*This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. 1993.11.17 : Demonstration Grants for Rural Health Care U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Contact: Public Health Service Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1993 Patricia Campbell (HRSA) (301) 443-3376 HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala has announced FY 1993 demonstration grants totaling $24.6 million to assist 146 rural U.S. communities in improving health care. The awards, made under the Rural Health Outreach Program, are administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's office of Rural Health Policy. The grants, which are normally awarded for three years, help rural communities implement innovative projects to correct severe shortages of health professionals and services. Secretary Shalala said, "Rural health outreach grant programs are important models for other rural communities as they show what can be accomplished when local institutions cooperate and pool resources. The bottom line is more and better health care for rural residents." Twenty-six new outreach projects totaling $4.5 million were funded in FY 1993, while the remainder of the awards went to second and third-year grantees. Grants averaged $180,000. The program challenges rural clinics, hospitals, private practitioners, universities, public health departments and others to first pool their resources by forming consortia and then to demonstrate innovative strategies for overcoming the traditional rural problems of distance and scarcity. Past years' grants have been used by communities to provide health care in schools, develop referral and networking services for the isolated elderly and support prenatal/well child care for high-risk mothers. This year, two of the newly funded outreach projects will focus on the health care needs of migrant workers, while four others will bolster emergency medical services in rural counties. "Rural health outreach program grants are vital to the provision and expansion of health care to rural Americans. The grants encourage innovative solutions to difficult problems," said Assistant Secretary for Health Philip R. Lee, M.D. HRSA is a Public Health Service agency within HHS. A list of all FY 1993 Rural Health Outreach Program grantees follows. FY 1993 Nov Rural Health Outreach Grantees Grantee Amount Southern Rural Health Care Consortium, Russelville, Ala. $89,900 Hospice of Northwest Alabama, Winfield, Ala. 192,659 Buckeye Elementary School District #33/MSSC, Buckeye, Ariz.204,269 Pinal County, Coolidge, Ariz. 76,808 Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc., Dover, Del. 192,031 Long County Board of Health, Ludowici, Ga. 151,679 Dept. of Public Health and Social Services, Mangilao, Guam162,734 Illinois Easter Seal Society, Quincy, Ill. 129,112 Eastern School District of Green Co., Bloomfield, Ind. 125,008 Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, Hyden, Ky.299,384 Pioneer Vocational/Industrial Services, Inc., Danville, Ky.202,718 Southeast Louisiana Area Health Ed. Center, Hammon, La. 227,828 Huron Memorial Hospital, Bad Axe, Mich. 120,193 North Flight EMS, Traverse City, Mich. 296,140 Nevada City Hospital, Nevada, Mo. 219,703 Watauga Medical Center, Boone, N.C. 153,141 St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center, Dickerson, N.D. 140,300 Walsh County, Grafton, N.D. 187,047 Oakes Community Hospital, Oakes, N.D. 74,500 Central Nevada Rural Health Consortium, Hawthorne, Nev. 125,713 Great Plains Youth and Family Services, Hobart, Okla. 230,984 Mid Columbia Medical Center, The Dalles, Ore. 236,677 Family Health Center, Inc., Orangeburg, S.C. 172,310 Maury County Government, Columbia, Tenn. 168,768 Stony Creek Community Health Center, Stony Creek, Va. 168,804 Tug River Health Association, Inc., Gary, W.Va. 128-251 Total $4,476,661 Rural Health outreach Grantees - Project Year Two Grantee Amount North Slope Borough Dept. of Health and Social Services, Barrow, Alaska $ 296,206 Coconino County Department of Public Health, Flagstaff, Ariz. 140,742 El Progreso del Desierto, Inc., Coachella, Calif 16,313 Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, King City, Calif.156,000 Agricultural Worker's Health Centers, Inc., San Andreas, Calif. 188,945 Routt Memorial Hospital, Steamboat Springs, Colo. 70,000 Immokalee Community Health Center, Immokalee, Fla. 268,469 St. Joseph Healthcare Group Foundation, Port Charlotte, Fla. 291,015 Hancock County Primary Health Care Center, Inc., Sparta, Ga. 24,960 Des Moines Area Community College, Carroll, Iowa 37,719 Monticello Health Resources, Inc., Monticello, Iowa 24,529 Illinois Easter Seal Society, Quincy, Ill. 158,235 Mayo Regional Hospital, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine 208,060 Tuscola County Health Department, Caro, Mich. 184,866 Easter Seal Society of Michigan, Upper Peninsula, Marquette, Mich. 84,724 Keller Memorial Hospital, Fayette, Mo. 153,755 Rural Health Group, Inc., Jackson, N.C. 104,150 Madison County Health Department, Marshall, N.C. 53,653 Town of Red River, Red River, N.M. 128,050 State University of New York - Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, N.Y. 193,769 Osage County Nutrition Project, Pawhuska, Okla. 141,088 Linn County Department of Health Services, Albany, Ore. 224,478 Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, Susquehanna, Pa. 185,180 Big Bend Regional Medical Center, Alpine, Texas 100,680 Sea Mar Community Health Center, Mt. Vernon, Wash. 202,353 Rural Wisconsin Hospital Cooperative, Sauk City, Wisc. 94,586 Chippewa Valley Hospital and Oakview Care Center, Durand, Wisc. 182,060 Ritchie County Board of Education, Harrisville, W.Va. 25,007 Total $9,939,552 Rural Health Outreach Grantees - Project Year Three Grantees Southeast Alaska Regional Health Corp., Sitka, Alaska Washington County Health Department, Chatom, Ala. Baptist Medical Center DeKalb, Fort Payne, Ala. St. Francis Area Development Center, Forrest City, Ark. Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, Casa Grande, Ariz. Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc., Nogales, Ariz. White mountain Communities Hospital, Springerville, Ariz. County of Madera, Madera, Calif San Benito Health Foundation, Hollister, Calif. Tuolumne County dba Tuolumne Gen. Hospital, Sonora, Calif. Redwood Coast Seniors, Inc., Fort Bragg, Calif. The Resource Center, Inc., Grand Junction, Colo Putnam County Public Health Unit, Palatka, Fla. Grady General Hospital, Cairo, Ga. Dorminy Medical Center, Fitzgerald, Ga. Southwest Georgia Comm. Action Council, Moultrie, Ga. The Bay Clinic, Inc., Hilo, Hawaii Mahaska County Hospital, Oskaloosa, Iowa South Central District Hlth. Dept., Twin Falls, Idaho Terry Reilly Health Services, Nampa, Idaho Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho The Douglas-Moultrie Rural Health Board, Tuscola, Ill. Farm Resource Center, Inc., Mound City, Ill. Comm. Mental Health Center, Ripley County, Osgood, Ind. Reno County Health Department, Hutchinson, Kan. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Ky. Avoyelles Technical Institute, Cottonport, La. Franklin County Commission, Greenfield, Mass. McCready Foundation, Inc., Crisfield, Md. Maine Ambulatory Care Coalition, Manchester, Maine Kennebec Valley Regional Health Agency, Waterville, Maine Rural Health Partners, Inc., Blue Hill, Maine Thunder Bay Family Medical Clinic, Hillman, Mich. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Menominee County Comm. Mental Health Board, Menominee, Mich.300,000 Baldwin Family Health Care, Inc., Baldwin, Mich. 58,284 St. Joseph's Medical Center Home Care Department, Brainerd, Minn. 115,170 Multi-County Nursing Service, Detroit Lakes, Minn. 300,000 Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, Mo. 290,068 Southwest Health Agency for Rural People, Tylertown, Miss.294,989 City of Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Miss. -- (carryover from FY 1992) Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation, Big Timber, Mont.297,673 Migrant Benevolent Association, Inc., Newton Grove, N.C. 152,249 Robeson Health Care Corporation, Pembroke, N.C. 174,174 North Dakota Assn of EMTs/ECTs, Cooperstown, N.D. 60,300 Blue Valley Community Action, Inc., Fairbury, Neb. 59,317 Panhandle Community Services, Gering, Neb. 285,181 Trustees of Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H. 239,680 Navajo Townsite Comm. Dev. Corp., Navajo, N.M. 275,000 La Clinica del Pueblo de Rio Arriba Tierra, Amarilla, N.M. 30,958 Nevada Home Health Services, Elko, Nev. 174,892 Salamanca Hospital District Authority, Salamanca, N.Y. 39,254 State University of New York, Alfred, N.Y. 170,788 Comm. Act. Commission of Fayette Co., Wash. Court House, Ohio 113,074 Community & Rural Health Services, Fremont, Ohio 299,506 Henry County/Napoleon City Combined General Health District, Napoleon, Ohio 200,117 Southern Consortium for Children, Athens, Ohio 300,000 Konawa Community Health Improvement Association, Konawa, Okla. 225,000 La Clinica del Carino, Hood River, Ore. 100,378 Columbia Co. Community Health, Inc., St. Helens, Ore. 125,306 Tillamook County, Tillamook, Ore. 109,480 Hlth. Care Coal. of Southern Oregon, Cave Junction, Ore. 126,545 Eastern Oregon Human Services Consortium, La Grande, Ore. 171,762 Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning & Development Commission, Franklin, Pa. 156,178 Palau Community Action Agency, Koror, Palau 67,365 Britton's Neck Health Care Association, Inc., Conway, S.C. 38,000 Barnwell County Hospital, Barnwell, S.C. 33,415 University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion, S.D. 59,436 Lewis & Clark Hlth. Ed. & Svc. Agency, Yankton, S.D. 80,000 Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D. 60,000 Isabel Community Clinic, Inc., Isabel, S.D. 166,000 Oglala Sioux Tribe Head Start Program, Porcupine, S.D.266,798 Hancock County Medical Clinic, Sneedville, Tenn. 162,338 South Plains Health Provider Organization, Inc., Plainview, Texas 200,095 South Plains Public Health District, Brownfield, Texas110,495 Duchesne County Hospital, Roosevelt, Utah 88,536 San Juan Hospital, Monticello, Utah 128,000 Blue Ridge Health Center, Inc., Arrington, Va. 88,457 Eastern Shore Rural Hlth. Systems, Inc., Onancock, Va.245,556 St. Charles Health Council, Inc., St. Charles, Va 300,000 Saltville Health Center Commission, Saltville Medical Center, Saltville, Va. 221,489 Virgin Islands Department of Health Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 267,807 Copley Hospital, Inc., Morrisville, Vt. 168,632 Metaline Falls Community Hospital Association, Metaline Falls, Wash. 245,939 Northern Health Centers, Inc., Lakewood, Wisc. 52,400 St. Mary's Hospital, Sparta, Wisc. 273,392 Tomah Memorial Hospital, Inc., Tomah, Wisc. 90,137 Center for Public Representation, Balsam Lake, Wisc. 245,114 Mercer Health Right, Inc., Bluefield, W.Va. 97,548 Monongalia County Health Department, Morgantown, W.Va.148,651 Preston Memorial Hospital, Inc., Kingwood, W.Va. 217,127 Sheridan County Public Health, Sheridan, Wyo. 210,000 Total $16,226,09l