Rural health network development planning grant program - applicant organization information community education group 110 whispering pines way, lost river, WV, 26810 coordinating agency…

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Community Education Group, Inc. $100,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (CFDA 93.912).

Community Education Group, a Black American-owned, woman-owned nonprofit based in Lost River, West Virginia and operating as the National Women & HIV/AIDS Project, will coordinate network development planning across 22 West Virginia rural counties—Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Hardy, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Nicholas, Roane, Summers, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming. The West Virginia Rural Health Network will address substance use disorder, HIV, and hepatitis C virus prevention, treatment, and recovery services, targeting historically marginalized and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, including those with multi-generational or cultural Appalachian identity. The award addresses structural and systemic barriers to care, including lack of healthcare and treatment providers, limited access to testing, stigma, and transportation gaps in rural settings.

Performance occurs in Lost City, West Virginia. The award period runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The Rural Health Network Development Planning Program provides one-year funding to support entities without a history of formal collaborative efforts in developing integrated rural health care networks to overcome local challenges and expand access and quality of care.

Hillary Viens, Deputy Executive Director, serves as project director (802-503-9640, hviens@communityeducationgroup.org).

Rural health network development planning grant program - applicant organization information community education group 110 whispering pines way, lost river, WV, 26810 coordinating agency communityeducationgroup.ORG proposed service region west virginia rural counties of barbour, boone, braxton, cabell, calhoun, clay, fayette, gilmer, hardy, lincoln, logan, mcdowell, mercer, mingo, nicholas, roane, summers, webster, wetzel, wirt, wood, and wyoming network name west virginia rural health network legislative aim(s) aim #1: achieve efficiencies focus area: community education group's focus area is substance use disorder, HIV and HCV designated project director information hillary viens, deputy executive director 802-503-9640