These grants are for Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) providers serving older adults and people with disabilities. Grants can go to new organizations looking to become an HCBS provider or to existing providers wanting to expand their services or the number of people they serve.

Grants can support:

  • Enrollment to the Medical Assistance Waiver programs
  • Expansion of culturally-specific service delivery
  • Translation or interpretation services
  • Developing a new HCBS service line
  • Expanding access to an underserved population or geographic region
  • Establishing a billing system to bill Medical Assistance
  • Rural and regional centers outside the seven-county metro area

Grants funds are available:

  • Rural and regional centers outside the seven-county metro area
  • American Indian and indigenous people
  • Asian and Pacific Islander
  • Black and African-born
  • Latine
  • LGBTQ+

Request for proposal

There is currently no open request for proposal (RFP) for Provider Capacity Building Grants. The most recent application period has closed, and no new funding is available at this time.

Information about future funding opportunities will be posted on this page when available.

Previous grant applications

Examples of Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Provider Capacity Grants for Rural and Underserved Communities grant applications that have closed may be accessed below.

Round Two (PDF) >>     Round Three (PDF) >>

Round Four (PDF) >>

Selected grantees

List of organizations currently receiving funds through Provider Capacity Grants for Rural and Underserved Communities.

Selected grantees (PDF) >>

Round three at a glance (PDF) >>