HHS announces $10.4 million to enhance rural health care
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rural health providers across the nation will receive more than $10.4 million to provide direct health care services to their communities. The funding announced today by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be used to meet a broad range of health care needs in rural areas, from health promotion and disease prevention to expanding oral and mental health services.
"Access to quality and affordable health care should not be determined by where you live," said Secretary Sebelius. "These grants are a continuation of our effort to ensure that rural providers are able to meet the needs of their communities."
Each of 70 grantees will receive approximately $450,000 over a 3-year project period to address the needs of a wide range of population groups including, but not limited to, low-income families and individuals, the elderly, pregnant women, infants, adolescents, minorities and individuals with special health care needs. Funding is distributed through HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the primary federal agency for improving health care access for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.
"Rural areas face unique issues and challenges," said HRSA Administrator Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. "But that makes them ideal for developing innovative solutions and creating models that can be replicated elsewhere. As rural communities forge these systemic improvements, they set an example for the delivery of high quality health care regardless of where one lives across the United States."
The list of grant recipients follows:
| Rural Health Services Outreach Grants |
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| Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
| Ketchikan General Hospital |
Ketchikan |
AK |
$444,413.00 |
| Siloam Springs Regional Health Cooperative, Inc. |
Siloam Springs |
AR |
$449,941.00 |
| Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc |
Nogales |
AZ |
$450,000.00 |
| El Centro for the Study of Primary & Secondary Education |
San Manuel |
AZ |
$450,000.00 |
| Lake County Tribal Health, Inc. |
Lakeport |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
| County Of Nevada Human Services Agency |
Nevada City |
CA |
$450,000.00 |
| Woodlake Union Elementary |
Woodlake |
CA |
$449,991.00 |
| Telluride Medical Center Foundation |
Telluride |
CO |
$449,918.00 |
| La Red Health Center, Inc. |
Georgetown |
DE |
$450,000.00 |
| Heartland Rural Health Network, Inc. |
Avon Park |
FL |
$450,000.00 |
| Rural Health Network of Monroe County Florida, Inc. |
Summerland Key |
FL |
$450,000.00 |
| Irwin County Board of Health |
Ocilla |
GA |
$450,000.00 |
| Georgia Southern University |
Statesboro |
GA |
$450,000.00 |
| Meadows Regional Medical Center, Inc. |
Vidalia |
GA |
$450,000.00 |
| St. Mary's Hospital, Inc. |
Cottonwood |
ID |
$450,000.00 |
| Indiana Rural Health Association, Inc. |
Rosedale |
IN |
$416,048.00 |
| Unified School District #498 Marshall County Kansas |
Waterville |
KS |
$448,819.00 |
| Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation, Inc |
Danville |
KY |
$420,000.00 |
| Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
Frankfort |
KY |
$440,891.00 |
| Lotts Creek Community School, Inc., |
Hazard |
KY |
$450,000.00 |
| Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital |
Irvine |
KY |
$450,000.00 |
| Montgomery County Kentucky Health Department |
Mount Sterling |
KY |
$450,000.00 |
| Lake Cumberland District Health Department |
Somerset |
KY |
$449,020.00 |
| Hospital Service District No. 1-A of the Parish of Richland |
Delhi |
LA |
$450,000.00 |
| Innis Community Health Center, Inc. |
Innis |
LA |
$433,582.00 |
| Louisiana Tech University |
Ruston |
LA |
$450,000.00 |
| Allegany Health Right, Inc. |
Cumberland |
MD |
$450,000.00 |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital Organization |
Bar Harbor |
ME |
$449,979.00 |
| Spectrum Health Hospitals |
Greenville |
MI |
$449,510.00 |
| Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center |
Gwinn |
MI |
$450,000.00 |
| Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department |
Hancock |
MI |
$450,000.00 |
| Sterling Area Health Center |
Sterling |
MI |
$448,617.00 |
| Mississippi Headwaters Area Dental Health Center |
Bemidji |
MN |
$447,400.00 |
| County of Koochiching |
International Falls |
MN |
$450,000.00 |
| Citizens Memorial Hospital District |
Bolivar |
MO |
$450,000.00 |
| Northeast Missouri Health Council, Inc. |
Kirksville |
MO |
$450,000.00 |
| Health Care Coalition of Layfayette County |
Lexington |
MO |
$450,000.00 |
| Freeman Neosho Hospital |
Neosho |
MO |
$450,000.00 |
| Central Mississippi Residential Center |
Newton |
MS |
$450,000.00 |
| Butte Community Health Center |
Butte |
MT |
$450,000.00 |
| Madison Valley Hospital Association, Inc. |
Ennis |
MT |
$447,089.00 |
| Granite County Medical Center |
Philipsburg |
MT |
$450,000.00 |
| Missoula City/County Health Dept/Partnership HC |
Seeley Lake |
MT |
$450,000.00 |
| McDowell County Partnership for Children and Families, Inc. |
Marion |
NC |
$446,759.00 |
| Public Health Solutions |
Crete |
NE |
$450,000.00 |
| Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors |
Kearney |
NE |
$450,000.00 |
| Mary Hitchock Memorial Hospital /Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
Lebanon |
NH |
$450,000.00 |
| North Country Health Consortium Inc. |
Littleton |
NH |
$450,000.00 |
| Mid-State Health Center |
Plymouth |
NH |
$431,704.00 |
| Ben Archer Health Center |
Hatch |
NM |
$450,000.00 |
| Hidalgo Medical Services |
Lordsburg |
NM |
$450,000.00 |
| Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. |
Dunkirk |
NY |
$450,000.00 |
| Chautauqua County Health Network, Inc. |
Jamestown |
NY |
$450,000.00 |
| Trinity Hospital Twin City |
Dennison |
OH |
$375,000.00 |
| Fostoria Community Hospital |
Fostoria |
OH |
$449,967.00 |
| La Clinica Del Carino |
Hood River |
OR |
$450,000.00 |
| Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital |
Lincoln City |
OR |
$448,334.00 |
| Clearfield-Jefferson Community Mental Health Center, Inc. |
Du Bois |
PA |
$449,127.00 |
| Armstrong-Indiana Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. |
Shelocta |
PA |
$450,000.00 |
| Newberry County Hospital Foundation |
Newberry |
SC |
$190,733.00 |
| Delta Dental Plan of South Dakota |
Pierre |
SD |
$450,000.00 |
| University of South Dakota |
Vermillion |
SD |
$435,652.00 |
| Sacred Heart Health Service |
Yankton |
SD |
$450,000.00 |
| Buffalo Valley, Inc. |
Hohenwald |
TN |
$450,000.00 |
| Madison County |
Madisonville |
TX |
$314,830.00 |
| Giles Free Clinic |
Pearisburg |
VA |
$450,000.00 |
| Bi-State Primary Care Association |
Montpelier |
VT |
$449,998.00 |
| Behavioral Health Network of Vermont |
Montpelier |
VT |
$444,315.00 |
| ABC for Rural Health, Inc. |
Balsam Lake |
WI |
$449,062.00 |
| Future Generations |
Circleville |
WV |
$443,836.00 |
SOURCE Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
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