March 26, 2025

Learn

The American Heart Association’s Rural Healthcare Outcomes Accelerator offers eligible rural hospitals access to the platform, "Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke, Coronary Artery Disease, and/or Heart Failure" at no cost through 2027. Enrollment is open through June 30, 2025. For more information, inquire here.

The Cybersecurity Risks in Rural Healthcare Webinar, presented by Microsoft and the Wisconsin Hospital Association, was held on March 13. Please see the recording and view the slides to learn more.

The first monthly session of Grow the Rural Obstetrical Workforce in Wisconsin (GROW-WI) will be held on April 22. The topic is Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy. Register to participate.

The Supporting Farmers' Mental Health training course is online and self-paced. An offering of UW-Green Bay, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis

The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) will be hosting a virtual grant writing workshop on April 2. Click here to register, and find out more about when the WPP will be in your community.

Fund

2025 Community Impact Level Two: ACCELERATE

Offered via the Wisconsin Partnership Program

Letter of Intent Due April 22, 2025

Amount: Up to $500,000

Duration: Up to three years

A grant to support community partnership initiatives to improve health and advance health equity by addressing the social determinants of health in Wisconsin's urban, rural, and tribal communities.

Learn more about how to apply

Rural Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Planning and Development Grant

Due: April 17, 2025

Amount: Up to $500,000

Duration: Four years

Supports the development or expansion of sustainable PACE programs to improve delivery of comprehensive medical and social services tailored to the needs of elderly people in rural areas

Learn more about how to apply

Changemaker Birth Center Accreditation Grants

Ongoing applications accepted

To assist birth center applicants with fees due to the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC) with a special focus on rural and low-income communities

Learn more at the program website

Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program

Due: April 17, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. ET

Loan repayment funds to RNs and APRNs working in an eligible critical shortage facility or as faculty at an eligible school of nursing

Learn more about how to apply

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

Due: May 1, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. ET

Three loan repayment programs with increased funding for eligible clinicians, including an increase of 50 percent in the two-year award amount to $75,000 for full-time primary care participants

Compare programs and learn more about eligibility, site types, and service commitment.

Please contact Kevin Jacobson, WORH Loan Assistance Program Manager, for help identifying grant opportunities to support your important work.

Celebrate

The Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WORH) celebrates the recent placement of a talented pediatrician in a welcoming northwestern Wisconsin community with the assistance of our WORH physician recruiter, Laura Ketterhagen. Candidates, health systems, and independent hospitals and clinics can partner with WORH for personalized physician placement services. Please contact Laura to learn more.

We celebrate graduates of the 2024-2025 Wisconsin Quality Residency Program, a 10-month program specifically designed for new quality leaders in health care. WORH is a shared sponsor of this program in partnership with the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) and the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC). Together, we build and deliver a curriculum to inspire and qualify Wisconsin's next cohort of health care quality leaders.

See Brenda Davidson's story, one year after lifesaving treatment for her heart attack from Gunderson Boscobel, whose team participates in "Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke, Coronary Artery Disease, and/or Heart Failure," a program of the Rural Healthcare Outcomes Accelerator offered by the American Heart Association.

Reference

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