Project Grant RE259010OLS25
- The Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, in partnership with Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services, Yankton Public Schools, and Mount Marty University, was awarded a $398,446 Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The grant will be used to plan, operate, and sustain a...
- This Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals provides $749,100 to Ochsner Clinic Foundation under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) from September 15, 2022 to September 14, 2025. The funding will support Ochsner Health System's expansion and enhancement of its existing community health worker (CHW) training program and apprenticeship in Louisiana. Key deliverables...
- The South Dakota State Library will receive $2.04 million under the Grants to States Formula Grant program from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support its five-year plan for fiscal years 2023 through 2027. The plan focuses on strengthening institutional capacity, improving access to information resources, promoting lifelong learning, and developing statewide partnerships. Specific initiatives will bolster the ability of local libraries to meet community needs through resources...
- The Sisseton Wahpeton College (SWC) in Sisseton, South Dakota received a $149,880 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311). The grant will be used to enhance the capacity and programming of the SWC's Wowapi Opahi Oyanke (WOO) public library and archives over a 2-year period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025. Key activities funded through the grant include:...
- This $626,695 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) on February 1, 2024. The funding will enable Avera Health, a large non-profit healthcare system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to implement telehealth capabilities and expand distance learning programs to improve access to education, training, and healthcare services for rural communities across the...
- This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services 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) is supporting Self Regional Healthcare's Lakelands Collaborative Care Initiative. The initiative aims to expand chronic care management (CCM) services and improve health outcomes for rural residents in...
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $100,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant (CFDA 93.912) to Bingham Healthcare, a non-profit critical access hospital and primary care provider in Blackfoot, Idaho. The grant will fund the establishment and strengthening of a Community Health Worker Care Coordination Development Network (CHW-CCDN) to enhance community-based primary care delivery, address health...
- South Carolina State University received a $6 million Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professionals under the Public Health Training Centers Program (CFDA 93.516) to implement a Community Health Worker Training Program. The program will establish educational curricula to train and enable new Community Health Workers and health support workers to acquire core competencies and public health...
- This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (CFDA 93.912), will support the Low Country Health Care System, Inc. (LCHCS), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving rural southwestern South Carolina. The project aims to address the immediate and short-term needs related to the provision of substance use disorder...
- The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to Winner Regional Healthcare Center in Winner, South Dakota under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA #10.766). The two-year grant will support essential healthcare services in rural communities through construction and facility improvements at the Winner Regional Healthcare Center. Specifically, American Rescue Plan funds will be used for economic development projects at rural health...
HEALTH CONNECT OF SOUTH DAKOTA IS PARTNERING WITH THE VIBORG PUBLIC LIBRARY, PARKER PUBLIC LIBRARY, HUDSON LIBRARY, AND BERESFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY TO CONNECT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WITH RURAL LIBRARIES IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR LIBRARIANS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND INTERACT WITH PATRONS WHO ARE SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN NAVIGATING THE SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEMS AND BRING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS INTO RURAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SERVICES FOR CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED PREVENTIVE CARE AND TREATMENT. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: HIRING A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW); CONVENING A WORKING GROUP OF LIBRARY PARTNERS AND THE CHW; DEVELOPING AND ADMINISTERING A SURVEY TO ASSESS LIBRARY STAFF KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY; CONDUCTING A SOCIAL NEEDS ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN OF EACH COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY BUSINESS, HOUSING, SOCIAL, AND HEALTH RESOURCES THAT ARE AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE; FACILITATING A ONE-DAY TRAINING FOR LIBRARY STAFF; AND DEVELOPING TELEHEALTH CAPABILITIES SPECIFIC TO EACH PARTICIPATING LIBRARY. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN LIBRARY STAFF WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF AND SKILLS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PATRONS ABOUT AVAILABLE SOCIAL AND HEALTH RESOURCES; LIBRARY PATRONS WITH INCREASED ACCESS TO SERVICES; AND A MORE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBRARY STAFF AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $99.5k | 9/17/25 |