The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) awarded a $416,070 Cooperative Agreement to Gunnison Valley Hospital in Colorado under the Rural Emergency Medical Communications Demonstration Project (CFDA 97.120). The project aims to enhance emergency communications infrastructure and capabilities in rural areas, addressing communications barriers and improving rural medical care delivery. Planned activities include assessing existing infrastructure...
This $100,000 Project Grant award was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The award supports the "Partnering with Communities for a Lifetime of Health (PCLH) Network", led by the Community Care Alliance LLC, a rural clinically integrated network in Colorado. The project aims to increase utilization of...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, will fund the development, implementation, and evaluation of a Motivational Interviewing (MI) training program for primary care providers (PCPs) to address COVID-19 and influenza vaccine hesitancy among adult patients. The $2,082,128 award to the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass Medical)...
The Rural Utilities Service, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has awarded a $25,000,000 Project Grant through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to the Scott County Telephone Cooperative, a non-profit telecommunications provider. This funding will support the deployment of middle-mile broadband infrastructure and a self-protected ring network to expand high-speed internet access across rural and underserved communities in Central Appalachia. Past...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $655,982 Project Grant to Coal County General Hospital, Inc. under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to fund a 2-year telemedicine initiative. The objective of the grant is to improve access to medical care for rural residents through advanced telecommunications and computer network technologies. In addition, through sub-awards from other federal grant programs, Coal...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Bath County, Virginia under the Rural Emergency Medical Communications Demonstration Project (CFDA 97.120). The two-year project, titled the "Northern Alleghany Highlands Radio Project," aims to enhance emergency communications infrastructure and capabilities to improve rural emergency medical response in the region. The funding will support...
This $9,256,350 project grant was awarded to SWC Telesolutions Inc. by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funds will be used to support broadband infrastructure deployment and internet access services in rural Albuquerque, New Mexico from July 2023 through July 2025. This grant is part of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program, which aims to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $601,654 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to the Campo School District RE6 in Campo, Colorado. The grant funding will enable the district to expand access to education and telemedicine services for rural students through advanced telecommunications technologies. The 2-year award, effective August 7, 2023, supports the acquisition of equipment and...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Central Virginia Electric Cooperative a $2.113 million Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the delivery of broadband internet access and related telecommunications services to rural communities in Arrington, Virginia from March 2023 through March 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program aims to improve access to...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1 million project grant to High Country Community Health of Elkin, North Carolina under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The two-year grant running from January 2022 to January 2024 will support the construction and improvement of rural community health care facilities. Specifically, High Country Community Health will use the American Rescue Plan Act Economic Development grant funds to enhance...