This $700,000 five-year Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211) aims to expand the integration of behavioral health services into primary care through telehealth in rural Virginia. The prime awardee, Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance, will leverage sub-awards to implement several key initiatives: Deploying community health workers and licensed clinicians to provide counseling, assessments, and navigation...
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the Virginia Rural Health Association a $4.635 million Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) for the period of August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025. The grant will support the Virginia Rural Health Workforce Collaborative to train approximately 110 individuals in...
This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 was provided by the U.S. 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). The award will support the Rappahannock Rural Health Network (RRHN) in Virginia, comprising 9 healthcare and community service providers, to conduct planning activities that aim to...
The federal Project Grant award of $417,764, 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), supports the Rural Northern Border Region Outreach Program. This program aims to enhance healthcare delivery in rural communities across the Northern Border region, with a focus on improving access, quality, and sustainability of...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $200,000 Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant to James Madison University (JMU) under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912). The "A Place for Us" project will establish and strengthen partnerships between JMU, regional healthcare systems, service...
This $1,050,000 five-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211) is funding Valley Health System's initiative to integrate behavioral health services into primary care through telehealth in the Winchester, VA region. The project aims to leverage telehealth technologies such as videoconferencing, remote patient monitoring, and mobile health solutions to enhance...
The AR Delta Advance Emergency Medical Services Training Initiative is a $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the Delta Regional Authority (CFDA 90.201 Delta Area Economic Development) to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), a non-profit healthcare consortium. The grant aims to address critical workforce shortages in the emergency medical services (EMS) sector by bringing together non-profit, education, healthcare, economic, workforce development, and industry stakeholders within the EMS...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $474,667 Project Grant under the Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211) to Medical Care Development Inc. (MCD), a non-profit public health institute in Hallowell, Maine. The award, titled the "Northern New England - Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning Program (NNE-TCLP)," will establish a collaborative learning program to serve Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Over the 5-year project period from...
The North Country Health Consortium was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration under the federal Telehealth Programs (CFDA 93.211) to deliver tele-emergency services through July 2025. The grant aims to promote rural telehealth networks and demonstrate how such networks can improve healthcare access in Littleton, New Hampshire. Specifically, the Consortium will use telehealth technologies and services to...
The $1,050,000 five-year Rural Telemedicine Grant awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 93.211) will fund the ST Thomas East End Medical Center Corporation, a non-profit healthcare organization in the U.S. Virgin Islands, to integrate behavioral health services into primary care through the use of telehealth technologies. The project aims to demonstrate how telehealth can improve healthcare service delivery and access...
RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE TRAINING NETWORK PROGRAM - PROJECT TITLE: BAY RIVERS TELEHEALTH ALLIANCE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WORKFORCE TRAINING APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME, ADDRESS, AND WEBSITE: BAY RIVERS TELEHEALTH ALLIANCE, 618 HOSPITAL ROAD, TAPPAHANNOCK, VIRGINIA 22560 HTTPS://BAYRIVERSTELEHEALTH.ORG APPLICANT ORGANIZATION FACILITY TYPE: NON-PROFIT TELEHEALTH NETWORK PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME, TITLE, AND CONTACT INFORMATION: DONNA DITTMAN HALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEL. 804-443-6286 EMAIL: DDHALE@COX.NET PROPOSED WORKFORCE TRAINING TRACK: TRACK #3 COMMUNITY PARA-MEDICINE TARGET SERVICE AREAS: VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF ACCOMACK, NORTHAMPTON, ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, KING WILLIAM, MATHEWS, MIDDLESEX, LANCASTER, NORTHUMBERLAND, RICHMOND, AND WESTMORELAND LIST OF PROPOSED NETWORK PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS: EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, LEDWITH LEWIS FREE CLINIC, RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, WESTMORELAND COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, ESSEX COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, BAY AGING. TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT REQUESTED FOR THE ENTIRE THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: $1,545,000.00 CAPACITY TO SERVE RURAL UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS: BRTA BRINGS SIGNIFICANT STRATEGIC PLANNING, NETWORK LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, AND GRANT RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TO THIS PROJECT, DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT ITS 17 YEARS AS A SUCCESSFUL RURAL TELEHEALTH NETWORK. BRTA HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG TRACK RECORD OF CROSS-AGENCY LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPED THROUGH LEADING NUMEROUS MULTI-AGENCY CONSORTIA IN THE DELIVERY OF FEDERAL GRANTS SERVING THE TARGET SERVICE REGION FOR THIS PROPOSED PROJECT. THE NETWORK FOR THIS PROJECT HAS GROWN OUT OF A LONG-STANDING NETWORK OF PARTNERS WHO HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION IN DELIVERING TELEHEALTH-ENABLED RURAL HEALTHCARE PROJECTS UNDER BRTA'S LEADERSHIP. TOGETHER (IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS, BUT ALWAYS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BRTA) THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DELIVERED SU CCESSFUL, FEDERALLY GRANT FUNDED RURAL TELEHEALTH AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS TOTALING OVER $6.3 MILLION OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. EACH PARTICIPANT IN THE NETWORK HAS BEEN SELECTED DUE TO THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT'S GOALS AND FOR THEIR ROLE IN CREATING AND MAINTAINING LASTING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS TO SERVE THE RURAL TARGET SERVICE AREA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR PARTICULAR SECTOR, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVISION, EDUCATION, AND OTHER HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. FUNDING PREFERENCE: BRTA IS REQUESTING A FUNDING PREFERENCE BASED ON QUALIFICATION 1. ACCOMACK, NORTHAMPTON, ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, KING WILLIAM, MATHEWS, MIDDLESEX, LANCASTER, NORTHUMBERLAND, RICHMOND, AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES ARE IN A DESIGNATED HPSA. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION: BRTA IS REQUESTING SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BASED ON THE INCLUSION OF A SIGNED MOA/U FROM ALL NETWORK PARTNERS INCLUDED IN ATTACHMENT 11.