Archive for March, 2009

Rural Healthcare Summit, EMS Grants… and a Game!

The Office of Rural Health will host the Rural Health Summit April 22 in Wisconsin Dells.  We expect over 100 rural health stakeholders to attend, including representatives from hospitals, clinics, EMS, public and oral health and state legislators.  This is an opportunity to help us identify key issues in rural health and what can be [...]

March 31, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Program Updates, Training and Tools  No Comments

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Resources

Rural communities generally lack mental health/substance abuse services, compared to urban areas, as I’ve mentioned in previous posts.  I hope you find these resources useful in helping you address this gap.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will fund adolescent treatment programs with Family Centered Substance Abuse Treatment Grants.   They will award grants [...]

March 27, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  No Comments

Prevention and Wellness Resources for Rural Communities

These two grant opportunities can help your community toward achieving wellness and prevention goals.  While the gardening grant is rather specific, the Medica Foundation grants are an opportunity for you to think creatively and apply their funding priorities to your program activities:
 

The Medica Foundation awards grants in several categories throughout the year.  Their 2009 [...]

March 25, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies  No Comments

Oral Health: Grants & Other Resources

Grants, a conference, and more!
 
The American Association of Public Health Dentistry is a sponsor of the National Oral Health Conference April 20-22 in Portland, OR.  The conference will focus on public health dentistry and oral health programs.  Sessions topics will include: efforts to increase the oral health workforce, promoting school based sealant programs and community [...]

March 20, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice  No Comments

Is there a Doctor in the House? Nurse? Dentist?

It’s probably no surprise that the shortage of nurses, physicians and other health care providers is more acute in rural areas.  The question is, what can you do about it?  There are resources out there to help you recruit and retain providers.
 
Education loan assistance (or repayment) programs are a proven recruitment/retention tool for health care [...]

March 17, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Program Updates, Provider Loan Repayment  No Comments

Rural Community Development Opportunities

The title of this blog explains one of my goals-to assist rural areas with community and economic development as they relate to health care.  As I’ve mentioned in other posts, there are many opportunities and resources for communities to grow leaders and for individuals interested in working on health and other issues in their communities [...]

March 12, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  No Comments

Health IT Funding

The federal economic stimulus plan includes money for many projects that will impact rural communities, including funds for health IT and broadband access (necessary in some cases to fully implement IT applications).  It’s a good idea to develop a plan for how your hospital, clinic, EMS agency or community could use these funds, so you’re [...]

March 3, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  No Comments