Building Healthier Rural Community (BUILD) Grants Program
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation is making funding available for their BUILD
grants program, with an emphasis on transforming the health and well-being of North Dakotans.
COVID-19 Health Equity
Program
The State Office of Rural Health program has made funding available to support health equity in rural North
Dakota communities.
North Dakota Flex Funding Programs
The North Dakota Flex Program provides financial assistance to North Dakota's CAHs in their efforts to adapt
to the changing rural healthcare environment.
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program
(SHIP)
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's SHIP Grant Program provides funding to small rural hospitals
to help them do any or all of the following: pay for costs related to the implementation of a prospective
payment system, comply with provisions of HIPAA and reduce medical errors and support quality improvement.
Office of Climate Change and Health Equity Program
Catalytic Program on Utilizing the
Inflation Reduction Act
The Catalytic Program on Utilizing the Inflation Reduction Act is geared to help healthcare providers and
organizations use tax credits, grants, and other supports to make investments in clean energy, building
efficiency, infrastructure resilience, and more.
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Community Grant Programs
Rural Health Care Services Outreach
Program
This is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural healthcare services by enhancing
healthcare delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of
local healthcare and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges
related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural
communities.
Rural Health Network Development
Program
The purpose of this program is to support integrated rural healthcare networks that have combined the
functions of the entities participating in the network, including skilled and experienced staff and a high
functioning network board, in order to address the healthcare needs of the targeted rural community.
Rural Health Network Development Planning
Program
The purpose of this program is to promote the development of integrated health care networks in order to:
achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic healthcare services;
and strengthen the rural healthcare system as a whole. This program brings together key parts of a rural
healthcare delivery system, particularly those entities that may not have collaborated in the past, to work
together to establish or improve local capacity and coordination of care.
