Advancing the Redwood Region RISE Initiatives

September 2025 RRRISE Newsletter

Investing in People. Growing Community. Advancing Health & Caregiving.

🌟 RRRISE Initiative Updates

September 25 – 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Virtual Quarterly Collaborative Meeting

Theme: Forest & Fire Resilience in the Redwood Region

November 5, 2025 All-Day In-Person Regional Convening

Robertson Rancheria | Lake County | Registration Coming Soon!

Theme: How Do We Build Our Regional Collective Impact?

We’re excited to share the Redwood Region RISE Semi-Annual Report—highlighting implementation milestones, emerging cross-sector partnerships, Catalyst project rollouts, and our evolving tools and governance infrastructure.

Read the Semi-Annual Report

🌟 New One-Page Activation Plan Summary Now Available!

The North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN) is excited to announce the release of a new one-page summary tool that distills the key elements of the Redwood Region RISE Activation Plan into an easy-to-read format.

This resource provides a clear, visual overview of the strategies, tactics, and tasks outlined in the full Activation Plan, helping partners and stakeholders quickly understand the regional roadmap for improving health equity and community well-being.

👉 Access Activation Plan Summary

💸 Funding & Financing

Opportunities

🔹 Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood invites letters of intent

The next deadline for submitting a LOI is September 30, 2025.

🔹 Advanced Practice Healthcare Scholarship Program (APHSP)

Application window: Sept. 2 – Oct. 3, 2025.

🔹 Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Programs

Applications deadlines throughout September 2025.

🔹 BH-CONNECT Demonstration: Five New Workforce Initiatives

Includes loan repayment, scholarships, provider training, and residency support.

🔹 HRSA NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program

Full-time students in their final year of health professional education may be eligible for up to $120,000 in tax-free loan repayment. Application deadline: November 6, 2025.

👉 Need Help Applying? Reach out to RISE for technical assistance, partnership ideas, and proposal review support.

Health Workforce Updates

Article: 6 Ways to Develop Careers of Your Employees

HRSA Awards $14M to Expand Rural Residencies

CHCF Staff Voices: Physician Workforce Report
40% of physicians work full-time in patient care
Latinos make up 40% of the California population but only 6% of physicians
25% of physicians are age 65+

USF Offering Degree In Health Care Simulation Operations: First-of-its-kind, university-based bachelor's degree in health care simulation operations.

Caregiving Corner

Urban Institute Brief: Raising Wages to Boost Child Care Supply

PPUC Testimony: The Economic Toll of Child Care for Californians

Governors’ Perspectives on Child Care

Insights on supply/demand trends to watch.

California’s Changing Child Care Landscape
Access the policy brief

Source: PPIC Policy Brief August 2025 - California’s Changing Child Care Landscape

📣 Federal & State Policy Spotlight

The California Endowment Webinar Recording

"State & Federal Budget Updates: What’s Ahead for Medi-Cal and California’s Health Landscape" Held on August 20, 2025

CMS Announces Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program - (NOFO) expected later in September

ASTHO: Understanding and Applying for the Rural Health Transformation Program

CA Rural Health Transformation - HCAI Wants Your Ideas!
Sign up for our Rural Health email listserv
Select “Rural Health” under the Healthcare Workforce

Training & Technical Assistance

NEW PATH On-Demand Resources

Building Resiliency Toolkit
Enhanced Care Management & Community Supports Estimator
Queer & Trans Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit
ECM with Children & Youth in Child Welfare

Strategic Partnership Development: Achieving Collaborative Advantage in Public Health Toolkit

AHA Webinar Recording: Harnessing the Power of Partnerships

NCHIIN CIE

Hub Pilot Projects Take Flight

With support from the Humboldt Community Health Trust, the North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN) and Humboldt IPA, are piloting “hub” services to support locally contracted Enhanced Case Management, Community Support Providers, and other interested parties.

Early pilot services include using the North Coast Care Connect Community Information Exchange for shared data and case management functionality, along with hub-based billing services. This hub model aims to connect individuals and families with the care they need while streamlining administrative services for providers.

To participate in the hub pilot or learn more contact Jessica Osborne-Stafsnes.