State Office of Rural Health Grants
Grants Administered by the Center
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) Caring Foundation
Rural Health Grant Program
BCBSND Caring Foundation is making funding available for their rural health grant program, with an emphasis on transforming the health and well-being of North Dakotans. -
CHNA Implementation Plan Funding
Program
The State Office of Rural Health program has made funding available for North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Health Clinics, and local public health units to utilize in executing activities that have resulted from their community's Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). -
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.
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Community Grant Programs
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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.