The Rural Maryland Council is now accepting applications for its Rural Health Grant.
Donor Name: Rural Maryland Council
State: Maryland
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Eligible health care projects will range from health care planning, to health program implementation and evaluation, and will include projects pertaining to the following:
- Improving access to health and medical/dental/behavioral health care
- Tele-medicine, Tele-pharmacy and telehealth networking
- Programs that focus on planning and/or coordination of health care
- Programs that address rural population health needs
- Programs that ensure health care insurance and treatment enrollment Programs that implement and measure the accomplishment of components of the state’s rural health plan
- Rural Nonemergency Medical Transportation: Projects could include the following components 1) better coordination (between industries, funding sources/coverage), 2) provides inter-regional transportation, and 3) on-demand response
- Recruitment and retention of health care and public health professionals, inclusive of Peer Recovery Specialist and Community Health Workers
- Programs to aid recruitment of health care providers
- Rural residency programs in primary care and medical/surgical specialties and dentistry
- Housing projects to support rural rotations of medical students/ health professions students
- Pipeline and pathway programs for future and existing health care workers
- Behavioral and mental health
- Programs to address:
- Substance use disorder, including alcohol, opioids and prescription drugs
- Depression and counseling, suicide prevention
- Domestic abuse and violence
- Chronic disease prevention and management
- Health education on diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancers prevalent in rural Maryland, hypertension/high blood pressure
- Disease management programs
- Oral and dental health
- Support awareness around the importance of establishing a dental home
- Maternal and Child Health
- Research and treatment of health impacts on minority populations, and in particular, before, during and after pregnancy
- Support of school-based access to care.
Funding Information
For Fiscal Year 2026, the RMC has allocated $981,250.
Grant Period
August 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026.
Eligible Expenses
- Salaries and Wages are allowable expenses. It is strongly encouraged to include a statement on sustainability for future years
- Administrative costs including construction, leasing, and renovation of buildings are eligible expenses. Acquisition of land is not. The purchase or rental of vehicles are eligible expenses. The purchase of equipment is an eligible expense. These administrative expenses should not exceed more than 25% of the grant request. Quotes for purchases and construction work should be included
- Meals are allowable if the costs are reasonable and a justification is provided that such activity maintains the continuity of the meeting and to do otherwise will impose arduous conditions on the meeting participants
- Indirect administrative costs are capped at 15%.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be a local government, institute of higher education, regional council, or be a 501(c)(3) IRS tax designation or similar and serve a regional or statewide rural constituency. Eligible applicants include federally qualified health centers, area health education centers, local health clinics, and other rural-serving health organizations. The applicant does not have to be located in a rural area or in the area it serves.
- Rural counties: State-determined rural counties are Allegany, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico and Worcester. Regional projects may include non-rural counties; the majority of service must be provided in rural areas
- The State Rural Recognized Regional Councils are eligible entities to apply for RMPIF competitive funds. These projects are encouraged to have co-applicants and multiple sources of funds
- All applicants must include an official IRS-issued W-9 form with their application, allowing RMC to verify the organization’s name, address, and tax identification number. The address on the W-9 must match the organization’s grant award address. If they do not match, payment processing may be delayed.
For more information, visit RMC.
