This presentation is about health and healthcare grants. Healthcare grants are some of the largest grants granted as a percentage of the total number of grants. These grants are gaining prominence over the last few years due to increased costs of good healthcare and education related to medicine and health. There are many foundations along with the government that offer assistance for the same. For more information, please visit www.allamericangrantguide.com
2. What are healthcare grants?
• The federal government, state and local
municipal governments, private
organizations, and corporations, universities, and
private donors all award health grants for
research, health care for children, cancer and
other diseases.
• They also consist of primary care grants, grants
for health care facilities, and other types of grants
for medical and health care programs.
3. Who funds them?
Centres which provide health care or assistance
for the same are funded under Section 330 of
the Public Health Services Act -Consolidated
Health Center Program.
4. Funding from Charitable Foundations
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There are five types of grants that are available to
charitable foundations that have tax-exempt nonprofit status or have a co-applicant arrangement.
They are as follows:
Community Health Center Program - Section 330(e)
Migrant Health Center Program - Section 330(g)
Health Care for the Homeless Program - Section
330(h)
Public Housing Primary Care Program - Section 330(I)
School-Based Health Center Program - Section 330(e)
5. More Information
• To find out more about the kind of grants and
the kind of funding that you can receive, the
best place to go to is the grants.gov website.
• The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is in charge of administering
the federal government grants.
6. Local and State Level Funding
• Another critical resource is funding from local
and State level agencies.
• These agencies have detailed information on
their websites about the type of funding
offered and the type you may qualify for.
• You can also find private and corporate grant
opportunities by looking on foundation
website directories for health care grant
award funding opportunities.
7. Applying for Health Grants
• You need to understand guidelines and exclusions
and make sure you’re eligible for the same.
• Most of these grants are awarded to non-profit
organizations, health care agencies, universities
and colleges, municipal governments and
schools.
• They may be awarded to for profit organizations
if their programs are related to medical research
or job creation and training.