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Greetings from the Virginia State Office of Rural Health!
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United Way of Southwest Virginia Expansion
Congratulations to United Way of Southwest Virginia on announcing their journey to expand their capacity to champion the health, education, and financial stability of every individual in Southwest Virginia. As part of the reorganization, United Way is establishing a new nonprofit, EO, an abbreviation for Endless Opportunity.
EO will retain a $10 million portfolio of grant-funded programs, including the Ignite Career Expo, Rural Summit, and the Regional Workforce and Child Development Hub. More information to come!
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VA-SORH & Partner Updates |
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Nancy Bell Named President of VRHA
Nancy Bell Population Health Manager for the VDH West Piedmont Health District, has been named President of the Virginia Rural Health Association, a nonprofit devoted to improving the health of rural Virginians through education, advocacy, and fostering cooperative partnerships.
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Rural Maternal Health Series Webinars
Virginia Farm to School Grantee
Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD) headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, is one example of a thriving USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School grantee.
"For more than 25 years, ASD, surrounded by an abundance of natural beauty and food insecurity, has worked with farmers and traditional and nontraditional partners to build its mission - a thriving regional food and agriculture system that creates healthy communities, respects the planet, and cultivates profitable opportunities for Appalachians. ASD sees farm to school as a critical opportunity to advance its mission.
ASD operates Learning Landscapes, a farm to school program focused on gardening to create fun experiences in nature for kids. This program has installed an impressive 74 raised garden beds at 18 schools and other youth sites throughout Virginia and Tennessee. Later this year, ASD plans to expand that number further with a garden at a newly constructed school."
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Survey Deadline: March 15, 2024 at 5 PM
Each year, the Virginia Telehealth Network conducts an annual “Benchmarking Telehealth Usage in Virginia” survey of actively practicing licensed providers across the Commonwealth to better understand Virginia’s current and future needs with virtual care.
Your insight is extremely valuable to inform policymaking and future telehealth programming in Virginia. We hope you will complete this survey based on your experience as an individual health care provider.
For more information and to view last year’s findings, visit ehealthvirginia.org/telehealth-survey/.
Support for Vulnerable Rural Hospitals: Lessons Learned
An overview of state and federal programs and models designed to support Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and other rural hospitals describes challenges – including chronic workforce shortages, high operating and staffing costs, inadequate reimbursement, operational and regulatory issues, and the diverse demographics of rural communities. The information comes from the FORHP-supported Flex Monitoring Team, a consortium of researchers evaluating the effectiveness of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Promote Your Faculty & Teaching Opportunities Nationwide with 3RNET
3RNET, has launched a new feature to the website allowing users to post and promote faculty and teaching career opportunities. 3RNET teamed up with the Rural Residency Planning and Development Technical Assistance Center which support the development of new residency programs to implement this technology.
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Doula Training with Birth in Color in Your Area
Birth in Color is a Reproductive Justice Organization and Doula Collective in Virginia.
Birth in Color trains community-based doulas to support families during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Those trained and certified with Birth in Color are eligible for state certification and Medicaid licensure. Doulas also receive 12 months of mentorship and additional professional development opportunities to expand their education and service offerings.
Upcoming Community-Based Doula Trainings hosted by Birth in Color:
- Richmond — March 28–30
- Hampton Roads — May 2-4
- Eastern Shore — May 2-4
- Richmond Clase de Doula en Español — May 9-11
- Roanoke — June 20-22
- Martinsville — July 11-13
- DMV — August 1-3
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National Rural Health Updates |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC COVIDVaxView Dashboard
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to share weekly COVID-19 vaccination data using a variety of data sources. A new resource, COVIDVaxView Interactive, goes deeper with a look at variations in vaccine confidence by demographics and geography.
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Upcoming Meetings & Webinars |
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Funding Opportunities & Resources |
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Virginia Department of Health Workforce Incentive Programs
The Commonwealth of Virginia offers several incentive programs to attract health professionals to Virginia’s underserved areas. These programs not only assist with paying down outstanding medical education debt but also afford individuals an opportunity to become part of a community and provide care to deserving populations.
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Nurse Corps Scholarship Program
Application Deadline: May 2, 2024
Nursing school is expensive; let the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program help! If accepted, the program will pay your tuition, fees, and other educational costs, plus a monthly stipend. In return, you work at a Critical Shortage Facility when you graduate.
Nurse Corps Scholars make an impact in underserved communities throughout our nation.
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Opportunity Appalachia Targeted Technical Assistance
Application Deadline: April 12, 2024
The Opportunity Appalachia Program provides targeted technical assistance for downtown and rural development projects in Appalachian counties across 6 states. Priorities include projects focusing on downtown development, housing, manufacturing, IT, healthcare, education, food systems, clean energy, heritage tourism, and recreation.
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SAMHSA: First Responders - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Grants
Application Deadline: April 15, 2024
The purpose of this program is to provide resources to support first responders and members of other key community sectors on training, administering, and distributing naloxone and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved overdose reversal medications or devices. Recipients will be expected to establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for warm hand-off referrals to appropriate treatment, recovery, harm reduction, and other psychosocial resource support services. Recipients will also provide safety education around fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and other drug trends associated with overdoses.
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Drug-Free Communities Support Program
Application Deadline: April 17, 2024
The purpose of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth ages 18 and younger.
Strategic and Community Development Program
Application Deadline: Ongoing
SECD supports projects that promote and implement strategic community investment plans. These plans use the unique strengths of rural communities to advance prosperity. USDA Rural Development helps finance these projects to build community prosperity by using community assets, identifying resources, convening partners and leveraging federal, state, local or private funding.
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Supporting Farmers' Mental Health: Understanding Farm Culture and Farm Family Dynamics
Application Deadline: Ongoing
Supporting Farmer's Mental Health is an interactive, self-paced online training course for behavioral health providers focusing on the mental health needs of farmers and their family members due to the unique challenges and stressors currently facing individuals working as farmers. Providers can earn 6 continuing education hours after completing the course and taking a series of quizzes.
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This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 5H95RH00138 State Office of Rural Health. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
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