Rural Health
News by Topic: Funding
Jul 23, 2024 - Describes new funding for expanded Alzheimer's educational programming in rural Wyoming. Notes the importance of Alzheimer's programs in rural and frontier areas, where populations are aging, diagnoses are expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and caregivers may lack needed supports.
Source: Wyoming Public Media
Jul 23, 2024 - Highlights a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help expand the Wisconsin Tribal Elder Food Box Program. Describes how the program works to support tribal food security through the distribution of boxes filled with culturally-relevant foods purchased from Indigenous food producers.
Source: Wisconsin Public Radio
Jul 17, 2024 - Outlines new grant funding available through the Montana Department of Health and Human Services to support behavioral health services in tribal communities. Describes possible uses of the grant funding, including facilities upgrades, transportation support for patients, and expanded crisis response services.
Source: Daily Montanan
Jul 16, 2024 - Outlines new investment by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the creation of a multi-state licensure compact, allowing social workers to practice across state lines without applying for multiple licenses. Notes the potential impacts of the licensure compact on rural communities by easing provider shortages and expanding telehealth service availability.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jul 15, 2024 - Discusses rural healthcare viability challenges including telehealth and broadband access, reimbursement rates, and an end of pandemic-era funding.
Source: Health Leaders Media
Jul 15, 2024 - Announces recent funding secured by the University of Montana to partner with rural school districts and healthcare facilities to create healthcare pathways to address workforce shortages.
Source: University of Montana
Public Inspection: HHS: Increase Flexibility for Tribes in Child Care and Development Fund Eligibility
Federal Register
Jul 12, 2024 - Pre-publication notice of proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) proposing to amend the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) regulations to establish and use eligibility criteria regardless of family income. Comments are due within 60 days of the publication of this notice, which is scheduled for July 16, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 10, 2024 - Announces funding awarded to the Full Plates Full Potential program in Maine and the Illinois Public Health Institute. The Maine program will help schools overcome the barriers to purchasing Maine-based foods for their school meal programs, and the Illinois grant will support the Lake Michigan Region School Food System, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jul 9, 2024 - The Indian Health Service (IHS) is accepting applications for the second round of cooperative agreements for the Ending the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and Syphilis Epidemics (known as "the Syndemic") in Indian Country (ETHIC II) program. The purpose of this program is to support communities to directly increase the diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of HIV, HCV, and syphilis. Applications are due by July 31, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Jul 9, 2024 - Northern Michigan University in Marquette will study the feasibility of developing and sustaining a dental hygiene education program to meet workforce needs and enhance oral health services for residents of the Upper Peninsula. The study will be funded by a $71,500 grant from the Delta Dental Foundation.
Source: Radio Results Network