FUNDING
The Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America is seeking applications for its 2016 Safety Grants Program.
The purpose of the annual program is to encourage and provide financial support for interventions at the local and/or regional level in order to facilitate timely application of evidence-based safety and health strategies to protect agricultural workers. Visit the ASHCA website for complete program guidelines and application instructions.
Health Impact Project: Catalyzing Healthier Communities in Southern and Appalachian States
Grants to fund training, technical assistance, and peer learning for a health impact assessment that will inform decisions on a proposed policy, program, plan, or project.
Centers for Agricultural Health and Safety (U54)
Funding to operate a Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, which will conduct research and help translate scientific discoveries focused on improving worker safety and health in the areas of agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Letter of Intent (Optional): Oct 2, 2015
Application Deadline: Dec 17, 2015
Sponsor: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
USAC Rural Health Care Telecommunications Program
Provides discounts to rural health care providers to obtain internet and telecommunications access.
TOOLS
Scholarships, Loans, and Loan Repayment for Rural Health Professions
Provides an overview of scholarship, loan, and loan repayment programs available for healthcare students who intend to practice in rural areas. Visit the guide to
find information and successful models for the development of programs designed to attract health professionals to rural areas. The guide was developed by Becca Cruger, RAC's funding specialist, with guidance from Erin Tindell, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Debra Jahnke, Brenda Flattum, and Paia Vang, Minnesota Office of Rural Health and Primary Care.
Giles County Health Network (G-NET)
A community-based health network to create accessible and equitable healthcare access for low-income and uninsured residents in Rural Appalachia.
Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County’s Heath Information Technology Workgroup
A healthcare network's approach to addressing the technological needs, such as electronic medical records (EMR) and telemedicine, for local healthcare facilities, schools, prisons, and community organization.
Project C.A.R.E.
Project C.A.R.E. (Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty) was created to meet the needs of rural caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s disease across rural North Carolina.
Santa Cruz County Adolescent Wellness Network
Improves adolescent health and wellness by enhancing health services in schools, developing youth leaders, and supporting adolescent-serving organizations.
LEARNING
Webinar:Heart & Soul for Planners: Discover a New Way to Better Planning
Community Heart & Soul™ had its genesis in one planning commissioner’s frustration with business-as-usual planning. Orton Family Foundation founder Lyman Orton saw flaws in a development review system that left decisions that affected the entire community in the hands of a few. Community Heart & Soul shifts the paradigm by starting with deep community engagement that results in clear priorities based on what matters most to all residents. Learn more about how this barn-raising approach to community development can benefit your town. Alece Montez Greigo, Orton director of programs, is joined by Rick Muriby, planning manager, Golden, Colorado, and Jane Lafleur, executive director, Friends of Midcoast Maine.
Registration Link: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/heart-soul-for-planners-discover-a-new-way-to-better-planning-registration-16977509187?aff=OrtonEventemail
Webinar: Spotlighting Two Communities that are Successfully Coordinating Healthcare and Housing Resources to End Veteran Homelessness - October 6, 2015
Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness set the goal to end homelessness among military veterans in 2015. Ensuring that veterans get and stay successfully housed requires strong bridges to mainstream resources and benefits, especially healthcare services such as targeted case management, substance abuse and mental health treatment. This peer-to-peer webinar will support CoC and ESG grantees and other stakeholders with accomplishing the Opening Doors goal by exploring two examples of communities that have made great progress in ending veteran homelessness.Originally planned for Tuesday, September 29th, this webinar has been rescheduled to October 6th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM EDT. Please register hereto attend.
Webinar: Introduction to Cooperative Development
Join Margaret Bau, Cooperative Development Specialist, as she hosts a webinar that teaches the basics about what exactly a Co-op is, and the collective benefits Co-ops generate for diverse communities all around the world. October 7th from 3:00 to 4:00pm, EDT. No preregistration neccissary. Link: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/x0c1beqian8i&eom
Participants are encouraged to use computer’s audio and the “Chat” feature, however, a regular conference line has been set as a backup: (866) 525-2577, ID#: 46262925
Newsletters and email from which we gather this information include:
v Foundation Center RFP Service - To subscribe visit: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/
v To subscribe to the RAC Health Listserv - click here to go to the subscription form.
v Electronic newsletter of the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Rural Entrepreneurship News. To subscribe, http://team.energizingentrepreneurs.org/news2/public_html/lists/?p=subscribe
v Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City newsletter: http://www.kansascityfed.org/alert/’
v Blue Avocado Nonprofit Magazine - They have a newsletter on boards and nonprofit management, down-to-earth and useful. http://www.blueavocado.org/
v Rural LISC e-newsletter - http://www.lisc.org/rural
v National Association for Development Organizations (NADO) – www.nado.org
v ERS - A notification service is provided by USDA's Economic Research Service for Charts of Note and other research to keep you informed of the latest and most relevant research on the topics that interest you. You can subscribe at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Updates/
v Orton Family Foundation – email sign-up - http://www.orton.org/sign_up
