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8291. Medication-Assisted Treatment - Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction (MAT-PDOA) - Funding
Deadline: Jul 27, 2026

Grants to expand and enhance access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD); increase access to treatment and recovery for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD); and decrease illicit opioid use, prescription opioid misuse, and overdose. Working with rural and resource-limited communities is listed as a required activity.

...Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services For program and eligibility questions...

8292. Examining Rural Telehealth During the Public Health Emergency - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines the use of telehealth visits for rural and urban fee-for-service Medicare enrollees between January 2018 and June 2021. Compares telehealth utilization before the COVID-19 pandemic (2018-2019) with telehealth utilization from January 2020 to June 2021. Describes the demographic, geographical, and technological characteristics of telehealth services that were associated with increased telehealth use. Explores the extent to which the increased implementation and utilization of telehealth during the PHE impacted the cost of patient care and provider utilization.

...Health Emergency --- Examines the use of telehealth visits for rural and urban fee-for-service...

8293. Rural Healthcare Workforce Topic Guide - Resources
Reviewed: Jan 2025

Examines policy, economics, planning challenges, health professional shortage areas, and other issues related to the rural healthcare workforce. These include supply and demand, distribution and characteristics of the workforce, licensure, certification, and scope of practice issues, and policies that can be used to improve the rural healthcare workforce.

...improve the rural healthcare workforce. Rural Health Information Hub Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand...

8294. Tennessee State Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an approved area of Tennessee, allowing them to remain in the United States.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · Emergency department and urgent care services · J-1 Visa Waiver · Maternal...

8295. Factors Associated with Multiple-Death Suicides among Rural US Decedents - Resources
Date: Feb 2025

Examines themes related to multiple suicides, or suicide confirmed in 2 or more descendants, in rural areas. Utilizes 2013-2021 data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to analyze suicide deaths in rural areas based on meticulous planning, mutual dependency, unbearable health conditions, and other social factors.

...Health, 41(1) 02/2025 Health conditions · Mortality · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Suicide...

8296. Kansas Healthy Habits for Life - Funding
Deadline: Oct 10, 2025

Grants to help schools in Kansas address childhood obesity by reducing cardiovascular risk factors, promoting physical activity, encouraging healthy eating habits, and reinforcing positive mental health.

...health School nurses, physical education teachers, principals, health or family and consumer science teachers, and other...

8297. This Pa. Dentist Treats 1000s of Patients from Multiple Rural Counties. What Will Happen When He Retires? - News
Date: Jun 16, 2026

Discusses dental workforce shortages across Pennsylvania and highlights the impact on access when a provider retires. Describes initiatives at 2 Pennsylvania universities to train dental students in regional centers and clinics as a strategy to increase the rural dental workforce. Notes these initiatives are incorporated into the state's Rural Health Transformation Program plan. Source: Spotlight PA.

...Health Transformation Program plan. Access · Dental workforce · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply...

8298. How Rural Hospitals Are Strengthening Heart and Stroke Care - News
Date: Jun 2, 2026

Describes the American Heart Association's Rural Health Care Outcomes Accelerator, a program designed to assist rural hospitals with implementing evidence-based heart disease and stroke care. The 3-year free program includes access to resources, peer-learning and collaboration, and the AHA's Get With The Guidelines program. Highlights improved outcomes at hospitals across the country as part of participation in the program. Enrollment is open through June 2028. Source: National Rural Health Association.

...Health Association. --- How Rural Hospitals Are Strengthening Heart and Stroke Care National Rural Health Association...

8299. A Toolkit for Legislative Reform: Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Mental Illness in Rural States - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Toolkit details methods to improve access to mental health treatment in rural communities through the criminal justice system. Presents options for state policy reform, using South Dakota's mental illness intervention law as a case study.

...system · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Policy · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · South Dakota...

8300. State Medicaid Telehealth Coverage Policy Decisions Since the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Resources
Date: May 2023

Describes changes to state Medicaid telehealth policy flexibilities and/or new policies enacted during the COVID-19 PHE as of April–May 2022. Focuses on flexibilities that were rolled back, as well as those made permanent in whole or in part. Examines the decision-making processes behind Medicaid telehealth policy changes. Summarizes findings from guided discussions with state Medicaid representatives across four domains: 1) state attitudes and perspectives on telehealth and telehealth policies; 2) state telehealth policy decision-making processes; 3) states' future plans for telehealth; and 4) challenges and lessons learned. Outlines potential opportunities for the future of telehealth. Includes rural references throughout.

...Health Emergency --- Describes changes to state Medicaid telehealth policy flexibilities and/or new policies enacted during...