lead Elimination Action Grant Program (LEAP)</title>
<description>Grants to assist organizations in raising additional funding to address lead hazards in privately owned housing units. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=533 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:23:02 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program</title>
<description>Funding to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in private homes and rental units. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=527 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:20:25 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Lead Paint Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program</title>
<description>Grants to assist in identifying and control of lead-based hazards in housing. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1142 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:19:46 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Healthy Homes Demonstration Program</title>
<description>Develops, demonstrates, and promotes cost-effective, preventive measures to correct multiple safety and health hazards in the home environment that produce serious diseases and injuries in children of low income Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=529 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:18:22 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Lead Technical Studies Grants</title>
<description>To fund technical studies to improve existing methods for detecting and controlling lead-based paint and other housing-related health and safety hazards, to develop new methods to detect and control these hazards, and to improve our knowledge of lead-base Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1902 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:12:46 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Lead Outreach Grant Program</title>
<description>Funding to increase lead hazard treatment in low-income housing and to help occupants recognize and report lead-based paint hazards. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=531 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:06:32 CST</pubDate>
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