News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 1, 2003 |
Contact: HRSA Press Office
(301) 443-3376 |
HHS AWARDS $13.8 MILLION TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN RURAL AMERICA
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced nearly $13.8 million in first-year funds for 73 Rural Health Outreach and Network Development grants to strengthen health care systems in rural communities and encourage innovative approaches to rural health care delivery.
"These grants foster partnerships and creative strategies to help bring health care to rural Americans who might not receive it otherwise," Secretary Thompson said. "They enable health care and social service providers, health centers, hospitals and universities to pool resources and efforts to provide more and better services."
The 53 Outreach grants, totaling more than $9.8 million, fund coalitions of at least three health-related organizations to stimulate innovation in health care delivery in rural areas. This year, for example, Outreach grantees will:
- improve access to health and dental care among Hispanics by funding bilingual outreach workers and health advisers;
- help isolated rural residents, including those in Native American communities, gain access to specialty services through a telehealth distance-learning network; and
- start a Nutrition on Wheels program that targets some of the poorest residents of Appalachia.
The 20 Rural Health Network Development grants, totaling more than $3.9 million, provide support to rural-based health care organizations to work collaboratively to integrate administrative, clinical, financial or technology-related activities. Some of this year's Network grants will:
- connect rural consumers to online health information;
- increase access to pharmacy services through remote dispensing technology, referrals to pharmaceutical manufacturers' discount programs, and covering costs of interim medications; and
- permit federally designated Critical Access Hospitals to contract jointly for specialty medical and business consulting services.
"These Outreach and Network grants effectively improve rural residents' access to quality health care," added Elizabeth M. Duke, administrator of the HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). HRSA's Office of Rural Health Policy administers the grant programs.
Grantee tables for Outreach and Network Development grants follow:
| FY 2003 Rural Health Outreach Grant Awards |
| Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
| Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc. |
Anchorage |
Alaska |
$147,500 |
| Bayou Clinic, Inc. |
Bayou La Batre |
Ala. |
200,000 |
| Mainline Health Systems, Inc. |
Portland |
Ark. |
200,000 |
| Arkansas River Valley Rural Health Coop. |
Ratcliff |
Ark. |
200,000 |
| Stuttgart Regional Medical Center |
Stuttgart |
Ark. |
199,713 |
| Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center |
Safford |
Ariz. |
199,992 |
| Lake County Tribal Health, Inc. |
Lakeport |
Calif. |
170,000 |
| Northern Sierra Rural Health Network |
Nevada City |
Calif. |
194,630 |
| Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration |
Lakeville |
Conn. |
198,476 |
| Guidance Clinic of the Middle Keys |
Marathon |
Fla. |
200,000 |
| Big Bend Rural Health Network |
Perry |
Fla. |
200,000 |
| Lake Okeechobee Rural Health Network |
South Bay |
Fla. |
199,870 |
| Tendercare Clinic, Inc. |
Greensboro |
Ga. |
199,540 |
| Ware County Health Department |
Waycross |
Ga. |
198,798 |
| AgriWellness, Inc. |
Harlan |
Iowa |
200,000 |
| Decatur County Hospital |
Leon |
Iowa |
199,261 |
| Substance Abuse Treatment Unit of Central Iowa |
Marshalltown |
Iowa |
200,000 |
| Idaho State University |
Pocatello |
Idaho |
170,625 |
| Saint Mary's Hospital |
Centralia |
Ill. |
200,000 |
| Provena United Samaritans Medical Center |
Danville |
Ill. |
128,558 |
| OSF Saint James-John W Albrecht Medical Center |
Pontiac |
Ill. |
196,000 |
| Mother & Baby Care of Rush County Inc. |
Rushville |
Ind. |
181,100 |
| Kentucky River Foothills Development Council |
Richmond |
Ky. |
195,448 |
| Grambling State University |
Grambling |
La. |
199,800 |
| Opelousas General Hospital |
Opelousas |
La. |
162,700 |
| Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital |
Dowagiac |
Mich. |
199,361 |
| Harbor Beach Community Hospital |
Harbor Beach |
Mich. |
200,000 |
| Upper Peninsula Health Education Corp |
Marquette |
Mich. |
183,090 |
| Le Sueur County Dept. of Human Services |
Le Center |
Minn. |
171,479 |
| Randolph County Health Department |
Moberly |
Mo. |
93,095 |
| Lincoln County Board of Commissioners |
Libby |
Mont. |
133,744 |
| St Luke's Community Hospital |
Ronan |
Mont. |
199,580 |
| Ashe Memorial Hospital, Inc. |
Jefferson |
N.C. |
195,616 |
| Migrant Benevolent Assoc., Inc. |
Newton Grove |
N.C. |
197,300 |
| West River Regional Medical Center |
Hettinger |
N.D. |
200,000 |
| Panhandle Partnership for Health and Human Services |
Chadron |
Neb. |
193,500 |
| Rural Health Partners, Inc. |
Holbrook |
Neb. |
198,208 |
| North Platte Nebraska Hospital Corporation |
North Platte |
Neb. |
198,821 |
| Goldenrod Hills Community Action, Inc. |
Wisner |
Neb. |
198,025 |
| Great Basin Primary Care Association |
Carson City |
Nev. |
199,800 |
| Citizen Advocates Inc. |
Malone |
N.Y. |
199,848 |
| Williamsburg Regional Hospital |
Kingstree |
S.C. |
199,700 |
| South Carolina State University |
Orangeburg |
S.C. |
200,000 |
| Oglala Lakota College |
Kyle |
S.D. |
199,776 |
| Mental Health Association of the New River Valley |
Blacksburg |
Va. |
196,609 |
| Augusta Regional Free Clinic |
Fishersville |
Va. |
199,900 |
| Carroll County Public Schools |
Hillsville |
Va. |
66,094 |
| Radford University |
Radford |
Va. |
200,000 |
| Central Vermont Community Action Council |
Barre |
Vt. |
199,910 |
| Rutland Mental Health Services |
Rutland |
Vt. |
180,650 |
| Lincoln County Health Department |
Davenport |
Wash. |
176,835 |
| Black River Memorial Hospital |
Black River Falls |
Wis. |
123,188 |
| Community Actions of South Eastern W.Va. |
Bluefield |
W.Va. |
199,655 |
| Total: |
$9,845,795 |
| FY 2003 Rural Health Network Development Grants |
| Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
| Seneca Health Care District |
Chester |
Calif. |
$200,000 |
| North Coast Clinics Network |
Eureka |
Calif. |
198,995 |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital |
Lakeport |
Calif. |
200,000 |
| Heartland Rural Health Network, Inc. |
Avon Park |
Fla. |
199,008 |
| Turner County Board of Education |
Ashburn |
Ga. |
196,160 |
| Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa |
Mason City |
Iowa |
199,943 |
| Graham Hospital Association |
Canton |
Ill. |
188,914 |
| Hays Medical Center |
Hays |
Kan. |
179,849 |
| Glacial Ridge Hospital District |
Glenwood |
Minn. |
200,000 |
| Itasca County Health Network |
Grand Rapids |
Minn. |
198,965 |
| Sullivan County Memorial Hospital |
Milan |
Mo. |
199,437 |
| G.A. Carmichael Family Health Care Clinic |
Canton |
Miss. |
200,000 |
| Battle Mountain General Hospital |
Battle Mountain |
Nev. |
199,705 |
| Nevada Public Health Foundation Inc. |
Carson City |
Nev. |
200,000 |
| Livingston County Department of Health |
Mount Morris |
N.Y. |
200,000 |
| Jersey Shore Hospital |
Jersey Shore |
Pa. |
200,000 |
| Hardeman County Community Health Center |
Bolivar |
Tenn. |
199,479 |
| Our Health, Inc. |
Winchester |
Va. |
191,468 |
| Lincoln Hospital |
Davenport |
Wash. |
200,000 |
| Mark Reed Hospital |
Mc Cleary |
Wash. |
197,460 |
| Total: |
$3,949,383 |
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