The Hope Family Clinic received a $1,000,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support a local community-based workforce initiative aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccine access in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. Funded under HRSA's National Organizations of State and Local Officials program, the project will assist state and local authorities in improving public health and building capacity to address public...
The federal Project Grant award R21MD019764 was provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program. The $393,750 award will support research to quantify COVID-19 vaccine coverage and general vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in rural areas across the United States. Specifically, the research aims to 1) determine how rurality affects...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to the National Rural Health Association under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant, which spans from September 2023 to September 2025, will fund the SECTION 753 RURAL HOSPITAL PILOT PROGRAM, which aims to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents. The program supports a wide range of...
The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $236,155 Project Grant to Clinica Campesina / Family Health Services Corp, a non-profit community health center in Lafayette, Colorado. The funding was provided under the Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527), which supports expanding and sustaining health centers that deliver integrated primary care services to underserved populations. Through...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5.4 million Project Grant to Bighorn Valley Health Center Inc. under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant will fund construction and improvement projects at the health center in Hardin, Montana from September 2022 through September 2024. The Community Facilities program provides funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas, and these funds will support infrastructure...
The Northeast Kentucky Regional Health Information Organization Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (CFDA 93.912) to implement the "RECOVER Kentucky" project. The project aims to improve healthcare coordination and increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in four rural Kentucky counties (Estill, Lee, Powell, and Owsley) with historically low vaccination rates and higher rates of underlying health...
The federal Project Grant award of $100,000 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 was granted to Rapp At Home, Inc., a non-profit organization, to establish the Rappahannock Rural Health Network (RRHN) in the tri-county region of Rappahannock, Culpeper, and Warren Counties in Virginia. The goal of the...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $524,270 ARP Economic Development Grant for Rural Health Care Facilities to San Joaquin County Clinics on March 17, 2022. The two-year project grant will support construction and facility improvement activities under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). Specifically, the funding will enable San Joaquin County Clinics to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community health care facilities in...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Bighorn Valley Health Center Inc., a non-profit healthcare organization serving rural communities in Montana. The grant, funded through the Telehealth Network Program (CFDA 93.211), supports the organization's efforts to promote rural tele-emergency services and improve healthcare access in the region. Key services delivered through this funding include providing...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded West Park Hospital District a $371,800 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The two-year grant will support the construction and improvement of rural community facilities providing essential healthcare services. Specifically, the funding will be used to enlarge and extend rural health care facilities in Cody, Wyoming between November 2022 and November 2024. The Community Facilities Loans...