This is a highly competitive grant program and not all requests can be funded. The following are the results of the matching grants review of the 67 applications submitted. We could not fund all worthwhile projects because of limited funding. Lists of awards and unable-to-fund lists follow for all rural and urban based applications submitted.

Rural Funded / Rural Could Not be funded / Urban Funded / Urban Could not be funded.

We expect to begin accepting new matching grant applications by the third quarter of this calendar year, which will be announced at this website., so please periodically access it for information.

All organizations are eligible for these grants for the improvement and expansion of pre-hospital EMS in Florida.

Meanwhile, if you have any comments or suggestions for improvements concerning the state EMS matching grants and its processes, please let us know.

This announcement authorizes county governments to request now their new amounts of emergency medical services (EMS) county grant funds. The amount of funds for each county this year is in the Total Column of the Table at the following link. County Amounts 2022-2023

To obtain the funds, the county must appropriately complete and send to the state: (1) the two-page application form, (2) the Request for Grant Fund Distribution page, and (3) a resolution described in Item number 4 of the application form.

The application package can be accessed at the following link. County Grant Application

You may send the completed application, with signatures, by email attachment to the following email address EMS@FLHealth.Gov

Alternatively, you may mail the completed original application, and one copy to: Florida Department of Health, EMS County Grants, 4042 Bald Cypress Way, Mail Bin A 22, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1722.

Deadline: State EMS should receive your completed application by December 16, 2022, or by ten days after the ending date of your prior grant of this same type, whichever is later.