*This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. 1992.11.19 : Rural Health Outreach Grants Contact: Public Health Service Patricia Campbell (301) 443-3376 November 19, 1992 HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced more than $21 million in awards to 121 rural U.S. communities to fund projects aimed at closing the health care gap in rural America. The Rural Health Outreach Program, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Rural Health Policy, awards grants that are used by private non-profit and public health care organizations to fund innovative ways to reach people in rural areas who face severe shortages of health professionals and services. Grants totaling $4.7 million were awarded to 27 new outreach projects. In addition, funds were awarded to continue 94 projects originally funded in FY 1991. The FY 1992 grants average $174,000. Under grant provisions, grantees must form consortia with local institutions, such as public health departments or hospitals, to best target those residents who need help. "HRSA's Rural Health Outreach Program provides a vital lifeline for thousands of rural Americans with unmet health care needs," said Dr. Sullivan. Last year's grants were used by communities to provide such services as primary health care, preventive health education, transportation to clinics, training of emergency medical workers and prenatal/well child care for high-risk mothers. This year, successful proposals focused on attacking infant mortality, addressing the mental health needs of rural adolescents, and providing services to farmers, their families and migrant and seasonal workers. "Rural health outreach grants continue to provide innovative approaches to health care for people living in rural areas," said HRSA Administrator Robert G. Harmon, M.D., M.P.H. "The grants encourage communities to create new partnerships, make the most of existing resources, and in many cases, expand services." HRSA is an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service within HHS. ### NOTE: A list of all grantees is attached. FY 1992 New Rural Health Outreach Grantees Grantee City & State Amount North Slope Borough Dept. of Hlth. Barrow, Alaska $ 299,444 Concino County Dept. of Public Hlth. Flagstaff, Ariz. 112,076 Agricultural Workers Stockton, Calif. 184,449 Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas King City, Calif. 208,939 El Pregeso del Desierto, Inc. Coachella, Calif. 161,936 Routt Memorial Hospital Steamboat Springs, Colo. 155,769 Immokalee Community Hlth. Center Immokalee, Fla. 250,000 St. Joseph Healthcare Group Fndn. Port Charlotte, Fla. 218,792 Hancock County Primary Hlth. Care Sparta, Ga. 142,136 Des Moines Area Community College Carroll, Iowa 90,742 Monticello Hlth. Resources Monticello, Iowa 42,658 Illinois Easter Seal Society Quincy, Ill. 186,350 Mayo Regional Hospital Dover-Foxcroft, Maine 250,000 Easter Seal Society of Michigan, Inc. Marquette, Mich. 128,370 Tuscola County Health Dept. Caro, Mich. 189,071 Madison County Health Dept. Marshall, N.C. 217,746 Rural Health Group Jackson, N.C. 92,900 Town of Red River Red River, N.M. 186,623 SUNY New York/Plattsburg Plattsburg, N.Y. 175,000 Osage County Nutrition Pawhuska, Okla. 198,904 Linn County Dept. of Hlth. Services Albany, Ore. 218,849 Barnes-Kasson County Hospital Susquehanna, Pa. 185,180 Big Bend Regional Medical Alpine, Texas 138,444 Sea Mar Community Hlth. Center Mt. Vernon, Wash. 227,353 Chippeawa Valley Hospital Durand, Wis. 192,312 Rural Wisconsin Hospital Cooperative Salk City, Wis. 93,056 Richie County Board of Education Harrisville, W.Va. 158,039 New Rural Health Outreach Grants Total: $4,705,138 Second Year Rural Health Outreach Grantees Grantee City & State Amount Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corp. Sitka, Alaska 256,697 Washington County Health Department Chatom, Ala. 44,204 Baptist Medical Center DeKalb Fort Payne, Ala. 190,238 Casa Grande Regional Medical Center Casa Grande, Ariz. 283,830 Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc. Nogales, Ariz. 234,887 White Mountain Communities Hospital Springerville, Ariz. 291,443 St. Francis Area Development Center Forrest City, Ark. 155,841 County of Madera Madera, Calif. 226,870 San Benito Health Foundation Hollister, Calif. 142,551 Tuolumne County Sonora, Calif. 14,277 Redwood Coast Seniors, Inc. Fort Bragg, Calif. 258,433 The Resource Center, Inc. Grand Junction, Colo. 147,824 Putnam County Public Health Unit Palatka, Fla. 287,770 Grady General Hospital Cairo, Ga. 300,000 Dorminy Medical Center Fitzgerald, Ga. 163,370 Southwest GA Comm. Action Council Moultrie, Ga. 121,524 The Bay Clinic, Inc. Hilo, Hawaii 300,000 Mahaska County Hospital Oskaloosa, Iowa 211,485 South Central District Hlth. Dept. Twin Falls, Idaho 22,380 Terry Reilly Health Services Nampa, Idaho 217,000 Kootenai Medical Center Coeur D'Alene, Idaho 165,000 The Douglas-Moultrie Rural Health Board Tuscola, Ill. 210,668 Farm Resource Center, Inc. Cairo, Ill. 250,000 Community Mental Health Center, Ripley Co. Osgood, Ind. 118,532 Reno County Health Department Hutchinson, Kan. 284,783 Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Ky. 140,146 Avoyelles Technical Institute Cottonport, La. 66,629 Franklin County Commission Greenfield, Mass. 294,651 S.C.O.P.E., Inc. Princess Anne, Md. 191,418 Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition Manchester, Maine 270,000 Kennebec Valley Regional Health Agency Waterville, Maine 194,894 Rural Health Partners, Inc. Blue Hill, Maine 208,060 Thunder Bay Family Medical Clinic Hillman, Mich. 111,100 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 296,493 Menominee Co. Community Mental Health Board Menominee, Mich. 152,910 Baldwin Family Health Care, Inc. Baldwin, Mich. 60,463 St. Joseph's Medical Center Home Care Dept. Brainerd, Minn. 101,391 Multi-County Nursing Service Detroit Lakes, Minn. 284,000 Ozarks Medical Center West Plains, Mo. 280,829 City of Vicksburg, Mississippi Vicksburg, Miss. 51,951 Southwest Health Agency for Rural People Tylertown, Miss. 269,009 Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation Big Timber, Mont. 295,869 Migrant Benevolent Association, Inc. Newton Grove, N.C. 133,740 Robeson Health Care Corporation Pembroke, N.C. 262,686 North Dakota Assn of EMTs/ECTs Cooperstown, N.D. 85,609 Blue Valley Community Action, Inc. Fairbury, Neb. 61,469 Panhandle Community Services Gering, Neb. 159,912 Dartmouth Medical School Hanover, N.H. 241,440 Navajo Townsite Comm. Dev. Corp. Navajo, N.M. 268,200 La Clinica del Pueblo de Rio Arriba Tierra Amarilla, N.M. 98,168 Nevada Home Health Services Elko, Nev. 223,384 Salamanca Hospital District Authority Salamanca, N.Y. 156,000 State University of New York Alfred, N.Y. 121,493 Comm. Act. Commission of Fayette Co. Wash. Court House, Ohio 146,000 Community & Rural Health Services Fremont, Ohio 300,000 Henry Co.-Napoleon City Combined General Health District Napoleon, Ohio 174,163 Southern Consortium for Children Athens, Ohio 295,927 Circle of Love Elder Day Care LTD Muskogee, Okla. 181,000 Konawa Community Health Improvement Association Konawa, Okla. 210,000 La Clinica Del CarinoHood River, Ore. 98,168 Columbia Co. Community Health, Inc. St. Helens, Ore. 124,025 Tillamook County Tillamook, Ore. 115,012 Hlth. Care Coal. of Southern Oregon Cave Junction, Ore. 194,740 Eastern Oregon Human Services Consortium La Grande, Ore. 242,694 Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission Franklin, Pa. 157,356 Palau Community Action Agency Koror, W. Pacific 86,368 Britton's Neck Health Care Association, Inc. Conway, S.C. 45,000 Barnwell County Hospital Barnwell, S.C. 74,305 Univ. of South Dakota School of Medicine Vermillion, S.D. 58,176 Lewis & Clark Hlth. Ed. & Svc. Agency Yankton, S.D. 80,000 Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, S.D. 59,100 Isabel Community Clinic, Inc. Isabel, S.D. 126,800 Oglala Sioux Tribe Head Start Program Porcupine, S.D. 248,493 Hancock County Medical Clinic Sneedville, Tenn. 196,313 Meridian Hospital Authority Meridian, Texas 100,000 South Plains Health Provider Organization, Inc. Plainview, Texas 195,960 South Plains Public Health District Brownfield, Texas 108,280 Duchesne County Hospital Roosevelt, Utah 125,000 San Juan Hospital Monticello, Utah 234,085 Blue Ridge Health Center, Inc. Arrington, Va. 70,767 Eastern Shore Rural Hlth. Systems, Inc. Onancock, Va. 222,556 St. Charles Health Council, Inc. St. Charles, Va. 259,000 Saltville Medical Center Saltville, Va. 125,680 Copley Hospital, Inc. Morrisville, Vt. 213,583 Klickitat-Skamania Development Council White Salmon, Wash. 30,920 Metaline Falls Community Hosp. Assoc. Metaline Falls, Wash. 241,018 Northern Health Centers, Inc. Lakewood, Wis. 52,400 St. Mary's Hospital Sparta, Wis. 259,065 Tomah Memorial Hospital, Inc. Tomah, Wis. 111,230 Center for Public Representation Balsam Lake, Wis. 244,265 Mercer Health Right, Inc. Bluefield, W.Va. 93,110 Monongalia County Health Department Morgantown, W.Va. 138,490 Preston Memorial Hospital, Inc. Kingwood, W.Va. 209,749 Sheridan County Public Health Sheridan, Wyo. 200,351 Current Rural Health Outreach Grants Total $16,586,511 GRAND TOTAL $21,291,649 ###