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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  • New GME Program Grant from WI DHS (Deadline: 04/30/2020)
    The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced a Request for Applications for the New GME Program Grant. The Grant provides up to $750,000 over three years for hospitals and sponsoring institutions to develop a new GME Program, establish a fellowship, or create a rural alternative rural tract in any physician specialty that is documented as a need in rural areas. Funding »
  • HHS-HRSA Telehealth Network Grant Program (Deadline: 04/13/2020)
    This funding is aimed towards promoting rural Tele-emergency services with an emphasis on tele-stroke, tele-behavioral health, and Tele-Emergency Medical Services (Tele-EMS). This will be achieved by enhancing telehealth networks to deliver 24-hour Emergency Department (ED) consultation services via telehealth to rural providers without emergency care specialists. Learn more
  • University of Wisconsin Invites Participation in Teleophthalmology Project (Deadline: 05/01/2020)
    The University of Wisconsin Teleophthalmology Program (UWTOP) invites rural primary care clinics to test its toolkit for increasing diabetic eye screening using teleophthalmology.   Teleophthalmology is an evidence-based method for diabetic eye screening recommended by the American Diabetes Association that is under-utilized by U.S. health systems. The UWTOP collaborated with rural primary care clinics at Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston, WI in an NIH-funded research study to develop an implementation toolkit for teleophthalmology.    At Mile Bluff Medical Center, our toolkit sustained an increase in diabetic eye screening rates from 47% to 64% over 3 years.   UWTOP is now seeking NIH R01 funding to test its toolkit in multiple rural primary care clinics for its effectiveness and implementation costs, as well as to identify the key strategies and factors leading to significant, sustained increases in diabetic eye screening and teleophthalmology use.   For more information, please contact: Yao Liu, MD MS Principal Investigator and Director, UW Teleophthalmology Program (UWTOP) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison yao.liu2@wisc.edu
  • Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Grants (Deadline: 04/24/2020)
    The federal Health Resources and Services Administration will award 89 multi-year grants through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.  The Program’s goal is to address barriers to treatment access in rural communities related to substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD) and to enhance coalition’s abilities to implement and sustain SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services in underserved rural areas.
  • The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Telehealth Network Grant Program (Deadline: 04/13/2020)
    The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s Telehealth Network Grant Program will award funding for rural tele-emergency services with an emphasis on tele-stroke, tele-behavioral health, and tele-Emergency Medical Services (Tele-EMS).  The goal is to enhance telehealth networks to deliver 24-hour Emergency Department consultation services via telehealth to rural providers without emergency care specialists.  These will be multi-year grants and no match is required.
  • USDA Rural Utilities Service Grants for Distance Learning and Telemedicine (Deadline: 04/10/2020)
    The USDA Rural Utilities Service is accepting applications for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program.  Funds may be used for audio/video equipment, hardware/software, technical assistance and instructional programming, and other resources.  Minimum grant is $50,000 and a 15% march is required.
  • Dept of Justice Grants to Create Safer Communities for Rural Children and Young Adults (Deadline: 03/30/2020)
    The Department of Justice will provide grants to support community-based efforts to address the impact of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  The Office on Violence Against Women will award multi-year grants that focus on rural children and young adults by creating safer communities or providing school based services.  A Letter of Intent is encouraged by March 11, application due March 30.
  • HRSA Support for Opioid-Impacted Families (Deadline: 04/13/2020)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will make 19 awards to support training for peer support and other paraprofessionals in behavioral health who can help children whose parents are impacted by opioid use and other substance use disorders. Funding »
  • SAMSHA Grants to Implement National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (Deadline: 03/23/2020)
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) is accepting applications for grants to implement the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. The purpose of the program is to support states and communities in advancing efforts to prevent suicide and suicide attempts among adults age 25 and older. Funding »
  • HRSA Addiction Management Fellowship (Deadline: 02/28/2020)
    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) accepting applications for 33 awards for its Addiction Management Fellowship program. The program will expand the number of fellows trained as addiction medicine specialists who work in underserved communities. Funding »
  • RWJF Change Leadership Programs (Deadline: 02/19/2020)
    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is accepting applications for four program designed to build a Culture of Health. Eligibility varies for each of the four programs. Funding »
  • 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 »
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