The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912) to Washington County Memorial Hospital (WCMH), a critical access hospital in Potosi, Missouri. The grant will fund WCMH's efforts to expand telemedicine, improve rural healthcare services, and address...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,488,707 Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 6 Project Grant to the Green Building Alliance, a non-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The grant, running from September 2024 to September 2027, aims to increase access to stable, family-sustaining jobs in critical sectors such as infrastructure and clean energy for eligible participants in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern...
This $3.1 million project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration, under the Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement program (CFDA 93.912), will support workforce development efforts in rural Oregon through July 2025. The Oregon Health & Science University will coordinate training 127 community health workers across six rural counties to expand...
This Project Grant award, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, will provide $571,017 to the Great Mines Health Center to expand access to mental health and substance use disorder services in Washington and St. Francois counties in Missouri. The proposed project aims to maintain the health center's existing integrated behavioral health workforce, strengthen partnerships with local prevention and treatment...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,200,000 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant (CFDA 17.280) to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), a non-profit organization. The purpose of this 3-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, is to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border regions, including those in...
This $1,500,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Health Research Centers program (CFDA 93.155) will fund the establishment of a new rural family medicine residency program. The program, a partnership between Willis-Knighton Health System and Claiborne Memorial Medical Center in Louisiana, aims to train physicians dedicated to serving rural populations and addressing healthcare disparities in underserved communities. The 3-year...
This $100,000 Project Grant award was made on July 1, 2024 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 funding will support the "Partnering with Communities for a Lifetime of Health (PCLH) Network", a rural clinically integrated network led by the Community Care Alliance LLC in Grand Junction, CO. The primary...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) will fund the Caring Workplaces Rural Opportunities Initiative (CWROI) 2.0 project. The project will establish employment opportunities and address housing and healthcare barriers for over 1,125 participants in the recovery and justice-involved communities across 8 counties in northeast...
This federal Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program provides $600,000 in Year 1 and $500,000 in Year 2 to the Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium d/b/a Access Family Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Neosho, Missouri. The funding will be used to expand Access Family Care's behavioral health services, including mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), and medication for...
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,134,709 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grant (CFDA 17.280) to Gradus Project, a woman-owned, Black American non-profit organization, on September 30, 2024. The three-year grant project, titled "Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 6," aims to increase access to stable, high-quality, family-sustaining jobs for workers in...
RURAL PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE TRAINING NETWORK PROGRAM - THE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES (WORC) IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PROJECT IS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE WORC NETWORK BY GREAT MINES HEALTH CENTER (APPLICANT ), 1 SOUTHTOWNE DR., POTOSI, MO 63664-5729, WWW.GMHCENTER.ORG. GREAT MINES IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER. GREG ROEBACK IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MAY BE REACHED AT GROEBACK@GMHCENTER.ORG. MR. KEVIN ADLER, WASHINGTON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT, IS THE CONTRACTED PROJECT DIRECTOR. HE MAY BE REACHED AT KADLER@WCADEMS.ORG. THE PROJECT ADDRESS TWO WORKFORCE TRAINING TRACKS: COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER. THE TARGET SERVICE AREA IS FULLY RURAL AND INCLUDES SIX COUNTIES IN MISSOURI: IRON, MADISON, PERRY, REYNOLDS, ST. FRANCOIS AND WASHINGTON. WORC IS COMPRISED OF 13 PARTNERS: GREAT MINES, CENTRAL OZARKS PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL, CENTRAL REGION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MINERAL AREA COLLEGE, MERAMEC REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, IRON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, IRON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER, SOUTHEAST REGION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, AND WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. WORC'S FUNDING REQUEST OVER THE 3-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS $1,545,000. WORC'S PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES IN A 6-COUNTY ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND UNDERSERVED DELTA REGION THAT HAS TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES IN RECRUITING/RETAINING HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL. WORC WILL IMPROVE WORKFORCE CAPACITY BY EXPANDING EDUCATION/TRAINING FOR ENTRY OR UPWARD MOBILITY IN RURAL HEALTHCARE, FOCUSING ON THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRACKS. WORC WILL IMPROVE WORKFORCE COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, JOB READINESS, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND CLINICAL ROTATIONS; STRENGTHENING THE REGION'S WORKFORCE INFRASTRUCTURE BY INCENTING PARTICIPANTS TO PROGRESS THROUGH SPECIFIED HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE CAREER PATH S; AND INCREASING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. WORC IS CONFIDENT THAT SUPPORTING LOCAL RESIDENTS IN OBTAINING SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO ADDRESS HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN RECRUITING AND RETAINING WORKFORCE FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION. LOCAL RESIDENTS NEED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND UNDERSTAND THE REGION'S UNIQUE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES. BY SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS WITH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT A LIVABLE WAGE, THIS PROJECT IS A WIN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT AS MUCH AS IT IS FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTS. POPULATIONS TARGETED FOR OUTREACH INCLUDE: 1) NEW ENTRANTS - HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS OR INDIVIDUALS MEETING HISET REQUIREMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY FOLLOWING INCARCERATION; 2) DISLOCATED WORKERS - INDIVIDUALS TERMINATED, LAID-OFF OR WERE SELF-EMPLOYED BUT ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED; AND 3) INCUMBENT WORKERS- INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BUT NEED TRAINING TO SECURE FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT, ADVANCE , OR RETAIN CURRENT OCCUPATIONS. GREAT MINES HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE SERVING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER, SERVING BOTH A MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA. GREAT MINES ALSO OFFERS SERVICES ON A SLIDING FEE SCHEDULE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREAT MINES AND THE NETWORK MEMBERS IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JUNE 2021. MEMBERS ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN OTHER INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THE WASHINGTON COUNTY RURAL HEALTH NETWORK AND MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE NETWORK. GREAT MINES AND WORC ARE REQUESTING FUNDING PREFERENCE BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS 1 AND 3 AS WASHINGTON COUNTY IS DESIGNATED A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREA AND WORC IS FOCUSED ON PRIMARY CARE, AND WELLNESS AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES. GREAT MINES HEALTH CENTER AND WORC ARE ALSO REQUESTING SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BASED ON THE S