U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Announces $32 Miliion in Rural Health Grants

Colleagues,

Please see below Rural Health FY 2010 Grant Awards totaling approximately $32 million for rural hospitals, workforce, veterans and telehealth development, recently announced by HHS, to be administered by HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) ...

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Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex)

Organization	City	State	Award
State of Alaska Department of Health & Social Services	Juneau	AK	$560,000
Alabama Department of Public Health	Montgomery	AL	$343,643
Arkansas Department of Health	Little Rock	AR	$503,943
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	$507,000
California Department of Health Services	Sacramento	CA	$451,980
Colorado Rural Health Center	Aurora	CO	$566,000
Florida Department of Health	Tallahassee	FL	$460,000
Georgia Department of Community Health	Cordele	GA	$545,383
Hawaii State Department of Health	Honolulu	HI	$406,000
Idaho State Dept. of Health & Welfare	Boise	ID	$563,073
Illinois Department of Public Health	Springfield	IL	$702,183
Indiana State Department of Health	Indianapolis	IN	$575,000
Iowa Department of Public Health	Des Moines	IA	$591,413
Kansas State Department of Health and Environment	Topeka	KS	$727,738
University of Kentucky Research Foundation	Lexington	KY	$516,132
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals	Baton Rouge	LA	$489,519
ME State Department of Human Services	Augusta	ME	$392,000
Massachusetts Department of Public Health	Boston	MA	$302,104
Michigan Department of Community Health	Lansing	MI	$595,783
Minnesota Department of Health	Saint Paul	MN	$730,183
Mississippi State Department of Health	Jackson	MS	$393,443
Missouri Department of Health	Jefferson City	MO	$413,443
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services	Helena	MT	$674,183
State of Nebraska	Lincoln	NE	$718,983
University of Nevada	Reno	NV	$455,000
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services	Concord	NH	$395,000
New Mexico State Department of Health	Santa Fe	NM	$289,306
Health Research, Inc.	Menands	NY	$341,243
North CarolinaDepartment of Health and Human Services	Raleigh	NC	$556,052
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks	ND	$702,968
State of Ohio - Department of Health	Columbus	OH	$607,000
Oklahoma State University	Tulsa	OK	$550,000
Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	OR	$630,000
PA State Department of Health	Harrisburg	PA	$399,919
South Carolina State Office	Lexington	SC	$363,643
South Dakota State Dept. of Health	Pierre	SD	$567,000
Tennessee State Department of Health	Nashville	TN	$446,043
Texas Office of Rural Community Affairs	Austin	TX	$700,663
Utah Department of Health	Salt Lake City	UT	$300,000
Vermont State Department of Health	Burlington	VT	$297,845
Virginia State Department of Health	Richmond	VA	$327,097
Washington State Department of Health	Tumwater	WA	$587,100
West Virginia Dept. of Health & Human Resources	Charleston	WV	$489,519
University of Wisconsin - Madison	Madison	WI	$677,203
Wyoming State Department of Health	Cheyenne	WY	$449,599
Total: $22,861,326

Rural Health Workforce Development Grant Awards

Organization	City	State	Award
Kodiak Island Health Care Foundation	Kodiak	AK	$131,859
Plains Medical Center, Inc.	Limon	CO	$199,897
Georgia Mountains Health Services, Inc.	Morganton	GA	$200,000
The Bay Clinic, Inc.	Hilo	HI	$200,000
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network	Princeton	IL	$200,000
Hays Medical Center	Hays	KS	$200,000
W. Maryland Area Health Education Center	Cumberland	MD	$200,000
Stephens Memorial Hospital, Inc	Norway	ME	$199,802
NE Minnesota Area Health Education Center	Hibbing	MN	$200,000
St Luke’s Community Hospital	Ronan	MT	$199,802
Montana State University	Bozeman	MT	$200,000
Rural Comprehensive Care Network of NE	Crete	NE	$200,000
North Country Health Consortium Inc.	Whitefield	NH	$200,000
Hidalgo Medical Services	Lordsburg	NM	$200,000
Rural Health Projects, Inc./NWAHEC	Enid	OK	$192,557
Yankton Rural Area Health Education Center	Yankton	SD	$199,691
Hickman Community Health Care Services, Inc.	Centerville	TN	$199,937
Tennessee Rural Health Recruitment & Retention Center, Inc.	Camden	TN	$200,000
St. Charles Health Council, Inc.	Pennington Gap	VA	$200,000
Columbia Basin Health Association	Othello	WA	$200,000
Total: $3,923,545

Telehealth Network Grant Program

Organization	City	State	Award
Ware County Board of Health	Waycross	GA	$254,755
St. John's Hospital of the Third Order	Springfield	IL	$255,000
Union Hospital, Inc	Terre Haute	IN	$247,575
Building Health Communities	Pride	LA	$255,000
Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	ME	$254,123
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center Inc.	Ahoskie	NC	$255,000
Avera Health	Sioux Falls	SD	$255,000
University of Utah	Salt Lake City	UT	$253,862
Total: $2,030,315

Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program

Organization	City	State	Award
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	AR	$324,729
Georgia Partnership for Telehealth, Inc.	Waycross	GA	$324,124
University of Hawaii	Honolulu	HI	$324,984
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc.	Kansas City	KS	$325,000
Total: $1,298,837

Flex Rural Veterans Health Access Program

Organization	City	State	Award
State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services	Juneau	AK	$296,642
Montana Department of Health and Human Services	Helena	MT	$296,667
Virginia Department of Health	Richmond	VA	$296,667
Total: $889,976