Grant Seeking Essentials Certificate
Grants are one of the best ways for NGOs and nonprofits to fund their programs. But for most people, the grant-seeking process is not straightforward.
In this free online certificate program from DisasterReady, you will learn how to:
- Find the right grants for your organization
- Write excellent grant proposals
- Develop strong relationships with your grantors so you can count on funding for years to come
Over 25,000 people have earned their free Grant Seeking Essentials Certificate. Start earning your certificate today and learn how to win grant funding for your organization.
This certificate is available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.
The Wyoming Office of Rural Health Facilitates a Peer-to-Peer Grant Writers Collaborative. This group meets quarterly and if you are interested please email Sharon.Weber@wyo.gov
Resources for Writing Grants
Finding a Grant
US Grants – Wyoming Department of Health
WY Dept of Health, Community Living
Cynthis Lummis, Funding Opportunities
WYGAP – Wyoming Grant Assistance Program
Grants
- Grants and Technical Assistance for Coal Communities Applying for Federal Funding
Funding and technical assistance to help coal communities submit competitive federal applications for community-led transition projects. Priority will be given to projects that are led by and serve low-income and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities most impacted by the transition.Geographic coverage: Available in 16 states
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Just Transition Fund - Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C-MAP) – Due January 31, 2025. grantees will receive technical support and/or funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) to design or deploy a microgrid that aligns with community-defined priorities or to improve performance of an existing microgrid technology. Microgrids that generate power from renewable energy reduce the dependency on imported fuels, contributing to community self-sufficiency and resilience.
- New Funding: HRSA Rural Health Network Development Planning Program – Apply by February 19, 2025. HRSA expects to make 35 awards, each up to $100,000, to support the development and planning of rural integrated health care networks. Over the one-year performance period, networks will conduct planning activities to achieve greater collective capacity to overcome local challenges, expand access and improve the quality of care in the rural communities these organizations serve. A technical assistance webinar via Zoom is scheduled for applicants on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 2:00 pm Eastern. If you are unable able to join the webinar, a recording will be made available later.
- New Funding: HRSA Black Lung Clinics Program – Apply by February 11, 2025. FORHP’s Community Based Division will make up to 15 awards to support clinics in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with occupation related coal mine dust lung disease through the provision of quality medical, outreach, educational, and benefits counseling services for active, inactive, retired, and disabled coal miners. FORHP will hold a technical assistance webinar for applicants on Thursday, December 19 at 1:00 pm Eastern. A separate opportunity,
- Get Help With Your Application to the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program. HRSA will invest $13 million for up to 50 awards to expand the delivery of health care services in rural communities. We expect to make 40 awards under the program’s regular track to support rural community-identified healthcare needs. We’re setting aside 10 awards for a special track to address the underlying factors that drive rural health disparities related to heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury/substance use, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, and maternal health. You can access the program guidance by going to the Notice of Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov and then:
- Click the blue tab labeled “Package”
- Click the blue hyperlink labeled “Preview”
- Click on the gray box labeled “Download Instruction”
You can also find answers to Frequently Asked Questions on the HRSA website and a recording of the technical assistance webinar for applicants that was held on Wednesday, December 11.
- NBCC Foundation Rural Scholarships (due Dec 31)
- NBCC Foundation Rural Scholarships are offered to students residing in rural areas who are currently enrolled in a master’s level counseling program and are committed to practicing in rural communities after graduation. Applicants must agree to a 2 year service contract.
- USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP): Grants and Loans for Energy Systems/Improvements
- Due December 31, 2024
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides financing and grant funding for agriculture producers and rural small businesses to purchase, install, and construct renewable energy systems or complete energy efficiency improvements. An example of a potential project may be the installation of solar panels for hospitals or clinics to improve energy costs.
- Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP) – RHSP helps rural hospitals across the county to improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding healthcare services that meet community needs and keep care close to home.
- Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
- Eligible applicants include all domestic public and private, nonprofit, and for-profit entities with demonstrated experience serving, or the capacity to serve, rural underserved populations. Applicants are also required to propose projects that serve exclusively HRSA-designated rural areas and be a part of a network comprised of three or more organizations with at least two-thirds or 66% percent network organizations physically located in a HRSA-designated rural area.Successful Outreach Program awardees will: 1) expand the delivery of health care services to include new and enhanced services exclusively in rural communities; 2) use innovative, evidence-based and promising practice models to inform their approach to addressing needs specific to their community; 3) demonstrate health outcomes; and 4) plan for sustainability after grant funding ends.
- Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning and Implementation Grants (due Jan 21)
- Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals (HRSA-25-068)
- Due by 11:59 pm ET, January 21, 2025
- The purpose is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce. The program aims to increase access to behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and young adults
- HRSA will award approximately $59.6 million to up to 101 grantees over a period of four years through this funding opportunity
- Graduate Psychology Education Program (HRSA-25-067)
- Due by January 21, 2025
- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase access to behavioral health services in high need and high demand areas.
- Provides training to doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and postdoctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program will prepare trainees to provide behavioral health services in community-based primary care settings. The program also supports faculty development in health service psychology.
- HRSA will award approximately $22.8 million to up to 50 grantees over a period of three years through this funding opportunity
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding: Improving Mental and Behavioral Health (LOI due Jan 14, application due May 6)
- Agricultural Health and Safety Emerging Issues Grant Program
- Grants for short-term projects for emerging agricultural health and safety issues that are defined as health risks that are new or have a rapidly expanding impact in the immediate or near future.
- Geographic coverage: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis
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- Daniels Fund Grants
- Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sources for Data and Background
AHRQ’s Interactive Data Visualization
CDC Rural Public Health At-a-Glance
Economic Analysis Division (WY)
National Association of Rural Health Clinics
National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
Relevant datasets with rural variables on RHIhub
Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub): Repository of information pertaining to rural America
Rural Health Resources, including the Rural Health Mapping Tool
Rural Health Research Gateway: Research regarding rural health
This website is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of awards to the State Office of Rural Health, the Wyomlng Primary Care Office (PCO), the Medicare Flexibility (Flex) Program and the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.