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HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced grant awards
totaling $28.9 million to expand clinical services and strengthen
community-based health care systems in America’s rural
areas. The grants build upon the
department’s overall commitment to improving rural health.
“These programs not only help rural providers work better
together, they pay for services that otherwise would not be
available,” Secretary Thompson said. “This year’s grants will bring additional emergency
medical services, dental care, prenatal care and mental health
services to rural areas that badly need them.”
The Rural Health Outreach grants and Rural Health Network Development
grants, funded by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA), support a wide range of programs and services vital
to rural health care:
- Rural Health Outreach Grants totaling $23.1
million will help increase access to primary health care services
for rural Americans within their own communities, especially
for poor, elderly, disabled and minority residents.
The program provides funding to 130 grantees to support
services, including primary medical and dental care, mental
health treatment, health promotion, health education and hospice
care. These grants will help establish new partnerships between
health organizations and schools, churches, emergency medical
services providers, private practitioners and other groups
to improve the delivery of clinical care.
- Rural Health Network Development Grants
totaling $5.8 million are awarded to public and nonprofit
organizations representing networks of at least three health
care providers or organizations to help strengthen regional
and local service delivery systems in rural communities.
By integrating clinical, information, administrative
and financial systems, these networks help ensure that rural
consumers get the best possible health care and enable providers
to cut overhead by sharing resources.
The grants, which are being awarded to 32 grantees,
will also cover costs of bringing in additional staff and
technical experts.
Secretary
Thompson has made improving rural health and social services
a top HHS priority. Last July, he created a rural task force
to assess how HHS programs serve rural communities. The task
force is completing work on that assignment and will soon deliver
its findings to the secretary. Earlier this month, Secretary Thompson named former South Carolina
Governor David M. Beasley chairman of the National Advisory
Committee on Rural Health, which advises the secretary on health
issues affecting rural communities.
Of
the awards announced today, 49 new grantees will receive approximately
$9,207,048, including 10 new network development grantees sharing
$1,741,158 and 39 new outreach grantees sharing $7,465,890. Current grantees share remaining funds.
For
more information on rural health programs, visit HRSA’s
Office of Rural Health Policy Web site. (www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov)
Tables of new grant recipients follow:
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FY
2002 New Start Rural Health Outreach Grantees
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| Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
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Ajo Community Health Center
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Ajo
|
Ariz.
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$198,284
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Pinal County Public Health
|
Coolidge
|
Ariz.
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$199,469
|
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Mendocino County Aids Volunteer
Network
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Ukiah
|
Calif.
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$200,000
|
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Rural Health Partnership of
North Central Florida
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Lake Butler
|
Fla.
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$200,000
|
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Florida Department Of Health
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Macclenny
|
Fla.
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$200,000
|
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Meadows Regional Medical Center,
Inc.
|
Center
|
Ga.
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$200,000
|
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Lowndes County Board Of Health
|
Clyattville
|
Ga.
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$191,307
|
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Laurens County Board Of Health
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Dublin
|
Ga.
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$172,180
|
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Toombs County Board Of Health
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Lyons
|
Ga.
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$174,633
|
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Hana Community Health Center,
Inc.
|
Hana
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Hawaii
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$199,765
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Panhandle Health District
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Coeur
d’Alene
|
Idaho
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$199,907
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Salina Cares Health Clinic,
Inc.
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Salina
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Kan.
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$200,000
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Kentucky River Community Care,
Inc.
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Decoy
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Ky.
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$190,000
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Kentucky Sleep Society, Inc.
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Frankfort
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Ky.
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$194,960
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The Eastern Shore Taskforce,
Inc.
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Cambridge
|
Md.
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$162,654
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Helen Newberry Joy Hospital
|
Newberry
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Mich.
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$190,845
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Moose
Lake Community Hospital District
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Moose Lake
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Minn.
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$198,765
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Alcorn State University
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Alcorn
|
Miss.
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$200,000
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Cemo Cares
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Jefferson City
|
Mo.
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$197,743
|
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Great Basin College
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Elko
|
Nev.
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$190,988
|
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Moses-Luddington Hospital
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Eagle Lake
|
N.Y.
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$172,797
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Adirondack Medical Center
|
Saranac
Lake
|
N.Y.
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$160,360
|
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Mercy Hospital Of Valley City
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Valley City
|
N.D.
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$198,720
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Community Action Org. Of Scioto
Co., Inc.
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Portsmouth
|
Ohio
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$200,000
|
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Community Health Center, Inc.
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Ashland
|
Ore.
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$198,553
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Hampton Regional Medical Center
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Varnville
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S.C.
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$198,750
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Frank T. Rutherford Memorial
Hospital, Inc.
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Carthage
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Tenn.
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$200,000
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Cherokee Health Systems
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Talbott
|
Tenn.
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$183,150
|
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Cannon County Board Of Education
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Woodbury
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Tenn.
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$200,000
|
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Palo Pinto General Hospital
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Fort Wolters
|
Texas
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$200,000
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South Plains Health Provider
Org., Inc.
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Plainview
|
Texas
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$182,800
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Van
Independent School District
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Van
|
Texas
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$163,102
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James Madison University
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Harrisonburg
|
Va.
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$195,420
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Lake Chelan Community Hospital
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Chelan
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Wash.
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$200,000
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Whatcom County Fire District
#5
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Point Roberts
|
Wash.
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$199,423
|
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West Virginia University Research
Corp
|
Morgantown
|
W.Va.
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$198,297
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Summersville Memorial Hospital
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Summersville
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W.Va.
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$199,177
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Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
Inc.
|
Lac
Du Flambeau
|
Wis.
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$200,000
|
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Saint Michael's Hospital Of
Stevens Point
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Stevens Point
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Wis.
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$153,841
|
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TOTAL:
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$7,465,890
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FY 2002 New Start Network
Development Grantees
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| Organization |
City
|
State
|
Amount
|
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White Mountain Apache Tribe
|
Whiteriver
|
Ariz.
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$199,977
|
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Greene Morgan Putnam Community
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Eatonton
|
Ga.
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$200,000
|
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Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
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Mattoon
|
Ill.
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$150,780
|
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Vermilion Parish Rural Health
Network
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Gueydan
|
La.
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$197,340
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Caring Community Network of
the Twin Rivers Health First Family Care Center
|
Franklin
|
N.H.
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$200,000
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Albemarle Regional Health Services
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Elizabeth City
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N.C.
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$200,000
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J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital
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Huntingdon
|
Pa.
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$200,000
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Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare
Alliance
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Indiana
|
Pa.
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$200,000
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Iowa County Health Department
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Dodgeville
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Wis.
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$70,179
|
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Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
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Keshena
|
Wis.
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$122,882
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TOTAL:
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$1,741,158
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