Virginia Organizations

Angel Flight East
Provides free, volunteer-based, non-emergency air transportation to medical treatment for people who lack access to transportation for financial or medical reasons. Services communities in 14 northeastern states and provides flights up to 1,000 miles.
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Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
A regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state, and local government. Supports the economic and social development throughout West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Includes grants and funding, research, data, and maps.
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Health Quality Innovation Network (HQIN)
A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) that works to improve clinical and operational performance in Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, and Virginia. Assists rural providers - including Critical Access Hospitals - serving vulnerable populations and providers with less than a three-star rating from Medicare.
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Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC)
One of the telehealth resource centers funded by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT). Assists healthcare organizations, healthcare networks, and healthcare providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations. Includes Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia.
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Resilient Engaged Active Community Health (REACH)
Offers training and technical assistance on rural substance use disorder and mental health disorder including prevention, treatment, and recovery in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention (SCAHIP)
Works to address agricultural and forestry safety concerns across the Southeastern U.S. through data surveillance, outreach, and evaluation. A NIOSH Agricultural Safety and Health Center located at the University of Kentucky.
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Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc. (SERCAP)
Helps rural communities in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to improve community infrastructure, including water and wastewater treatment.
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Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC)
Strengthens the capacity of the region's 29 land-grant institutions to address critical contemporary rural development issues impacting the well-being, including health and social services, of people and communities in the rural South. Serves a 13-state area in the Southern region which includes TX, LA, AR, OK, AL, MS, GA, FL, KY, SC, NC, VA, and TN.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Virginia (HUD)
Works to increase homeownership, support community development, and increase access to affordable housing. The HUD state office provides information about HUD housing programs and local contacts for the state.
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USDA Rural Development Virginia State Office
Committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. The Rural Development State Office provides information about Rural Development programs and applications for financial assistance.
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Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (VAFCC)
Membership organization that provides training and technical assistance, research, resource development and advocacy to free clinics throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads (VAVRS)
Dedicated to Virginia's volunteer rescue squads and other agencies providing rescue and pre-hospital care. Offers information, news, training, and a calendar of events related to rescue and pre-hospital care.
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Virginia Community Action Partnership (VACAP)
State association of Virginia's nonprofit private and public community action agencies that work to fight poverty and build self-sufficiency for strong families and communities throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Virginia Community Healthcare Association (VCHA)
Assists Virginia's communities and organizations to improve access to primary health care through private nonprofit community-based systems of care.
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Virginia Cooperative Extension
An educational outreach program that brings the resources of Virginia's land grant universities, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University into the communities. Focus areas include: agriculture ad natural resources, family and consumer science, 4-H youth development, and community viability.
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Virginia Department of Health (VDH)
Works to achieve and maintain optimum personal and community health in Virginia by emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and environmental protection.
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Virginia Department of Health Professions
Works in Virginia to enhance access to and the delivery of safe and competent patient care by licensing health care providers, enforcing standards governing their practice, and providing information.
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Virginia Department of Health: Office of Health Equity (OHE)
Identifies health inequities and their root causes, and addresses them by promoting social justice, influencing policy, establishing partnerships, providing resources, and educating the public. Office includes the divisions of Primary Care, Rural Health, Minority Health, and Data & Social Epidemiology.
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Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Works to make Virginia's communities safe, affordable, and prosperous places in which to live, work and do business.
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Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS)
Provides assistance to citizens of Virginia through programs that address poverty, abuse and neglect, and achieving self-sufficiency.
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Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (VHWDA)
This state-wide website provides information on and contact details for each of the eight regional AHECs in the state as well as information on healthcare careers, professional development and workforce development facts and strategies.
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Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA)
Contains member health systems and hospitals, representing community, psychiatric, rehabilitation and specialty hospitals throughout Virginia. Their mission is to improve the health status of the communities they serve.
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Virginia Housing
Virginia's mortgage finance agency that works to help low- and moderate-income Virginians attain quality, affordable housing.
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Virginia Public Health Association (VPHA)
Works to improve public health in Virginia through strengthening the public health workforce, promoting effective strategies through sound leadership, and stimulating support for public health.
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Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA)
Works to improve the health of rural Virginians through education, advocacy, and fostering cooperative partnerships.
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Virginia Rural Health Clinic Coalition (VRHCC)
Provides information, education, and networking opportunities for Rural Health Clinics in Virginia.
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Virginia State Office of Rural Health
Collects and disseminates information, provides technical assistance, helps coordinate rural health interests state-wide, and supports efforts to improve recruitment and retention of health professionals.
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Virginia Telehealth Network (VTN)
Works to advance the adoption, implementation, and integration of telehealth and related technologies into models of healthcare statewide.
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