The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Kentucky today announced up to $3 million in grants available through the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program.
The department is accepting applications beginning today for grants to improve health care in the Delta Region.
There are 21 Western Kentucky counties in the Delta Region: Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg, Union and Webster.
Delta Health Care Services Grant Program funding may be used to support activities such as health education programs, health care services, job training in health care fields, and developing or expanding public health facilities.
The department encourages applications that will support the Biden administration’s goal to reduce morbidity and mortality. This includes applications for programs and services to address substance use disorder (including opioid misuse) in high-risk rural communities by strengthening the capacity to address prevention, treatment and/or recovery.
The minimum grant award is $50,000 while the maximum award is $1 million. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis.
Completed applications for grants must be submitted electronically by no later than midnight Eastern time July 19, 2021, through https://www.grants.gov/.
For additional information, see page 27370 of the May 20, 2021, Federal Register.
Under the Biden-Harris administration, USDA Rural Development provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities, create jobs and improve the quality of life for millions of Americans in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety, and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural, Tribal and high-poverty areas. For more information, visit www.rd.usda.gov.
The USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. In the Biden-Harris administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, ensuring access to healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate-smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean-energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov.