Workshops and Training Opportunities

Texas A&M's Center for Community Support
Provides grant funding search and proposal writing assistance to nonprofit organizations at no cost.
http://ccs.tamu.edu

The Foundation Center
Has 20 cooperating library collections in Texas, which provide the public with free access to funder databases, prospect research tools, and even one-to-one assistance from a librarian or staff member. Learn to identify foundations and donors interested in your work, or use the powerful information gathering resources to craft a proposal that reflects the best match of your needs to a donor's interests
http://foundationcenter.org/collections/cctx.html

The Foundation Center also offers an excellent grant writing tutorial online, covering the broad strokes of every element of a proposal, from idea to budgeting to evaluation. And, it's free.
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

Useful Links to Funding Resources

Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov/

Grants.gov Find Grant Opportunities
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp

HRSA Rural Health Open Funding Opportunities
http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/#rural

Texas Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA) Grant and Funding Clearinghouse http://www.tdra.state.tx.us/index.php/Home/Grants+Clearinghouse

Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) Funding
http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/funding/

Office of the Governor’s State Grants Team
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/grants/what

Rural Assistance Center (RAC) Funding Resource
http://www.raconline.org/funding/

USDA Federal Funding Databases
http://ric.nal.usda.gov/nal_web/ric/ffd.php