Cultural Competency, Minority Health, Language Access

• Cultural Competency Definitions
• Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health
• HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH)
• Hispanic/Latino Health
• Kaiser Family Foundation Reports on Minority Health
• Language Access Resource Library healthlaw.org
• Language Services Resource Guide For Health Care Providers
• Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
• Minority Health Data
• Office of Civil Rights Guidance
• Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care
• State and Local Interpreter and translation Services (pdf)

Farmworker

• Bureau of Primary Health Care Migrant Health Program
• National Center for Farmworker Health
• North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks
• Migrant Clinicians Network
• Limited English Proficiency Guidance Memorandum
• Migrant Health Centers

Funding Opportunities

Grants

• Kansas Grants Clearinghouse

• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Funding Programs

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

• HHS Grantsnet

• Funding for New CHCs

• USAC Rural Healthcare

• Grantmakers in Health

• Council of Foundations

• The Foundation Center

• Funding Resources for Faith-Based and Community Organizations

Student Loan Repayment and Scholarships

• National Health Service Corps Loans

• Kansas Dentistry Assistance Program

• Minority Student Assistance

• Kansas Nursing Service Scholarships Guide (pdf)

• Kansas Nursing Service Application (pdf)

• Kansas Optometry Service Scholarship

• Kansas Osteopathy Medical Service Scholarship

• Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program

• National Health Service Corps Scholarships

• National Health Service Corps Loans

Capital Financing

• Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing Community Service Tax Credit Program

• Federal Housing Administration Healthcare Financing Assistance (HUD 242 Program)

• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Community Facilities Loans

• Small Business Administration (SBA) Loan Programs

• USDA Rural Community Facilities Grant Program

• National Health Service Corps

• Kansas Board of Healing Arts

• Kansas Board of Nursing

• Kansas Dental Board

• Kansas Job Opportunities

• Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board

• Federal Workforce Reports

• NHSC Opportunities List

• US Dept of State J-1 Visa Waiver Program

• J-1 Visa Information Guide: Rural Assistance Center

J-1 Waiver

• J-1 Visa Waiver Program

• Division of Shortage Designation

• Kansas Board of Healing Arts

Public Health National Associations and Projects

• American Public Health Association
• Governor's Healthy Kansas Initiative

• Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project

• Healthy Kansans 2010

• Kansas Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

• National Assoc of City & County Health Officials

• Public Health Foundation

• Public Health Infrastructure Resource Center

Refugee Health Program

• Immigration and Naturalization Services

• Immigration Health Services

• LEP Training

• Social & Rehabilitation Services

• Local Health Departments (.pdf)

Rural Health Links

• Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

• Rural Assistance Center (RAC)

• "Rural Health News"

• National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network

• National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

• National Rural Health Association

• National Association of Rural Health Clinics

• National Farm Medicine Center

• Kansas Rural Health Family Helpline

• National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health

• National Rural Health Resource Center

Trauma Program

• Kansas Trauma Program

Underserved Areas, HPSAs, MUA/P

• National Health Service Corps home page

• National Health Service Corps Job Opportunities

• National Health Service Corps Recruitment and Retention Assistance (technical assistance for recruiting sites)

• Federal Guidelines for Shortage Designation

• Federal HPSA Database

• Federal MUA/MUP Database

• Kansas HPSA Maps

• 2004 Underserved Areas Report