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News by Topic: Racial and ethnic groups

Jul 1, 2024 - Announcement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service of funding available for the Native Community Development Financial Institution (NCDFI) Relending Demonstration Program. The program will provide loans to qualified NCDFIs to relend funds to low-income recipients to acquire, build, rehabilitate, improve, or relocate dwellings on tribal land in rural areas. Applications are due August 9, 2024.
Source: Federal Register
Related funding: Native Community Development Financial Institution Relending Demonstration Program
Jun 26, 2024 - Highlights efforts by the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta to expand access to doula services for Black women in rural Georgia. Describes doula services including education, health system navigation, emotional support, and resource referrals. Discusses funding challenges and efforts to make doula services reimbursable by Medicaid in Georgia.
Source: WABE
Jun 20, 2024 - Features the perspectives of rural and tribal healthcare providers on rural health challenges and disparities. Explores possible solutions including increased funding, expanded telehealth services, and mobile clinics. Highlights the role of partnerships and community collaboration in providing care for South Dakotans living in rural and tribal areas.
Source: South Dakota News Watch
Jun 17, 2024 - Presents overview of health disparities and barriers to healthcare access in rural and tribal communities in South Dakota. Describes a variety of efforts to improve access and lessen disparities, including mobile clinics, programs that offer financial incentives to rural providers, and efforts to address the social determinants of health.
Source: South Dakota News Watch
Jun 11, 2024 - Highlights efforts by the Northern Arizona VA to reach and provide care for veterans in rural northern Arizona and the Navajo Nation. Describes the deployment of a mobile medical clinic at recent community events as a promising strategy for making healthcare services more accessible to rural veterans.
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Jun 10, 2024 - Announces a new initiative to create the Center for Tribal Digital Sovereignty that will work toward helping tribes manage their digital footprint. Notes the impact it could have on tribal economies, healthcare, and infrastructure. The center will support research and capacity building, manage data, offer technical assistance, and educate on internet networks.
Source: High Plains Public Radio
Jun 10, 2024 - Notice from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) summarizing and responding to comments received in response to in-person and virtual consultation sessions in August-September 2023 regarding how the Tribal Transit competitive program and technical assistance to tribes should be administered.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 7, 2024 - Presents an overview of new reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showing declines in the uninsurance rate among minority communities between 2010 and 2022. Highlights additional funding for navigators, who assist individuals with healthcare enrollment, with a focus on underserved populations.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jun 6, 2024 - Notice from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a public meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders on July 1-2, 2024. Agenda items include discussions on full and draft recommendations by the Commission's six Subcommittees on ways to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. The final location and agenda will be posted on the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders website. Registration is required.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 5, 2024 - Announces that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will award over $42 million under the Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program, $18 million for projects under the Tribal Forest Protection Act, and $2.3 million to support the Indigenous Foods in School Meals programs.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture