Rural Project Examples Addressing Philanthropy - Rural Health Information Hub

Community Health Worker-based Chronic Care Management Program
Added May 2020

Need: Improve healthcare access and decrease chronic disease disparities in rural Appalachia.
Intervention: A community health worker-based Chronic Care Management program demonstrated such a level of success in a single West Virginia county that it was further scaled for implementation in a multi-center, 3-state area of Appalachia.
Results: When analysis of the disseminated program's results also demonstrated improved health outcomes and decreased healthcare costs, sustainability became possible due to innovative financial reimbursement models.

MoCAP
Updated/reviewed August 2022

Need: To help Missouri organizations secure funding to improve health outcomes.
Intervention: MoCAP provides free grant writing services and technical assistance to eligible organizations in its 84-county service area.
Results: Since 2010, MoCAP has provided support for over 800 proposals and helped bring in more than $362 million in funding.

Healthy Places NC
Updated/reviewed July 2022

Need: Due to systemic issues and historic lack of investment, people living in under-resourced rural communities in North Carolina have poorer health than those living in urban areas.
Intervention: Funded by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Healthy Places NC is investing $100 million over 10 years in rural North Carolina counties to improve residents' health.
Results: As of July 2021, the Trust has invested more than $75 million in 10 Healthy Places NC counties.

Collaborative Approaches to Well-Being in Rural Communities
Updated/reviewed November 2021

Need: To improve mental health and well-being in rural Texas.
Intervention: The Hogg Foundation has awarded $7.75 million in grants to support five rural Texas communities in developing collaborative approaches to mental health that best fit each community's needs.
Results: Five community collaboratives have successfully completed their planning process and developed implementation plans.

Healthcare Georgia Foundation's CDFI Investments
Added December 2019

Need: In rural Georgia, poor health outcomes and high poverty rates require innovative approaches.
Intervention: As the only statewide private foundation in Georgia with the sole focus of improving health, Healthcare Georgia Foundation supports Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to do the same.
Results: With a program related investment from the Foundation, 2 statewide CDFIs and 1 national CDFI are providing low-interest loans and other support to rural healthcare efforts.

Rural Project Examples: Philanthropy