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HRSA Awards $7.2 Million to State Offices of Rural Health
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced the renewal of $7.2 million in annual operating grants to public and private agencies that act as the eyes and ears of the nation's rural health care system – which serves the most geographically isolated communities in the country.
HRSA, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the federal agency charged with helping ensure that quality medical care is available for the most vulnerable Americans, without regard to their ability to pay.
Part of HRSA's mission is to keep track of health trends in rural areas far from major urban medical centers and monitor health care shortages in regions of the country where there are few people to support local doctors, dentists and mental health counselors.
Since 1991, HRSA has supplied annual grants to sustain a nationwide network of State Offices of Rural Health, which act as the focal point for ongoing research and examination of the well-being of rural families and a source of expert advice to local, state and federal policymakers.
This year, 36 state health departments, 11 academic institutions and a variety of non-profit groups will receive about $147,000 each in federal grants; those grants are matched on a 3:1 basis by state governments.
Among these programs is the non-profit Rural Recruiting and Retention Network. Supported largely by HRSA grantees, it attracted 734 health professionals – more than half of them doctors – to serve in rural communities in 47 states last year alone.
“Part of the challenge the federal government faces is making sure limited funds get invested in the places where they can do the most good, and that's particularly important when we're talking about health care for distant rural communities,” said HRSA Administrator Elizabeth Duke. “You need a ground-level view – and that's what the State Offices of Rural Health provide.”
State Office of Rural Health Grant Program Awards, FY 2008
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
Juneau |
Alaska |
$147,700 |
Alabama Department of Public Health |
Montgomery |
Ala. |
$147,700 |
Arkansas Department of Health |
Little Rock |
Ark. |
$147,700 |
University of Arizona, Board of Regents |
Tucson |
Ariz. |
$147,700 |
California Department of Health Services |
Sacramento |
Calif. |
$147,700 |
Colorado Rural Health Center |
Denver |
Colo. |
$147,700 |
Northwestern Connecticut Community Tech College |
Winsted |
Conn. |
$147,700 |
Delaware Dept. of Health and Social Services |
Dover |
Del. |
$147,700 |
Florida Department of Health |
Tallahassee |
Fla. |
$147,700 |
Georgia Department of Community Health |
Cordele |
Ga. |
$147,700 |
Hawaii State Department of Health |
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
$ 5,000 |
Iowa Department of Public Health |
Des Moines |
Iowa |
$147,700 |
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
Boise |
Idaho |
$147,700 |
Illinois Department of Public Health |
Springfield |
Ill. |
$147,700 |
Indiana Department of Health |
Indianapolis |
Ind. |
$147,700 |
Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
Topeka |
Kan. |
$147,700 |
University of Kentucky Research Foundation |
Lexington |
Ky. |
$147,700 |
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals |
Baton Rouge |
La. |
$147,700 |
Massachusetts Department of Public Health |
Boston |
Mass. |
$147,700 |
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
Baltimore |
Md. |
$147,700 |
Maine Department of Health and Human Services |
Augusta |
Maine |
$147,700 |
Michigan Department of Community Health |
Lansing |
Mich. |
$147,700 |
Minnesota Department of Health |
St. Paul |
Minn. |
$147,700 |
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services |
Jefferson City |
Mo. |
$147,700 |
Mississippi Department of Health |
Jackson |
Miss. |
$130,000 |
Montana State University – Bozeman |
Bozeman |
Mont. |
$147,700 |
North Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
$147,700 |
University of North Dakota |
Grand Forks |
N.D. |
$147,700 |
Nebraska Health and Human Services |
Lincoln |
Neb. |
$147,700 |
New Hampshire Department of Health and Welfare |
Concord |
N.H. |
$147,700 |
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services |
Trenton |
N.J. |
$147,700 |
New Mexico Department of Health |
Albuquerque |
N.M. |
$147,700 |
University of Nevada Reno, Board of Regents UCCSN |
Reno |
Nev. |
$147,700 |
Health Research Inc., New York Department of Health |
Rensselaer |
N.Y. |
$147,700 |
Ohio Department of Health |
Columbus |
Ohio |
$130,000 |
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences |
Oklahoma City |
Okla. |
$147,700 |
Oregon Health and Sciences University |
Portland |
Ore. |
$147,700 |
Pennsylvania State University |
University Park |
Pa. |
$147,700 |
Rhode Island Department of Health |
Providence |
R.I. |
$147,700 |
South Carolina Office of Rural Health, Inc. |
Columbia |
S.C. |
$147,700 |
South Dakota Department of Health |
Pierre |
S.D. |
$147,700 |
Tennessee Department of Health |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$147,700 |
Office of Rural Community Affairs |
Austin |
Texas |
$147,700 |
Utah Department of Health |
Salt Lake City |
Utah |
$147,700 |
Virginia Department of Health |
Richmond |
Va. |
$147,700 |
Vermont Department of Health |
Burlington |
Vt. |
$147,700 |
Washington State Department of Health |
Olympia |
Wash. |
$147,700 |
Board of Regents - University of Wisconsin System |
Madison |
Wis. |
$147,700 |
West Virginia Department of Health |
Charleston |
W.Va. |
$147,700 |
Wyoming Department of Health |
Cheyenne |
Wyo. |
$147,700 |
TOTAL: |
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$7,206,900 |
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. For more information about HRSA and its programs, visit www.hrsa.gov.
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