ORHP Grants and other Funding Sources

California Rural Health Policy Council
www.ruralhealth.oshpd.state.ca.us/

Office of Rural Health Policy Grants
www.ruralhealth.oshpd.state.ca.us/fundingcrhpc.htm

California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA)
www.csrha.org
CSRHA offers a summary of rural-related funding opportunities from many of the sources

Nonprofit Resource Center
www.nonprofitresourcectr.org
A one-stop source for nonprofit information and services.

Rural Health Assistance Center
www.raconline.org/funding/index.php
A national resource on rural health and human services information. Information specialists are available to provide customized assistance, such as web and database searches on rural topics and funding resources, lining users to organizations, and furnishing relevant publications from the RAC resource library.

Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)
www.universalservice.org
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) administers the Universal Service Fund (USF), which provides communities across the country with affordable telecommunication services.

California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development >Grants and Scholarships
www.oshpd.state.ca.us
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development offers numerous possibilities for financial support.  Additional Information about the Grants and Scholarships offered may be found by linking on the below programs.

Song-Brown Program
http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/HWCDD/manpower/songbrown.htm
The Song-Brown program provides support funding to family practice, family nurse practitioner and physician assistant training programs. Funding is not provided to individual students that have been accepted into any of the training programs funded by Song-Brown.

State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/HWDD/slrp.html
Through funding by the National Health Service Corp (NHSC), the State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) is responsible for repaying educational loans of primary care providers.

Health Professions Foundations
http://www.healthprofessions.oshpd.state.ca.us/
Health Professions Education Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation. The mission of the Foundation is to increase the supply of healthcare providers who are willing to practice in underserved areas of California. The Foundation accomplishes its mission by awarding scholarships and educational loan repayment grants to health professional students and recent graduates who are committed to practicing in rural and urban underserved areas.