An Opportunity to Speak Your Mind on EMS Benefits

Some of you may be familiar with the Universal Service Administrative Company.  It’s contracted by the federal government to provide reduced cost telecommunication and internet service to a variety of organizations, including rural health care providers.  Eligible providers include rural hospitals, clinics, and health departments, among others.  EMS is not currently eligible to participate.  The [...]

August 31, 2010 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Safety Month

June is National Safety Month; appropriate for the summer.  The National Safety Council has produced several dozen health and safety fact sheets on topics such as fireworks safety, home fire prevention and safe bicycling.  They have a whole series on agricultural safety.  There are some great ideas here to develop a community safety campaign.  There [...]

June 14, 2010 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Rural Community Grants

I just released the guidelines for the 2010-11 Office of Rural Health Community Grants.  We’re awarding grants up to $15,000 to coalitions working on health issues in rural Wisconsin communities.  This year we’re awarding extra points to EMS-related projects.  Your coalition must include a rural hospital with fewer than 50 beds as an active member [...]

May 13, 2010 · KJacobson · 2 Comments
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EMS Week in Wisconsin

EMS Week (May 16-22) is an opportunity for Services to focus on getting out health and safety messages to their community and to recognize and honor those who dedicate a significant portion of their lives to helping their community.  I’ve asked some of our rural services here in Wisconsin to share news about their EMS [...]

April 29, 2010 · KJacobson · 3 Comments
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Safe Kids Week

Every month, week and day is a celebration of something—some of them are silly (did you know April is Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month?) but many of them are legitimate efforts to bring recognition to a serious issue.  You can find a lot of them here.  I try to write some of my posts around themes, [...]

April 23, 2010 · KJacobson · One Comment
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EMS, Safety and Disaster Preparedness

I know there is a real need for financial and other resources in rural EMS, including workforce and training.  The Office of Rural Health strives to provide training and financial resources as much as we can.  I know many of you come here looking specifically for EMS information, so here are some grants and other [...]

March 28, 2010 · KJacobson · One Comment
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Poison Prevention and Safety

March 14-20 is Poison Prevention Week and the Poison Prevention Week Council has prepared a number of resources your organization—EMS, law enforcement, clinics, schools—can use to raise awareness of this safety issue.  Take a look around their site.  There are opportunities to order education material (free!), examples of PSAs, posters, etc.  Did you know you [...]

March 4, 2010 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Federal Grants

I’ve posted many times about federal grants and I usually mention that the proposals require more work than most other funding sources.  Here are a few federal grants and some sources to help you navigate the federal grant system.   All federal grants are officially announced on Grants.gov.  Here you can search for grant opportunities [...]

January 26, 2010 · KJacobson · No Comments
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