Rural Reporter

  • Fear the Deer

    Scientists recently published evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is widespread in the white-tailed deer population across the United States.

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  • Drugstore Deserts

    From 2003 to 2018, 20% of the country’s independent rural pharmacies closed.

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  • DHS: COVID-19 Booster Shots for All Adults

    DHS is encouraging residents who received a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine to get a third dose.

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  • VA Concerned about Workforce Shortage during Latest Surge
    Veteran homes in Wisconsin are facing workforce shortages due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The WI Department of Veterans Affairs runs three veterans’ homes, serving nearly 1,000 people. The three homes are all certified Medicare and Medicaid providers, which now must meet COVID-19 vaccine requirements for workers by January 4, 2022. There’s a concern the staffing shortage may be exacerbated by the new federal vaccine requirement.
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  • National Rural Health Day!
    Thursday marks National Rural Health Day, an opportunity to recognize the efforts of healthcare professionals and volunteers serving in rural areas. We asked healthcare workers to nominate colleagues or organizations who have been COVID heroes in their communities. We received nearly twenty nominations. COVID Heroes include county health outreach specialists, EMS services, hospital workers who were new to their jobs. What all stories share is resiliency and creativity. Please check WORH's Facebook page to read the stories we couldn't fit in this issue. https://www.facebook.com/wi.ruralhealth
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  • Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies Fund – Ralph K. Morris Foundation (Deadline: 09/30/2019)
    This Fund provides financial support to graduate students or law school students enrolled in an agricultural cooperative program or that can demonstrate how their field of study would relate to or benefit the agricultural cooperative industry. Applications are accepted from January – September 30 of each year. Funding »
  • Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program – USDA (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    Program objectives include helping small and emerging businesses and stimulating economic development through new and improved transportation programs. The program provides planning assistance for facility development, transit service improvements and expansion, new system start-up, policy and procedure development, marketing, transportation coordination, training and public transit problem solving activities.  Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Rural Development Leadership Network (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    In the RDLN program, participants implement practical projects in their own communities. They may also work toward an RDLN certificate, bachelor's degree or master's degree through related mentored independent study. RDLN is forming a cohort of rural development practitioners to work toward a Ph.D. degree. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program (NTOTAP) - Center for Native American Telehealth and Tele-education (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The 12- to 18-month program is  designed to impart technological skills to Native community members. Community members gain these skills while developing multimedia projects to address health issues in their communities.  Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis with a spring deadline. Funding »
  • National Health Service Corps Recruitment and Retention Assistance (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    Assistance for qualifying practice sites in recruiting and retaining community-responsive, culturally competent primary care clinicians. Sites must meet several criteria and be approved. Federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and other sites that care for low-income and uninsured people can become NHSC-approved sites where dentists, dental hygienists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, and mental health professionals who are eligible for loan repayment funding or have received scholarships can fulfill their service obligation. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Cooperative Leadership Fund – Ralph K. Morris Foundation (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The Fund provides financial support to help cover costs associated with training, professional development and educational programs for young leaders interested in the future of cooperatives and rural communities.  Applications preference will be given to those applications received at least 30 days prior to conference date.  Funding »
  • Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program – USDA (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The Program will provide direct loans, technical assistance grants, and technical assistance-only grants to microdevelopment organizations to support the development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis with quarterly deadlines.  Funding »
  • National Mentoring Program in Public Health - American Public Health Association (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    Matches mentors and mentees continuously throughout the year to help increase the relevance of the academic training public health students receive, increase students professional success and productivity, and strengthen the field of public health.  Application is for an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Income Based Repayment Plan – US Dept of Education (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new payment option for federal student loans. It can help borrowers keep their loan payments affordable with payment caps based on their income and family size. For most eligible borrowers, IBR loan payments will be less than 10 percent of their income - and even smaller for borrowers with low earnings. IBR will also forgive remaining debt, if any, after 25 years of qualifying payments.  Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Sight for Students for Low-income, Uninsured Children - Vision Service Plan (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The program provides free vision exams and glasses to low-income, uninsured children.  Funding »
  • Community Grants - Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    From helping to build a new children’s hospital in New Jersey to enhancing mental health services for people living in remote, rural counties of Alabama, funding helps give hope where and when it’s needed most. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • RGK Foundation Grant Program (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The Foundation's current interests in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Health/Medicine.  Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis. Funding »
  • Developing Healthy Places - Kresge Foundation (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    Healthy Environments aims to improve the health and well being of vulnerable children from low-income families by making the places they live, learn and play safe and supportive of overall good health. Funding priorities are clean air, safe and healthy housing and schools, and safe, accessible, and inviting outdoor play spaces – all advanced with community engagement, citizen leadership and cross-sector alliances. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Community Funds – Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    Community funds allow individuals and groups to contribute time and money toward the betterment of a specific community. Each fund has a volunteer advisory board composed of community members. Each advisory board encourages the growth of the fund and oversees distributions in the form of grants based on community projects, programs and other changing needs. The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin is the home of 16 component community funds across the seven counties of Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, and Walworth.  Applications are accepted on an annual basis; rolling deadlines apply. Funding »
  • Milton & Phyllis Berg Respite Care Grant - Alzheimer's Foundation of America (Deadline: 12/01/2019)
    Funding helps alleviate the cost of respite care for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Funds may be used for in-home care, adult day programs or other types of respite. In addition, a select number of the grants—the Phyllis and Milton Berg Family Respite Care Grant—are awarded in memory of the deceased parents of Barry E. Berg.  Applications accepted on an ongoing basis, Spring and Fall deadlines.  Funding »
  • National School Lunch/After School Snack Program – USDA Food and Nutrition Service (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    This is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDLG) - USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The primary objective of the program is to promote rural economic development and job creation projects. Assistance provided to rural areas, as defined, under this program may include business startup costs, business expansion, business incubators, technical assistance feasibility studies, advanced telecommunications services and computer networks for medical, educational, and job training services and community facilities projects for economic development. Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
  • Loan Guarantee Program for Facility Projects – HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care (Deadline: 12/31/2020)
    The overall goal of this Federal Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) is to assist Health Centers in accessing lower cost capital for medical facility improvements.These guarantees are made available: "for loans made by non-Federal lenders for the construction, renovation, and modernization of medical facilities owned and operated by health centers...". This program will be limited to providing loan guarantees of no more than 80 percent of the loan principal amount. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.  Funding »
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