Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Networking and collaboration
Together We Serve: How Schools and Community Organizations are Boosting Summer Meals
A recorded webinar that discusses collaboration to implement summer non-congregate meal service models. Provides examples of successful partnerships, including those in rural areas.
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Author(s): Christopher Hutchinson, Gary Bye, Veronica Stephens
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses collaboration to implement summer non-congregate meal service models. Provides examples of successful partnerships, including those in rural areas.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Christopher Hutchinson, Gary Bye, Veronica Stephens
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Reaching Rural Families with Grab & Go: Ideas for Transforming Summer Meal Programs
A recorded webinar that discusses strategies to implement grab-and-go non-congregate meal service programs in rural areas. Includes recommendations on planning, staffing, distribution models, and lessons learned.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Karla Boudreaux Horton, Avary Maunakea, Beth Miller, Robin Hernandez
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses strategies to implement grab-and-go non-congregate meal service programs in rural areas. Includes recommendations on planning, staffing, distribution models, and lessons learned.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Karla Boudreaux Horton, Avary Maunakea, Beth Miller, Robin Hernandez
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Innovative Solutions to Address the Oral Health Care Workforce Shortage: Insights from Michigan
Discusses the impact of the oral healthcare workforce shortage on rural communities and other communities in need in Michigan. Provides examples, strategies, and collaborative efforts of State Medicaid agencies to address the shortage.
Author(s): Jade Kissi
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses the impact of the oral healthcare workforce shortage on rural communities and other communities in need in Michigan. Provides examples, strategies, and collaborative efforts of State Medicaid agencies to address the shortage.
Author(s): Jade Kissi
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Navigating Natural Disasters: Key Strategies for Medicaid Agencies to Support Members
Provides information on the impact of natural disasters on people, communities, and the economy. Discusses how Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can address health needs of their members by strengthening disaster preparedness, working with managed care organizations, and focusing on policy. Includes examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Armelle Casau, Rachel Yard
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Provides information on the impact of natural disasters on people, communities, and the economy. Discusses how Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can address health needs of their members by strengthening disaster preparedness, working with managed care organizations, and focusing on policy. Includes examples from rural areas.
Author(s): Armelle Casau, Rachel Yard
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Partnering to Improve Care for People Experiencing Homelessness Profile Series - Engaging the Community to Support People Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons from California's Tuolumne County
Discusses strategies to address homelessness and healthcare access in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Utilizes community needs assessment surveys to examine how to better meet healthcare and housing needs of residents through collaboration.
Author(s): Zackiya Grant-Knight, Jahira Sterling
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Discusses strategies to address homelessness and healthcare access in rural Tuolumne county in Northern California. Utilizes community needs assessment surveys to examine how to better meet healthcare and housing needs of residents through collaboration.
Author(s): Zackiya Grant-Knight, Jahira Sterling
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Rural Hospital Experiences in the Colorado Hospital Transformation Program
Provides an overview of the Colorado Hospital Transformation Program (CO HTP), a 5-year program that ties Medicaid supplemental payments to hospitals' ability to meet performance targets through September 2026. Describes the experiences of three Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and explores how CO HTP impacts rural hospitals. Covers planning and community engagement, quality of care, and healthcare costs.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Provides an overview of the Colorado Hospital Transformation Program (CO HTP), a 5-year program that ties Medicaid supplemental payments to hospitals' ability to meet performance targets through September 2026. Describes the experiences of three Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and explores how CO HTP impacts rural hospitals. Covers planning and community engagement, quality of care, and healthcare costs.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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A Guide to Working with Rural Philanthropy
Strategies for rural communities and organizations to help build and sustain partnerships with philanthropies. Includes background information on rural philanthropy and identifies actions and characteristics that may make a program successful in seeking funding from a philanthropy that wants to invest in rural health.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Rural Health Information Hub
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Strategies for rural communities and organizations to help build and sustain partnerships with philanthropies. Includes background information on rural philanthropy and identifies actions and characteristics that may make a program successful in seeking funding from a philanthropy that wants to invest in rural health.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Rural Health Information Hub
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An Examination of the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program in the United States
Provides a brief overview of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot (TBP) Program, which aimed to address gaps in broadband service that limited access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities in Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia. Describes the development and implementation of pods that measured broadband data in the communities over time. Summarizes discussions with TBP Program staff regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the program. Includes factors for consideration in the development of future programs to measure broadband in rural communities.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Campuses
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Provides a brief overview of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot (TBP) Program, which aimed to address gaps in broadband service that limited access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities in Alaska, Michigan, Texas, and West Virginia. Describes the development and implementation of pods that measured broadband data in the communities over time. Summarizes discussions with TBP Program staff regarding the implementation and effectiveness of the program. Includes factors for consideration in the development of future programs to measure broadband in rural communities.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Campuses
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Community-Engaged Approach to Improve Food Access and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in a Rural Appalachian Community
Examines a community advisory board (CAB) in Kentucky consisting of community-academic relationships focused on addressing food security. Discusses the process of forming the CAB, their engagement and contributions, and potential food access solutions that could be implemented in rural Appalachia.
Author(s): Courtney T. Luecking, Makenzie Barr-Porter, Dawn Brewer, Kathryn M. Cardarelli
Citation: Nutrients, 17(3), 431
Date: 01/2025
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Examines a community advisory board (CAB) in Kentucky consisting of community-academic relationships focused on addressing food security. Discusses the process of forming the CAB, their engagement and contributions, and potential food access solutions that could be implemented in rural Appalachia.
Author(s): Courtney T. Luecking, Makenzie Barr-Porter, Dawn Brewer, Kathryn M. Cardarelli
Citation: Nutrients, 17(3), 431
Date: 01/2025
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Engaging Local Government to Promote Health and Prosperity in West Virginia
Provides a guide for community organizations engaging with local government to promote health and economic development in West Virginia. Provides insights on understanding local government, effective engagements, and partnership-building. Discusses rural communities throughout.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Build Healthy Places Network, West Virginia Center for Rural Health Development, Wild, Wonderful & Healthy West Virginia
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Provides a guide for community organizations engaging with local government to promote health and economic development in West Virginia. Provides insights on understanding local government, effective engagements, and partnership-building. Discusses rural communities throughout.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Build Healthy Places Network, West Virginia Center for Rural Health Development, Wild, Wonderful & Healthy West Virginia
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