June 4, 2026

FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants

The AFG Program provides financial assistance directly to eligible fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service (EMS) organizations, and State Fire Training Academies (SFTAs) to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, outfit responders with compliant personal protective equipment, provide funding to retrofit or modify facilities to protect personnel from known health hazards, acquire emergency response vehicles, design and implement health, wellness and resiliency programs that prepare responders for incident response, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience.

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June 4, 2026

USDA Rural Business Development Grants – June 15 and June 30

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supports targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas.

The June 15 closing date only applies to Strategic Economic and Community Development applications; the June 30 date applies to the remainder of the applications.

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June 4, 2026

DRA to Make $15 Million Available for Critical Infrastructure Projects

The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is making $15 million available to support critical infrastructure projects throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.

Funded through the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF), DRA will make strategic investments toward projects addressing basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure and flood-control needs within communities across the DRA’s eight-state service area. Award amounts will range between $250,000 to $1 million. The deadline to apply for the 2026 CIF is Monday, August 24, 2026.

For more information about the Community Infrastructure Fund or to apply, visit www.dra.gov. For questions about the program, email sedap.cif@dra.gov.

May 14, 2026

FORHP Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement

Several Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) that were previously forecasted on Grants.gov were temporarily removed and the forecasts were re-posted late last week. As a result, individuals who subscribed to the original forecast will not receive updates or notifications for these opportunities.

All interested applicants are encouraged to visit Grants.gov and re-subscribe to these NOFOs to ensure they receive notifications when the funding opportunities are posted, as well as any subsequent updates.

The following opportunities may be of particular interest:

• HRSA-26-036 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)  Planning: Opportunity Listing – Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Planning
• HRSA-26-037 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Impact: Opportunity Listing – Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Impact
• HRSA-26-047 Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program: Opportunity Listing – Rural Residency Planning and Development Program 

May 6, 2026

ToRCH Care Minor Renovation Bid Opportunity is Open

The Missouri Department of Social Services has issued an invitation for Bid (IFB) #DSS26009001 for the ToRCH Care Strategic Minor Renovations (Horizon 1) program. This funding opportunity supports the design, modernization and strategic renovation of existing rural hospital facilities as part of Missouri’s Rural Health Transformation Program. Rural hospitals on DSS’ distribution list should have received the bid, but the IFB is publicly available and can be accessed by any interested hospital.

A virtual preproposal conference, with a question-and-answer session, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 19. Hospital staff wishing to attend must email Dirk Elrod, with HSS, to receive the meeting invitation. Hospital teams with questions regarding the bid also may email Elrod in advance of the preproposal conference.

Bids are due by 2 p.m. Thursday, June 4.

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April 27, 2026

Free Technical Assistance Opportunity: Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program

This program, funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, delivers technical assistance at no cost to participating rural healthcare organizations in the rural counties and parishes of the Delta region to help meet community needs and strengthen health care delivery.

Areas of support include financial and operational efficiency, quality improvement, service expansion, care coordination, and implementation of best practices. Participants receive individualized assessments, staff and leadership training, and support and funding to enhance or expand services.

Join the National Rural Health Resource Center on July 27 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST for an Application and Eligibility Webinar to learn more about this program.

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April 15, 2026

Funding Opportunity: Make America Healthy Again – Enhancing Lifestyle and Evaluating Value-based approaches Through Evidence (“MAHA ELEVATE”), CWS-2W2-27-001, Apply by May 15

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI or Innovation Center), is soliciting applications for the Make America Healthy Again: Enhancing Lifestyle & Evaluating Value-based Approaches Through Evidence (MAHA ELEVATE) Model. This voluntary, three-year service delivery model is designed to test evidence-based, whole person functional or lifestyle medicine (“whole-person FLM”) approaches to care. Rather than treating diseases separately after they develop, MAHA ELEVATE takes a proactive, comprehensive approach that combines psychological, nutritional, and physical interventions with personalized, lifestyle-based strategies for prevention and early treatment.

Eligible Applicants:

• Unrestricted

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible applicants include any organization that meets the requirements outlined in the NOFO. Individuals are not eligible to apply. Examples of eligible applicants may include but atr not limited to:

• Private medical practices,
• Health systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs),
• Academic organizations,
• Functional, lifestyle, preventive, and integrative medicine centers,
• Community-based organizations (CBOs),
• Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
• Rural Health Clinics (RHCs),
• Indian Health Service/Tribal Services/Urban Indian Programs (ITUs)
• Local and state governments
• Organizations spanning multiple states are eligible to apply.

CMS will select a total of up to 30 recipients to participate in MAHA ELEVATE. The model will be split into two cohorts, one year apart (years 2026 and 2027).

CMS will select recipients based on five key criteria:

• Whole-person FLM intervention design, including cost savings,
• Beneficiary recruitment and study design,
• Organizational and administrative capacity,
• Data management capabilities, and
• Budget.

Highly competitive applicants must demonstrate several important strengths:

• Strong evidence-based support for your proposed interventions(s) and proof of your own successful history of implementation of the intervention and cost savings.
• Ability to recruit large numbers of participants with a clear randomization plan and advanced data management capabilities.

Given the model’s minimum beneficiary targets and extensive data management requirements, applicants who do not directly provide clinical care are strongly encouraged to form partnerships with care entities or organizations that deliver clinical care. This collaboration helps ensure you can meet the full operational requirements of the program.

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