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Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign Notes: Fight Flu this Season with Medicaid and CHIP

Fight Flu this Season with Medicaid and CHIP Fall is in full swing and so is flu season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between 6,000 and 26,000 children younger than 5 years have been hospitalized each year in the United States because of influenza. Children under 5 years of age and adults over the age of 65 are at higher risk of complications from flu.

October 25, 2022

Grants and Funding

New Funds for States to Tackle Mental Health Crisis

New Funds for States to Tackle Mental Health Crisis Featured Items Biden-Harris Administration Announces Millions of Dollars in New Funds for States to Tackle Mental Health Crisis The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced a new funding opportunity, authorized by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), for states to develop and transform Certified Community Behavioral

October 24, 2022

Grants and Funding

New Grant Helps Expand Healthcare to Rural Communities

A free healthcare clinic in Morgantown has received funding to continue rural community outreach in five counties Milan Puskar Health Right will use the $25,000 from the Community Education Group’s Appalachian Partnership Fund to continue mobile healthcare outreach to provide COVID-19 and flu vaccines, Hep-C and HIV tests, and other healthcare support in Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Taylor, and Upshur counties. The Appalachian Partnership Fund is made possible with support from

October 24, 2022

CMS

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation Cooperative Agreement

Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation Cooperative Agreement About the Program Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-23-043Dates to Apply: 08/25/2022 to 10/31/2022Bureau/Office: Federal Office of Rural Health PolicyStatus: Open Estimated Award Date: 07/01/2023 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) is accepting applications for the fiscal year FY 2023 Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this program is to improve healthcare in rural areas by analyzing and

October 20, 2022

Event

2022 Poster Presentations & Award Winners at the 30th Annual West Virginia Rural Health Conference

2022 Poster Presentations &Award Winners at the 30th Annual West Virginia Rural Health Conference Congratulations to Nick Dolan for winning the Best Poster Award Congratulations to James Wyland and Isaac Pringle for winning Abstract of the Year Award Podium Presentation Incorporating Exercise Prescription into Medical School Education: WVSOM Exercise is Medicine Elective Samantha DeMartino, Emily Maccabee, Abigail Brown, Cameron Mitchell, Lauren Ivers, Brian Griffith, Christopher L Pankey

October 20, 2022

Grants and Funding

New Funding Opportunity Available! Teaching Health Center Planning and Development

Teaching Health Center Planning and Development Program This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Teaching Health Center Planning and Development (THCPD) Program. The purpose of this grant program is to make awards to establish new accredited community-based primary care medical or dental residency programs and residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, or geriatrics to

October 19, 2022

CMS

CMS Releases Connecting Kids to Coverage HEALTHY KIDS American Indian/Alaska Native 2023 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) HEALTHY KIDS American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) 2023 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement program provides funding to reduce the number of AI/AN children who are eligible for, but not enrolled in, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and to improve retention of eligible

October 19, 2022

Grants and Funding

Public Health AmeriCorps Programs

Public Health AmeriCorps Programs Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022Time: 10:00am Pacific, 11:00am Mountain, 12:00pm Central, 1:00pm EasternDuration: approximately 60 minutes Do you know an organization seeking capacity to address a public health issue? AmeriCorps recently announced a new round of funding for Public Health AmeriCorps! The 2023 funding opportunity will support COVID-19 recovery, health equity, local public health, and will help create a pipeline of public health leaders. This webinar will provide an overview of

October 13, 2022