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The Technical Assistance and Services Center, a program of the National Rural Health Resource Center, and the Maine Rural Health Research Center at the University of Southern Maine are developing a database of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and will be utilizing this information to conduct a national survey focusing on meaningful use of Health Information Technology by RHCs.
The Attorney General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence will hold the second of four public hearings January 31, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hearing will highlight the issue of children's exposure to violence in rural and tribal communities.
Daily Yonder article tells how communities in Vermont and rural Lancashire, England, have kicked off efforts to finance rural broadband networks.
Providing health information technology (HIT) resources to rural health care providers is the purpose of a new online toolkit from the Rural Assistance Center (RAC). A pilot program developed through RAC and the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center), the toolkit is designed to help rural providers find HIT resources directed at them.
Times Daily, (AL) article discusses why rural health clinics are an important link to the health-care community.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released new meal requirements that will raise standards for the first time in more than 15 years and improve the health and nutrition of nearly 32 million kids that participate in school meal programs every school day.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for up to a four year total of $15.6 million to fund STOP Act grants aimed at preventing alcohol use among underage youth in communities across the nation.
Daily Yonder article tells how the rural town of Columbus, Nebraska, lists 1,288 jobs available within 10 miles of their town, but it can't find workers to fill them even though they have gone on recruiting missions out of state to find new residents.
Kaiser Health News article reports that in his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama made just one explicit mention of the 2010 health law and offers a transcript of the few parts of his speech that mentioned health care issues.
ED.gov Blog tells how the White House recently celebrated the latest class of National Board Certified teachers with several of the honorees traveling to Washington from some of Americas most remote and distant rural communities to receive the teaching professions highest credential. During their visit these rural teachers shared their stories about what its like to teach in rural America.
Courier-Journal, (KY) article reports that as the nations economic slump continues, growing numbers of uninsured patients are straining community health facilities.
The Rural Housing Service announces that funding is available for the Rural Development Voucher Program, available to low income tenants of Rural Development-financed multifamily properties where the Section 515 loan has been prepaid, either through prepayment or a foreclosure action, prior to the loan's maturity date and after September 30, 2005.
Daily Yonder tells how the White House has added "rural issues" and "Native American issues" to a list of nearly a score of items administration officials will talk about (via Twitter) in the days after the President's State of the Union Address.
Daily Yonder article tells how a small town in South Dakota has become a model of community planning, thanks to an inspired high school assignment and continued leadership of local youth.
The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces, subject to the appropriation of funds, funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 for the IHS Loan Repayment Program for health professional educational loans in return for full-time clinical service in Indian health programs.
Daily Yonder article publishes a review of a new historical study of rural libraries in the Midwest, that were begun to cultivate 'respectability' and have endured by satisfying local tastes.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA is seeking applications to provide assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to complete a variety of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
This NOFA announces the acceptance of applications under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for Fiscal Year 2012 for financial assistance as follows: grants, guaranteed loans, and combined grants and guaranteed loans for the development and construction of renewable energy systems and for energy efficiency improvement projects; grants for conducting energy audits; grants for conducting renewable energy development assistance; and grants for conducting renewable energy system feasibility studies.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released more than $863 million yesterday to grantees to help low-income households with their heating and other home energy costs under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
The Office of National Drug Control Policy announces the release of the FY2012 Drug Free Communities Request for Applications, to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.
HealthLeaders Media article tells how the president and CEO of Ellenville Regional Hospital in Ellenville, NY, went about choosing an electronic health record (EHR) vendor for his small critical access hospital.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the launch of a USDA energy website that will provide stakeholders fast and efficient access to USDA energy efficiency and renewable energy data.
A new national report reveals that 45.9 million American adults aged 18 or older, or 20 percent of this age group, experienced mental illness in the past year according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
NRHA Rural Health Voices blog reports that six months after President Barack Obama created the White House Rural Council to address challenges in rural America, the National Rural Health Associations Rural Roads magazine asked Doug McKalip, White House senior policy advisor for rural affairs, to explain how the council has and hopes to impact rural health.
MarketWatch article reports that over 2700 individual Oregon primary care providers are participating in a federal grant to help them purchase and more effectively use their Electronic Health Record to improve patient care and advance health reform.
AHA News Now article reports that about 36% of adults and 17% of children were obese in 2009 - 2010, the same as in 2007 - 2008, according to a reportreleased today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday provided highlights of USDA Rural Development fiscal year (FY) 2011 investments in job-creating businesses, infrastructure and housing for Americans living in rural communities across the nation.
AHA News Now article reports that Staci Covey, president of Guthries Troy Community Hospital in Troy, Pa., will lead the American Hospital Associations (AHA) Section for Small or Rural Hospitals in 2012, a 22-person governing council that represents small or rural hospitals in the AHAs policy process and member services initiatives.
Daily Yonder article tells how the rural community of Cambridge, Nebraska came together to open the local investor - owned Cambridge General Store after their regional retailer closed.
AHA News Now reports that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission last week discussed its mandated report on rural health care provider payment adequacy, due to Congress in June. The commission discussed access to services, quality of care, payment adjustments and payment adequacy in rural areas, stating that Medicare's rural payment policy has largely been successful.
