Over $3M Awarded to Improve Health Outcomes in NBRC Communities

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The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is pleased to share that $3 million in federal funds have been awarded to healthcare providers throughout the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Grant recipients will use the resources to promote and improve the delivery of healthcare services to rural underserved populations. These grants have been made possible through the agency’s partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the agency’s Rural Northern Border Outreach Program (RNBR-OP). Providers located within underserved communities in the NBRC region were invited to apply for funding earlier this year. Awarded projects address a wide variety of healthcare needs throughout the region, ranging from increasing maternal care in rural communities to expanding behavioral health services. “Improving access to quality healthcare is essential for ensuring the vitality of our rural communities. By addressing gaps in the existing healthcare delivery systems, these investments will improve both the quality of life and the health outcomes for residents in our region,” said Chris Saunders, Federal Co-Chair of the Northern Border Regional Commission. “In building a rural economy that works for all residents it is crucial to have a healthcare system that meets the needs of the people who live here.” HRSA collaborates with regional partners like the Northern Border Regional Commission to expand access to high-quality healthcare and services in underserved areas to address healthcare disparities, improve health outcomes, and strengthen local health systems, ensuring residents in these rural communities receive the care they need. Thirteen grants, totaling over $3 million in funds, were awarded. For a full list of projects, please view our full press release. The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is pleased to share that $3 million in federal funds have been awarded to healthcare providers throughout the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Grant recipients will use the resources to promote and improve the delivery of healthcare services to rural underserved populations. These grants have been made possible through the agency’s partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the agency’s Rural Northern Border Outreach Program (RNBR-OP). Providers located within underserved communities in the NBRC region were invited to apply for funding earlier this year. Awarded projects address a wide variety of healthcare needs throughout the region, ranging from increasing maternal care in rural communities to expanding behavioral health services. “Improving access to quality healthcare is essential for ensuring the vitality of our rural communities. By addressing gaps in the existing healthcare delivery systems, these investments will improve both the quality of life and the health outcomes for residents in our region,” said Chris Saunders, Federal Co-Chair of the Northern Border Regional Commission. “In building a rural economy that works for all residents it is crucial to have a healthcare system that meets the needs of the people who live here.” HRSA collaborates with regional partners like the Northern Border Regional Commission to expand access to high-quality healthcare and services in underserved areas to address healthcare disparities, improve health outcomes, and strengthen local health systems, ensuring residents in these rural communities receive the care they need. Thirteen grants, totaling over $3 million in funds, were awarded. For a full list of projects, please view our full press release. The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) is pleased to share that $3 million in federal funds have been awarded to healthcare providers throughout the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Grant recipients will use the resources to promote and improve the delivery of healthcare services to rural underserved populations. These grants have been made possible through the agency’s partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through the agency’s Rural Northern Border Outreach Program (RNBR-OP). Providers located within underserved communities in the NBRC region were invited to apply for funding earlier this year. Awarded projects address a wide variety of healthcare needs throughout the region, ranging from increasing maternal care in rural communities to expanding behavioral health services. “Improving access to quality healthcare is essential for ensuring the vitality of our rural communities. By addressing gaps in the existing healthcare delivery systems, these investments will improve both the quality of life and the health outcomes for residents in our region,” said Chris Saunders, Federal Co-Chair of the Northern Border Regional Commission. “In building a rural economy that works for all residents it is crucial to have a healthcare system that meets the needs of the people who live here.” HRSA collaborates with regional partners like the Northern Border Regional Commission to expand access to high-quality healthcare and services in underserved areas to address healthcare disparities, improve health outcomes, and strengthen local health systems, ensuring residents in these rural communities receive the care they need. Thirteen grants, totaling over $3 million in funds, were awarded. For a full list of projects, please view our full press release.

Advancing Food and Childcare Systems in Rural Georgia: Childcare Access and Nutrition Systems (CANS) Grant Program

Funding Overview The Childcare Access and Nutrition Systems (CANS) Grant Program is funded through a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) and the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC). USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service provided the funding to SCRC to advance regional food and childcare systems in the distressed-identified rural counties of Dougherty and Upson, Georgia. The SCRC geographic area stretches from the Tidewater part of eastern Virginia southward through the Carolinas along Interstate 95, west through Georgia and lower Alabama, and northwesterly to the Mississippi Delta. According to a recent Wallet Hub economic study, Georgia is the sixth most financially distressed state in the country and has the ninth most people with accounts in distress and the 10th highest average number of accounts in distress across the United States. Georgia’s Southeast Crescent region is mostly rural, offering natural beauty, a distinct cultural heritage and relative proximity to metropolitan Atlanta, which is the leading economic driver of the state. While most counties in Georgia are economically distressed, the changing demographics of the region, ranging from high-growth areas to those that are losing population, require special interventions and policies to help close the region’s development and economic growth gap. This grant program will support rural Georgia communities’ economic development efforts and maintain and improve a healthy Georgia population by leveraging funding assistance from the USDA RD to key Administration priorities, such as advancing racial equity place-based growth, and opportunity by ensuring rural residents in the most distressed communities in Georgia have equitable access to RD programs and benefit from RD funded projects. Timeline SCRC CANS Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) (PDF) About the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC)The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (SCRC) is a federal-state partnership authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill to promote and encourage economic development in areas of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and all of Florida. SCRC invests in projects that support basic infrastructure, business development, natural resources, and workforce/labor development. SCRC’s mission is to help create jobs, build communities, and improve the lives of those who reside in the 428 counties of the seven-state region.

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