Massachusetts resources via the Rural Health Information Hub

Organization: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic CMS QIN-QIO

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:06:46 -0500

A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) led by IPRO that works with eligible hospitals, nursing homes and community outpatient providers to implement data-driven initiatives that achieve national health quality goals in the Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia) regions.

Resource: Rural Data Analysis Dashboard: A Comparative Analysis of Health Data for the New England Region

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:10:32 -0500

Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary. -- New England Rural Health Association

Event: 2026 National Alliance for Care at Home Finance and Technology Summit

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600

Boston MA
July 12, 2026 -- National Alliance for Care at Home

Funding opportunity: Massachusetts Business Builds Capital Grant Program

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:07:06 -0600

Capital funding to support business expansion and private investment in Massachusetts. Healthcare providers and health-related businesses are eligible, and rural communities are a program priority.

Resource: Massachusetts Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:51:22 -0600

Provides information on Massachusetts's Rural Health Transformation Program. Includes links to the state's application and a list of state partners. -- Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Resource: 2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:40:22 -0500

Summarizes the efforts to increase accessible transportation services by 11 grantees of the 2024 National Aging and Disability Transportation Center's Rural Community Innovations Transportation Planning Grant. Includes a report highlighting lessons learned by the grantees discussing community partnerships, outreach, and sustainability. Features programs from Maine, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, Washington, Georgia, and Missouri. -- National Aging and Disability Transportation Center

Resource: Creation of a Telehealth Addiction Consultation Service at a Rural Hospital: A Case Study

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:57:42 -0500

Details the implementation and evaluation of the Community Addiction Consult (CAC) service, which facilitated medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment and provided other supports for hospital-based addiction care via telehealth consultations by community, non-hospital clinicians in rural Massachusetts. Highlights the significance of the CAC model as a support for improving access to hospital-based substance use disorder treatment in rural areas.

Resource: Disparities in Allergy and Asthma Prevalence among Schoolteachers

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:44:27 -0600

Examines prevalence of allergic and respiratory symptoms among 398 schoolteachers in Massachusetts. Includes comparisons between teachers in rural, suburban, and urban schools for health behaviors and factors associated with adverse breathing symptoms, including headache, sleep apnea, food allergy, nighttime awakening, sore throat, and more.

Resource: An 'Unseen' Struggle: Addressing Hoarding Disorder in Rural Communities

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:40:32 -0500

Discusses the challenges of identifying and addressing hoarding disorder in rural areas, as well as the impact it can have on the ability to age in place. Highlights resources and strategies that can be effective in rural areas to help address this issue. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Funding opportunity: Massachusetts Rural Development Fund

Thu, 02 May 2024 16:45:26 -0500

Grants for economic and community development activities in rural communities and small towns in Massachusetts.

Resource: Filling the Gaps: Program Builds Referral and Recovery Services in Western Massachusetts

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:31:18 -0600

Features a rural Massachusetts coalition's work to address substance misuse and build sustainable recovery services, with support from the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP). Discusses youth outreach and engagement, stigma reduction activities, facilitating access to services, and more. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Organization: URI Community First Responder Program ROTA-R

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:31:00 -0600

Offers training including continuing education and technical assistance on rural opioid and stimulant use disorders in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Serves as the Region 1 Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center (ROTA-R).

Funding opportunity: New England Student Stipend Program

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:52:05 -0500

Stipends for public health and other health professions students with practice opportunities working on eligible projects with public health or primary care agencies in New England.

Funding opportunity: American Connection Corps

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:53:08 -0500

A 1-year fellowship program that trains and mobilizes leaders to work in rural and emerging communities to coordinate broadband development and digital inclusion. -- AmeriCorps

Organization: USDA Rural Development State Office: Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:24:23 -0500

Committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. The Rural Development State Office provides information about Rural Development programs and applications for financial assistance.

Resource: Northeast Telehealth Resource Center - Upcoming Events

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:48:07 -0600

List of events hosted by the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center (NETRC), other Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs), and other events related to telehealth that address telehealth policy, delivery and disease prevention, and more. Includes past event recordings. -- Northeast Telehealth Resource Center

Resource: FY 2025: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Massachusetts Fact Sheet

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:22:22 -0600

HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Massachusetts in Fiscal Year 2025. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district. -- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

Resource: Rural Firefighters Delivering Agricultural Safety and Health (RF-DASH)

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:04:04 -0500

Provides farm safety resources for rural firefighters in 7 states. Provides access to free online tools with registration: SaferFarm.org, which analyzes hazardous elements on farms that could lead to injury, and NFMCFarmMapper.com, which helps fire departments preplan their response to fires on farms. -- Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

Resource: Massachusetts Substance Use and Overdose Data

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:05:21 -0600

Features quarterly data on opioid-related overdose deaths, prescription monitoring, and opioid-related emergency services data for Massachusetts. Includes county-level data. -- Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Organization: Angel Flight East

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:18:28 -0500

Provides free, volunteer-based, non-emergency air transportation to medical treatment for people who lack access to transportation for financial or medical reasons. Services communities in 14 northeastern states and provides flights up to 1,000 miles.

Resource: Cancer-Rates.info

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 08:14:15 -0500

Contains cancer incidence and mortality data for a number of states, with the option to view data by county, cancer type, gender, race and ethnicity, and in most cases, rural/urban geography.

Funding opportunity: ROPS Rebate Program

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:23:59 -0500

Offers rebates for approximately 70% of the cost of purchasing and installing a Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) kit on tractors.

Organization: Massachusetts Health Care Workforce Center

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:51:13 -0500

The Bureau of Family and Community Health supports a number of programs and activities designed to promote the availability of affordable, high quality systems of primary health care throughout the Commonwealth.

Organization: Massachusetts Office of Community Health Workers

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:41:55 -0500

An office of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health working to improve health outcomes among vulnerable populations by providing programs and resources that strengthen CHW workforce development.

Funding opportunity: Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Grants

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:35:01 -0500

Supports capital projects for organizations working in the areas of health, welfare, dental health, homelessness, and food insecurity in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Organization: Northeast Center for Occupational Safety and Health

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:30:32 -0500

A NIOSH Agricultural Safety and Health Center located at the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health promoting health and safety research, education, and prevention activities in the high-risk areas of farming, commercial fishing, and logging in the Northeast.

Resource: Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Massachusetts

Thu, 28 May 2015 12:00:53 -0500

Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas. -- Rural Health Information Hub

Organization: Northeast Telehealth Resource Center

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:44:38 -0500

One of the telehealth resource centers funded by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT). Assists healthcare organizations, networks, and providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations. Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York. Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Funding opportunity: Gladys Brooks Foundation Grants

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:44:28 -0500

Grants for libraries, educational institutions, hospitals, and clinics within the service area of the Gladys Brooks Foundation.

Organization: Massachusetts Regional Extension Center

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:17:00 -0600

Assists healthcare providers with the implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and achieving Meaningful Use.