Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Funding
Access to Capital and Credit in Native Communities: A Data Review
Examines progress in Native Communities' access to capital since 2001, and summarizes capital and credit access for Native consumers, Native business owners, and tribal communities and governments. Features statistics related to credit scores, loans, and startup capital.
Author(s): Miriam Jorgensen, Randall K.Q. Akee
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Native Nations Institute
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Examines progress in Native Communities' access to capital since 2001, and summarizes capital and credit access for Native consumers, Native business owners, and tribal communities and governments. Features statistics related to credit scores, loans, and startup capital.
Author(s): Miriam Jorgensen, Randall K.Q. Akee
Date: 2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Native Nations Institute
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Iowa Department of Public Health Workforce Report to the Iowa Legislature
Reports on state funding and how it aligns with the priorities and goals of the public health department's healthcare workforce programs. Provides recommendations, describes strategies, and identifies appropriated allocations in support of rural and urban healthcare workforce initiatives within the state.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on state funding and how it aligns with the priorities and goals of the public health department's healthcare workforce programs. Provides recommendations, describes strategies, and identifies appropriated allocations in support of rural and urban healthcare workforce initiatives within the state.
Date: 12/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
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Building on the History of the State Offices of Rural Health: Celebrating 25 Years of Service
Provides an overview of the history of the State Offices of Rural Health program and National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Highlights the work of the SORHs in Minnesota, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides an overview of the history of the State Offices of Rural Health program and National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Highlights the work of the SORHs in Minnesota, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 11/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Strategies That Work: Lifting up Federal Policies That Are Responsive to the Assets and Challenges of Rural America
Memorandum to the Obama-era White House Rural Council member agencies outlining strategies for the design and delivery of programs in rural America to meet the contemporary challenges of the nation and the unique challenges faced by rural communities. Discusses how policies can address the issues of geographic isolation (including travel to healthcare), limited financial resources, low population density, and poverty.
Author(s): Tom Vilsack, Shaun Donovan, Cecilia Muñoz, Jeffrey Zients
Date: 10/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: White House Rural Council (Obama Administration)
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Memorandum to the Obama-era White House Rural Council member agencies outlining strategies for the design and delivery of programs in rural America to meet the contemporary challenges of the nation and the unique challenges faced by rural communities. Discusses how policies can address the issues of geographic isolation (including travel to healthcare), limited financial resources, low population density, and poverty.
Author(s): Tom Vilsack, Shaun Donovan, Cecilia Muñoz, Jeffrey Zients
Date: 10/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: White House Rural Council (Obama Administration)
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The Grant Project Life Cycle: A Grant Subcontract Management Guide
Presents a guide for State Office of Rural Health (SORH) Directors and Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) Program Coordinators to establish the scope of work for consultants, vendors, and other subcontractors on FLEX grants. Includes subcontractor selection criteria and considers the role of the subcontractor at the initiation, planning, closure, and execution phase of the project.
Additional links: Guide PDF, Webinar Slides, September 2016
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Presents a guide for State Office of Rural Health (SORH) Directors and Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) Program Coordinators to establish the scope of work for consultants, vendors, and other subcontractors on FLEX grants. Includes subcontractor selection criteria and considers the role of the subcontractor at the initiation, planning, closure, and execution phase of the project.
Additional links: Guide PDF, Webinar Slides, September 2016
Date: 07/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Sexual Assault: Information on Training, Funding, and the Availability of Forensic Examiners
GAO survey of the 2013 grantees who used funding established by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act to support the training of forensic examiners in the case of sexual assault. Rural areas are highlighted as particularly underserved due to limited availability of training, reluctance of hospitals to fund training of examiners, and low examiner retention rates overall.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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GAO survey of the 2013 grantees who used funding established by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act to support the training of forensic examiners in the case of sexual assault. Rural areas are highlighted as particularly underserved due to limited availability of training, reluctance of hospitals to fund training of examiners, and low examiner retention rates overall.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant: A Cultural Shift in Quality for Providers
Features four grantees who undertook quality improvement programs supported by Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grants. Includes videos featuring the work of two of these grantees.
Author(s): Zachary Toliver
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features four grantees who undertook quality improvement programs supported by Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grants. Includes videos featuring the work of two of these grantees.
Author(s): Zachary Toliver
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Foundation Funding to Improve Rural Health Care
Provides a sampling of foundation funding that is supporting innovation in rural healthcare delivery.
Citation: Health Affairs, 35(1), 174-175
Date: 01/2016
Type: Document
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Provides a sampling of foundation funding that is supporting innovation in rural healthcare delivery.
Citation: Health Affairs, 35(1), 174-175
Date: 01/2016
Type: Document
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Tribal Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention (TMVIP) Best Practices Guide 2016
Reports on motor vehicle injury prevention strategies which have been successfully implemented by American Indian and Alaska Native tribal organizations to increase child safety seat use, increase seat belt use, and decrease alcohol-impaired driving. Describes the issue of motor vehicle safety in tribal communities, highlights successful programs, and lists federal agency grant programs and other supports for motor vehicle crash injury prevention efforts in tribal areas.
Author(s): Robert J. Letourneau, Carolyn E. Crump
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Reports on motor vehicle injury prevention strategies which have been successfully implemented by American Indian and Alaska Native tribal organizations to increase child safety seat use, increase seat belt use, and decrease alcohol-impaired driving. Describes the issue of motor vehicle safety in tribal communities, highlights successful programs, and lists federal agency grant programs and other supports for motor vehicle crash injury prevention efforts in tribal areas.
Author(s): Robert J. Letourneau, Carolyn E. Crump
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Directory: Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program 2016-2019
A directory of the Delta States Rural Development Grant Program in the 2016-2019 funding cycle. Includes a program overview and contact information for each of the twelve grantees. The Delta States region comprises Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
A directory of the Delta States Rural Development Grant Program in the 2016-2019 funding cycle. Includes a program overview and contact information for each of the twelve grantees. The Delta States region comprises Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Date: 2016
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Related funding:
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program
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