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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
USDA-CSREES-RHSE-002255
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Apr 29, 2009
Creation Date:
Apr 29, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Jul 01, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Jul 01, 2009
Archive Date:
Jul 31, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Community Development
Consumer Protection
Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Environment
Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
7
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$1,500,000
Award Ceiling:
$350,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
10.500
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Cooperative Extension Service
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Land-grant colleges and universities that are eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University, West Virginia State University and the University of the District of Columbia.
Applications may be submitted by any of the Tribal colleges and universities designated as 1994 Land-Grant Institutions under the Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994, as amended.
Agency Name
CSREES
Description
For FY 2009, the Rural Health and Safety Education Programs will focus on issues related to aging in one or more of three areas: 1) population aging in rural areas; 2) eldercare or caregiving and its impact on rural and farm families; and/or 3) related issues of rural health care to provide older individuals and families with:
• Information as to the value of good health in an era of population aging;
• Information to increase the older adult individual or family’s motivation take more responsibility for their own health;
• Access by older adults to health promotion and educational activities;
• Trained health and allied health professionals or paraprofessionals committed to rural health
and care of aging population; and
• Training for volunteers and health services providers concerning health promotion and
health care services for rural older adult populations, in cooperation with the Department of
Health and Human Services.
