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            Hospitals and clinics funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Hospitals and clinics funding opportunities, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center
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<title>USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program</title>
<description>Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- USDA Rural Development </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=91 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:21:43 CST</pubDate>
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<title>Health Care Disparities Grant Program</title>
<description>Grants to improve the quality of health care delivered to low-income and minority Americans, and to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Commonwealth Fund </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1972 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:29:37 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1972 </guid>

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<title>Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Development Award</title>
<description>Provides an educational stipend to a small or rural hospital administrator or chief executive officer to attend an AHA Annual Meeting or Health Forum Leadership Conference. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- American Hospital Association </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=840 </link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:36:52 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=840 </guid>

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<title>USAC Rural Health Care Service Discounts</title>
<description>Provides discounts to rural health care providers to obtain Internet and telecommunications access. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Universal Service Administrative Company </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=16 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:17:59 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=16 </guid>

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<title>Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) Grant</title>
<description>Grants to help small rural hospitals. Geographic coverage:  Texas  -- Texas Department of Rural Affairs </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2338 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:56:15 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2338 </guid>

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<title>Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Grants</title>
<description>Awards grants in the areas of higher education, social services, health and hospitals. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Charles A. Frueauff Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=964 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:41:04 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=964 </guid>

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<title>ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals- Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry - Residency Training in Primary Care</title>
<description>This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. This specific guidance is for Residency Training Programs. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Bureau of Health Professions </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2334 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:41:35 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2334 </guid>

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<title>ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals- Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry - Physician Faculty Development</title>
<description>This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. This specific program announcement is for Physician Faculty Development Programs. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Bureau of Health Professions </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2330 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:35:15 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2330 </guid>

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<title>ARRA - Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals- Nursing Education, Practice and Retention Program</title>
<description>This funding opportunity is one of many for the Equipment to Enhance Training for Health Professionals (EETHP) program, hereby known as EETHP Equipment Initiative. This announcement is for the Nursing Education, Practice and Retention Program. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Bureau of Health Professions </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2319 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:42:54 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2319 </guid>

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<title>Service Area Competitions-Additional Areas (SAC-AA)</title>
<description>Grants to continue to support comprehensive primary and preventive health care service delivery to areas where the existing section 330 grantee's continuation application was not approved. Geographic coverage:  West Virginia  -- Bureau of Primary Health Care </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1968 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:47:54 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1968 </guid>

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<title>Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service</title>
<description>Honors health delivery organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to community service. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- American Hospital Association </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=422 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:28:44 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=422 </guid>

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<title>HUD 242 (FHA Section 242) - Helping Hospitals Get Capital Financing</title>
<description>Loan program to help hospitals finance new construction, refinancing, and modernization or to purchase major movable equipment such as hospital beds, wheeled equipment, and office machines. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=95 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:55:38 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=95 </guid>

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<title>Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program</title>
<description>Grants to improve  and sustain access to appropriate healthcare services of high quality in rural America by supporting conversion of small rural hospitals to critical access status, helping develop rural health care networks, and strengthening rural EMS. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Office of Rural Health Policy </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1609 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:01:20 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1609 </guid>

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<title>3RNet Recruitment and Retention Assistance</title>
<description>Helps health professionals find jobs in rural and underserved areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- National Rural Recruitment &amp; Retention Network </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2302 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:26:16 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2302 </guid>

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<title>William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants</title>
<description>Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  --  </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=863 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:58:40 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=863 </guid>

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<title>National Health Service Corps Recruitment and Retention Assistance</title>
<description>Assistance for qualifying practice sites in recruiting and retaining community-responsive, culturally competent primary care clinicians. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Bureau of Health Professions </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=839 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:53:18 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=839 </guid>

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<title>Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders</title>
<description>This initiative aims to enhance the leadership capacity of community-based nonprofit health organizations serving vulnerable populations. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1922 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:20:26 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1922 </guid>

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<title>Stimulus Simplicity Program</title>
<description>Grant program designed to help hospitals and physician offices accelerate Electronic Medical Records (EMR) adoption. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- GE Healthcare </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2275 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:14 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2275 </guid>

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<title>Sojourns Pathway Program: Hospital-Based Palliative Care Innovation Grants</title>
<description>Grants to respond to unmet, local palliative care needs through new or expanded community partnerships. Geographic coverage:  Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah  -- Regence Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2229 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:35:32 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2229 </guid>

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<title>Safety-net Facility Improvements</title>
<description>Facilities-capital challenge grant in community-based health centers through a variety of funding methods,  including program-related investments or below market rate loans. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Kresge Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2223 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:44:04 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2223 </guid>

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<title>Sojourns Pathway Program: Hospital-Based Palliative Care Implementation Grants</title>
<description>Funding for nonprofit or public hospitals with 100 or more beds that do not  offer a formal palliative care program. Geographic coverage:  Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington  -- Regence Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1897 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:36:51 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1897 </guid>

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<title>BPHC Loan Guarantee Program</title>
<description>Loan program to Section 330 health centers to obtain a loan guarantee for the financing of a medical facility construction, renovation and modernization. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Bureau of Primary Health Care </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1593 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:21:16 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1593 </guid>

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