Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Funding
Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Farm Labor Housing Program Management and Oversight
Provides an overview of the Farm Labor Housing (FLH) Loan and Grant Program from 2010. Covers the demand for the FLH program, the processes Rural Housing Service (RHS) goes through to ensure quality housing for eligible farmworkers, and the financial status and fiscal management of FHL properties.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Provides an overview of the Farm Labor Housing (FLH) Loan and Grant Program from 2010. Covers the demand for the FLH program, the processes Rural Housing Service (RHS) goes through to ensure quality housing for eligible farmworkers, and the financial status and fiscal management of FHL properties.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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A Guide to Financing Strategies for Hospitals: With Special Consideration for Smaller Hospitals
Explores seven strategies that help hospitals achieve capital access. Discusses smaller organizations, such as rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and stand-alone community hospitals.
Date: 12/2010
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Explores seven strategies that help hospitals achieve capital access. Discusses smaller organizations, such as rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and stand-alone community hospitals.
Date: 12/2010
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Telecommunications: FCC's Performance Management Weaknesses Could Jeopardize Proposed Reforms of the Rural Health Care Program
Evaluates the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) management of the Rural Health Care Program. Focuses on how well the program is addressing the needs of rural healthcare providers, the impact of the FCC's pilot program design and implementation, and the FCC's performance goals and measures.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2010
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Evaluates the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) management of the Rural Health Care Program. Focuses on how well the program is addressing the needs of rural healthcare providers, the impact of the FCC's pilot program design and implementation, and the FCC's performance goals and measures.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2010
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Rural Homelessness: Better Collaboration by HHS and HUD Could Improve Delivery of Services in Rural Areas
Discusses a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the characteristics of rural homelessness, available assistance, and barriers. Includes information on federal programs, with data on funding provided to rural areas.
Additional links: Full Report, Highlights
Date: 07/2010
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the characteristics of rural homelessness, available assistance, and barriers. Includes information on federal programs, with data on funding provided to rural areas.
Additional links: Full Report, Highlights
Date: 07/2010
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Rural Health Care: Innovations in Policy and Practice
Discusses strategies being used to improve healthcare access in rural areas. Includes a section discussing philanthropic activities related to rural health.
Date: 03/2009
Sponsoring organization: Grantmakers in Health
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Discusses strategies being used to improve healthcare access in rural areas. Includes a section discussing philanthropic activities related to rural health.
Date: 03/2009
Sponsoring organization: Grantmakers in Health
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The Capital Investment Needs of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs): Results of the 2007 National CAH Survey
Describes the findings of a national telephone survey of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to determine the nature of their capital funding needs and experiences in accessing capital funding to meet those needs. Includes policy implications.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Date: 02/2009
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes the findings of a national telephone survey of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to determine the nature of their capital funding needs and experiences in accessing capital funding to meet those needs. Includes policy implications.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Date: 02/2009
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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The Capital Investment Needs of CAHs: Fire and Life Safety Code Compliance and Organizational Performance
Describes current Critical Access Hospital (CAH) capital investment needs and their experiences obtaining the capital funding critical for remaining compliant with fire and life safety codes and essential for maintaining effective and efficient operations.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Date: 11/2008
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes current Critical Access Hospital (CAH) capital investment needs and their experiences obtaining the capital funding critical for remaining compliant with fire and life safety codes and essential for maintaining effective and efficient operations.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Date: 11/2008
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Financing Rural Public Health Activities in Prevention and Health Promotion
Discusses whether the flow of federal funds, from federal agencies, through states, and to communities, is influenced by state and local level public health infrastructure.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Benjamin N. Hamlin, Bhumika Piya, Lorraine Ettaro
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Discusses whether the flow of federal funds, from federal agencies, through states, and to communities, is influenced by state and local level public health infrastructure.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Benjamin N. Hamlin, Bhumika Piya, Lorraine Ettaro
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Rural Public Health Financing: The Relationship Between Infrastructure and Local Program Funding
Describes how federal funds for disease prevention and health promotion activities are distributed to local health departments (LHDs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the rural local level.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Lorraine Ettaro, Benjamin Hamlin, Bhumika Piya
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes how federal funds for disease prevention and health promotion activities are distributed to local health departments (LHDs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the rural local level.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Lorraine Ettaro, Benjamin Hamlin, Bhumika Piya
Date: 06/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Implementing a New USDA Rural Development Program Targeting Small Rural Hospitals and Their Communities: Recommendations of the RUPRI Health Panel
Lists recommendations for implementing a new USDA Rural Development program, as included in the Senate Farm Bill proposal, should it be enacted into law. Discusses program goals to strengthen rural healthcare delivery systems, to provide necessary healthcare services to rural residents in a cost-effective manner.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, et al.
Date: 03/2008
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Lists recommendations for implementing a new USDA Rural Development program, as included in the Senate Farm Bill proposal, should it be enacted into law. Discusses program goals to strengthen rural healthcare delivery systems, to provide necessary healthcare services to rural residents in a cost-effective manner.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, et al.
Date: 03/2008
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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