Rural Health Capital Resources Master Class

The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH), in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center, is pleased to introduce the Rural Health Capital Resources Master Class 2024!

This is a two-part Master Class designed for busy professionals who want to learn more about accessing and utilizing capital from federal, state, and private sources for rural health development projects. Participants will gain key insights on how to apply successful funding and partnership strategies to their own work. This series will include instruction from national experts in community development finance, federal program funding, healthcare partnerships, and rural philanthropy.


Rural Health Capital Resources 101 and 102 are introductory courses, free and open to all.  RHCR 101 and 102 will provide an overview the basics of federal, state, and private sources of capital for rural health and prosperity, and learn how capital resources are used in rural settings to achieve community health improvement goals.

Rural Health Capital Resources 201, 202, and 203 are skill-building courses that require participants to enroll and pay a fee of $300. These courses will dive into concepts of building partnerships and using resources to support local rural health initiatives for infrastructure, services, community health improvement, and the social determinants of health.

Who Should Attend?

Health and community development professionals who serve rural communities, including:

  • State Office of Rural Health, Primary Care Office, and non-profit organization staff interested in developing partnerships with capital resource and community development organizations.
  • Community development organization staff interested in financing rural health development projects.
  • Clinic or hospital staff interested in multi-industry collaboration to access, navigate and leverage funds for expansion or rehab.
  • Organizations that have identified a community need and want guidance on how to attract capital resources and new partners to their project. 

Course Objectives

  • Understand the collection of capital resources available to support rural health needs for infrastructure and social determinants of health.
  • Think critically about the use of partnerships and collaboration to develop fundable projects, stack capital, and achieve successful project outcomes.
  • Apply key learnings from this training to further individual project work and organizational objectives.

Course Structure

This is a virtual course offered during February and March. All live sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 2:30-4:00 PM ET.

100 SERIES (free and open to the public)

  • February 7 – 101: Introduction to Rural Health Capital Resources:  Basics Concepts of Rural Health Capital and Community Finance
  • March 6 – 102: Introduction to Capital Resources for Financing Rural Health Infrastructure and Community Development Projects

200 SERIES (fee required)

  • March 13 – 201: Working with Community Development Finance Institutions for Rural Health Infrastructure & Social Determinants of Health
  • March 20 – 202: Building Partnerships and Cross-Sector Approaches to Advance Rural Health
  • March 27 – 203: Philanthropy, Rural Prosperity, and Population Health – Connecting Community Needs to Capital Resources

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