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271. Financing Project ECHO: Options for State Medicaid Programs - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Outlines how 4 states are using Medicaid funds to support Project ECHO and enhance services in California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oregon. Shares design considerations for specific delivery system environments and ways to ensure long-term program sustainability. Project ECHO seeks to expand access to specialty healthcare services in rural and underserved areas.

...sustainability. Project ECHO seeks to expand access to specialty healthcare services in rural and underserved...

272. Awakening the Seeds In Native Youth: Native Farm to School Evaluation Report - Resources
Date: Dec 2025

Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.

...sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides...

273. Technical Assistance Helps Community #SilencetheShameTN - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 24, 2021

When Henry County Medical Center (HCMC) and the community of Paris, Tennessee, wanted to combat behavioral and mental health challenges in their community, they used the technical assistance and resources provided by the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) program to address their needs. - The Rural Monitor

...sustainability. The technical assistance provided is tailored to address the healthcare organization and the community...

274. Beyond Borders: Benefits and Challenges of Leading a Multi-County Health Department - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Discusses the impact of consolidating small jurisdictions of local health departments to create multi-county health departments that serve at least 50,000 people, in effort to build economies of scale and better improve population health. Includes an interview with Becky Johnson, administrator of the SEK Multi-County Health Department (SEKMCHD) in southeast Kansas, that provides insight on the benefits of multi-county health departments and strategies to overcome obstacles and sustain services.

...sustain services. Kevin Kovach 06/2024 Kansas Health Institute Networking and collaboration · Public health · Sustainability of programs...

275. Federal Agencies' Investment in Rural Cancer Control Fosters Partnerships between Researchers and Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 28, 2021

Researchers and rural communities are working together to address rural cancer prevention and control, with federal funding supporting a wide range of projects. From targeting health behaviors, to making cancer screening and vaccination more accessible, to increasing rural participation in clinical trials, efforts to reduce rural cancer burden are underway across the country. - The Rural Monitor

...sustaining it. For example, NCI used screening programs implemented by CDC in rural areas as models...

276. The Decentralized Academic Health Center: A 21st-Century Model for Rural Health Innovation - Resources
Date: May 2026

Discusses the role of academic health centers in addressing rural health needs and proposes the Decentralized Academic Health Center (D-AHC) model. Compares the traditional model with D-AHC and discusses implementation through teaching and workforce, research and data, clinical partnerships and digital health, community engagement and policy, financial sustainability, and provider and community readiness. Includes a 5-phase roadmap for implementation.

...sustainability, and provider and community readiness. Includes a 5-phase roadmap for implementation. --- The Decentralized...

277. Arkansas Rural Hospital Assessment: Final Report - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

An assessment of 18 rural Arkansas hospitals with regard to their financial stability, workforce challenges, facilities, distance from other facilities, sustainability, and more. Compares Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and non-CAHs in the state. Discusses decision-making around the Rural Emergency Hospital designation.

...sustainability, and more. Compares Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and non-CAHs in the state. Discusses...

278. Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Southern New Mexico Outcomes - Resources
Reviewed: May 2025

Series of publications reporting on the Center for Health Innovation's HRSA-funded work with 16 southern New Mexico counties and the rural-designated Torrance and Valencia regions on opioid prevention, treatment, and recovery. Publications include a needs assessment, strategic plan, workforce plan, and sustainability plan.

...sustainability plan. --- Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Southern New Mexico Outcomes Series of publications...

279. Northern Maine Medical Center: A Rural Hospital Gaining Momentum in its Work Toward Quality Improvement - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Profiles a prospective payment hospital in northern Maine that engaged in the 2022-2023 Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP), focusing on financial sustainability, cost efficiency, and quality improvement. Highlights hospital accomplishments and improvements via participation of the project.

...sustainability, cost efficiency, and quality improvement. Highlights hospital accomplishments and improvements via participation of the project...

280. Filling the Gaps: Program Builds Referral and Recovery Services in Western Massachusetts - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 15, 2023

Leveraging federal Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) funding to strengthen and expand their community's substance use services, a Berkshire County, Massachusetts coalition decreased stigma and built sustainable recovery services. - The Rural Monitor

...sustainable recovery services. - The Rural Monitor --- Nov 15, 2023 Filling the Gaps: Program Builds Referral...