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  • Rural Health Care Providers Receive Boost

    Rural facilities located across Wisconsin have received funds to support education and training opportunities for "high need, high demand" advance practice clinicians such as medical assistants, mental health counselors-in-training, and nursing assistants. Providers receiving these grants include Aspirus hospitals in central Wisconsin, Hospital Sisters Health System/Prevea Health in northeast Wisconsin, Marshfield Clinic Health System in Marshfield, and SSM Health in the south-central part of the state. The grants are distributed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. 

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  • New Report Finds Workforce Housing Shortage

    Wisconsin is failing to keep up with a demand for housing to shelter the state's growing workforce, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association. How did we get here? The report cites a lack of supply, rising construction costs and outdated regulations as root causes, resulting in rising prices, decreasing homeownership and decreased affordability. Housing construction and subdivision activity, the report claims, have not recovered from the Great Recession and remain historically low. 

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  • Lawmakers Approve Funding for Farmer Mental Health Program

    State lawmakers approved funding Wednesday for a program aimed at supporting Wisconsin farmers' mental health, remedying a situation in which the release of funding appropriated in the biennial was stalled by the state's budget-writing committee. 
     

    Representatives on both sides of the aisle blamed the other side for the way the situation has been handled, reports Wisconsin Public Radio.
     

    The $200,000 in now-approved funding will go toward vouchers and workshops for farmers, families and partner organizations. The workshops will focus on stress management, coping and grieving, financial planning and farm succession planning. (Photo: Scott Goodwill on Unsplash)

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  • Nearly 50,000 Wisconsin Children Unvaccinated for Measles Start School

    The number of measles cases in the United States is at its highest number in 27 years. Experts say close to 50,000 children in the state are not vaccinated. And while the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) is normally required by schools, students can be exempt from vaccination requirements for personal convictions, religious reasons or for medical reasons. The number of exemptions has climbed more than 9 percent over the past three school years, reports News 8000. (Photo by ibrahim-boran on Unsplash)

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  • Inside the Struggle to Keep Teachers at Rural Schools

    From Wisconsin to New Hampshire, Illinois to Montana, rural districts are struggling with how to recruit and retain teachers, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
     

    Teacher departures in both rural and urban schools have continued to accelerate in the years since Wisconsin overhauled its teacher labor laws. But in rural locations like Wabeno, it's far harder for the district to fill the teacher shortage. (Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash)

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  • Wisconsin Broadband Expansion Grants (Deadline: 12/19/2019)
    State grants to award up to $24 million in funding toward broadband expansion across the state. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin will hold several workshops to help potential applicants and interested communities apply.  Funding »
  • EPA Assistance for Local Foods, Local Places (Deadline: 09/30/2019)
    Local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit institutions can apply for a new round of planning assistance under a program that helps communities revitalize neighborhoods through development of local food systems. Communities of any size are eligible to apply, and past projects include successes in rural areas.    Funding »
  • Establishing Wisconsin Opioid/Meth Treatment Centers (Deadline: 10/17/2019)
    The Department of Health Services invites Wisconsin counties, tribal governments, and nonprofit agencies to apply for grant funding to establish regional comprehensive opioid and methamphetamine treatment centers.  Funding »
  • Wisconsin Learning Event Support (Deadline: 06/30/2020)
    Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment provides grants to support Wisconsin-based learning events that build knowledge, skills, networks, and impactful next steps beyond the day of the event among multi-sector professionals working to advance health through research, education, and community health improvement efforts statewide. Funding »
  • Colonel Robert H. Morse Foundation (Deadline: 11/01/2019)
    The Colonel Robert H. Morse Foundation is a philanthropic organization headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin. The organization is dedicated to funding programs with social significance to the Greater Beloit area. The Foundation reviews grants twice a year; all grant requests should be submitted for review by May 1 or November 1.  Funding »
  • Colonel Robert H. Morse Foundation (Deadline: 05/01/2020)
    The Colonel Robert H. Morse Foundation is a philanthropic organization headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin. The organization is dedicated to funding programs with social significance to the Greater Beloit area. The Foundation reviews grants twice a year; all grant requests should be submitted for review by May 1 or November 1.  Funding »
  • Gro More Good Gardens Grant (Deadline: 10/11/2019)
    This garden grant program aims to foster exciting, hands-on experiences for Head Start children and families, connecting them with their natural world, increasing their appreciation and understanding of fresh healthy foods and nutrition, and inspiring a lifelong love of gardening. Funding »
  • Wisconsin Community Grant Program (Deadline: 09/27/2019)
    The Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation focuses on physician-led, community-based, or statewide programs to improve health through education and outreach. Preference is given to evidence-based health initiatives or pilot projects with measurable outcomes to increase health equity. Funding »
  • Action for Healthy Kids Game On Grant (Deadline: 09/13/2019)
    Schools will be awarded a $1,000 - $2,500 grant to support physical activity and nutrition initiatives that help schools become health-promoting. A health-promoting school provides a school environment where nutrition, physical education and physical activity supports learning to ensure all students are healthy, active and ready to learn. Funded schools will also receive expertise and support to help implement a successful project that leads to sustainable change. Funding »
  • Rural Health Network Development Program (Deadline: 11/25/2019)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced a funding opportunity for the development of The Rural Health Network Program. The program will support up to 46 applicant organizations, which are either public or nonprofit private rural entities who represent a network of three or more separate, existing health care entities. HRSA expects to invest approximately $13 million for this program to support integrated rural health care networks that combine the functions of the network entities and include skilled, experienced staff, with a high functioning network board, in order to address the health care needs of the targeted rural community. Previously funded networks under this program designed and carried out projects focused on coordinated care for patients, chronic disease management, behavioral health improvement, and utilizing/enhancing telehealth technology, among other issues for rural communities. Objectives and goals for this program include improving access and quality of health care in rural areas through network collaboration, utilizing and/or adapting an evidence-based model in the delivery of health care services, and promoting the sustainability of rural health networks through the creation of diverse products and services. Formal networks are encouraged to implement innovative solutions for local health care needs identified by local communities and strengthen network sustainability. Funding »
  • Quest for Quality Prize (Deadline: 09/30/2019)
    The American Hospital Association is accepting applications for its Quest for Quality Prize. Through the program, a $75,000 prize is presented annually in recognition of the innovation and leadership of a hospital or system in providing and improving quality health care and advancing health in communities.   Funding »
  • Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation (Deadline: 11/13/2019)
    The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation provides grants for first responders and public safety organizations for life-saving equipment (AEDs, Jaws of Life, etc) and public education materials. The Foundation recognizes the needs of rural and volunteer departments and will consider their applications despite not being within 60 miles of a Firehouse Subs restaurant. Applications are accepted throughout the year, the next deadline is November 13.  Funding »
  • MCW Learning Event Support (Deadline: 06/30/2020)
    The Medical College of Wisconsin will provide funding to Wisconsin-based nonprofits or governmental (community) organizers and entities that want to host learning events that help to address Wisconsin's leading health issues and turn knowledge gained into action for sustained impact. Applications accepted on a rolling basis through June 30, 2020, or until available funds have been distributed.  Funding »
  • NIH Research for Tobacco Control Policies (Deadline: 09/11/2019)
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applicants for research projects to help address health disparities in tobacco use in the United States. Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to 1) protecting nonsmokers from secondhand smoke exposure, 2) insurance coverage for tobacco dependence treatment, and 3) other promising public and private tobacco control policy approaches.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prevalence of cigarette smoking among U.S. adults is highest among those living in rural areas.  The application is due on October 11; a letter of intent is due on September 11.  Funding »
  • NIH Research for Tobacco Control Policies (Deadline: 10/11/2019)
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applicants for research projects to help address health disparities in tobacco use in the United States. Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to 1) protecting nonsmokers from secondhand smoke exposure, 2) insurance coverage for tobacco dependence treatment, and 3) other promising public and private tobacco control policy approaches.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prevalence of cigarette smoking among U.S. adults is highest among those living in rural areas.  The application is due on October 11; a letter of intent is due on September 11.  Funding »
  • End of Life and Palliative Care Health Literacy: Improving Outcomes (Deadline: 05/08/2021)
    Funding for research focused on identification of the key barriers to effective end-of-life and palliative care health literacy in diverse settings and populations, and to create novel strategies, interventions, and models of care to improve health literacy, with the goal of improving outcomes for individuals with serious, advanced illness and their families and caregivers. Funding »
  • Pioneering Ideas Proposal (RWJF) (Deadline: 10/15/2019)
    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks brief proposals that can anticipate the future and consider new and unconventional perspectives and approaches to building a Culture of Health. Funding »
  • Healthy Community Partnership Grant (Deadline: 10/15/2019)
    Baraboo Foundation offers Healthy Community Partnership grants which provide funding for our projects, programs and activities that advance the health and wellness of those living in the greater Baraboo-Lake Delton-Wisconsin Dells area. Those working on innovative ideas, collaborative projects or programs who need seed money to implement the project are encouraged to apply.  Funding »
  • Wisconsin Community Grant Program (Deadline: 09/27/2019)
    The Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation focuses on physician-led, community-based, or statewide programs to improve health through education and outreach. Funding preferences include health literacy, access and equity, behavioral health and addiction care access and prevention, and disease prevention. Funding »
  • Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation (Deadline: 09/27/2019)
    The Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation funds physician-led programs that improve health through education and outreach. Preference is given to evidence-based health initiatives or pilot projects with measurable outcomes to increase health equity including mental health access and addiction support, disease prevention, health literacy and others.  Funding »
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