THE OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY NEWSLETTER
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Virginia State Loan Repayment Program Receives $500K in Funding
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Olivette Burroughs, members of the workforce development team, and the Division of Rural Health & Primary Care- under the direction of Heather Anderson, secured $500k in funding for Virginia’s State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP), for the next four years. Achieving such funding will assist efforts to increase primary care provider presence in diverse underserved communities across the state, known as, Health Provider Shortage Areas (HPSA). Wins like this help the office come closer to achieving health equity for all Virginians.
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Office of Health Equity's Olivette Burroughs will Join 3RNet Board Leadership
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Office of Health Equity's Olivette Burroughs has been elected to serve on the board of directors at 3RNet for the 2018-2019 year.
3RNet is a not-for-profit organization in 49 states which places health care professionals in rural and underserved communities.
Olivette Burroughs currently serves as the Health Workforce Specialist/Program Manager with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), Office of Health Equity (OHE). In this role, she is responsible for the coordination and assessment of the OHE health workforce recruitment/retention initiatives and incentive programs. She addresses challenges and advance goals identified through the strategic planning processes, with a focus on medically underserved areas of Virginia and the assurance of diverse and culturally competent providers.
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Registration is now open—join 3RNet for the 2018 Annual Conference!
2018 3RNet Annual Conference
September 11 – 13, 2018
Loews Philadelphia Hotel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018 Conference includes three separate events:
- Optional: Pre-Conference Design & Dissemination Studio —new this year!
- Main Conference
- Optional: Post-Conference Workshop (employer-focused but all welcome)
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Find out if you should attend and to register on the 3RNet website.
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Danville’s Youth Health Equity Leadership Institute (Danville YHELI) Student Leaders In Action!
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Fourteen Danville Youth Health Equity Leadership Institute (Danville YHELI) students served as youth ambassadors who welcomed approximately 1,500 students and families to George Washington High School’s (GWHS) Open House on August 6.
“I am happy to help other students become leaders like me,” said one youth ambassador at the event’s conclusion.
Some students received training to serve as mentors, and will support GWHS freshman throughout the 2018-2019 school year. The Danville YHELI program supports the Healthy People 2020 goal of increasing on-time high school graduation rates.
Shani Gaylord, Danville YHELI Program Manager, oversees program implementation of this five-year grant initiative funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, through the State Partnership Initiative to Address Health Disparities.
To learn more about the Danville YHELI, view the program on the
web or by contacting
Shani Gaylord at
(804) 489-6459.
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Virginia Joins
Practice Sights Retention Collaborative & Data Management System
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Virginia is the twentieth state to join the
Practice Sights Retention Collaborative and Data Management System
, administered by the University of North Carolina Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.
The
Practice Sights
Retention Collaborative & Data Management System
is a survey system that will allow the Virginia Primary Care Office (PCO), housed in the Office of Health Equity (OHE) and stakeholders like Federally-Qualified Health Centers to understand what is and is not effective to improve recruitment and retention of providers serving vulnerable and underserved communities.
To add context, a primary role of the Virginia PCO, is to increase the number of health care providers serving vulnerable populations in safety net facilities and underserved areas of the Commonwealth.
Practice Sights
gathers information from obligated providers and their employers on both the facilities and communities in which they work. Importantly, providers are surveyed after their service obligation is complete, allowing us to understand the factors that lead to long-term retention of providers in underserved areas.
Some obligated providers and their employers may have already have received surveys, while others may in the near future. We feel it is important to inform stakeholders that
completing the survey is voluntary and has no effect on participation in recruitment and retention programs
. We expect the annual surveys to take approximately 10 minutes to complete, while the benefits to safety net providers and the communities they serve will last forever.
To learn more about Virginia’s participation in
Practice Sights
please contact:
Anna Riggan
at
anna.riggan@vdh.virginia.gov
or
(804) 864-7434
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2019-20 Grant Application Announcement Now Open!
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The Virginia Department of Health’s State Office of Rural Health (VA-SORH) will release the FY2019-20 grantee funding round in the fall. Be on the look out for the announcement in the coming months.
The State Office of Rural Health uses HRSA federal funding to provide grants to:
- public agencies, tribal organizations or private nonprofits holding a 501(c)3 tax-exemption in the Commonwealth of Virginia that is a designated rural service provider, rural health clinic, health professional shortage area or medically under-served area/population,
- encourage collaboration with local health departments and other organizations focusing on rural needs,
- and meet the needs of rural health communities and providers in the Commonwealth.
If you are unable to find a grant opportunity offered that meets your organization's needs, VA-SORH offers an innovative/open grant program. Please stay tuned for more information as the grant window is open and available for funding.
Questions can be directed to
Ashley Clark when the official release date has been announced at (804)-864-7432.
To apply: visit the the VA-SORH page,
here.
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Addressing Health Inequities: Understanding Virginia's Plan for Well Being
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LOCATION
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
DATE AND TIME
09/08/18
2:00pm -
09/08/18
4:00pm
There’s power in our communities that can catalyze new opportunities for everyone to achieve their full health potential.
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Secure funds for your community-based organization by learning the best approaches for planning, writing, and submitting grants. Learn tips and skills that will take you beyond meeting grant requirements and deadlines and start winning grant proposals!
Through exercises and discussion, participants will:
- Learn the elements of a successful grant proposal
- Gain tools that will assist with grant critiquing
- And more!
WHEN:
Friday, September 14, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD 21205
COST: $10
Payment is due in advance of the workshop via check or cash only. Please make all checks payable to "Johns Hopkins University". Payments should be dropped off or mailed no later than
Friday, August
10
to the following address:
Urban Health Institute
Baltimore, MD 21205
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African American woman. Matriarch. Immortal. Henrietta Lacks
Virginia native Henrietta Lacks, is being honored by the Commonwealth from September 23-29, 2018 during
Henrietta Lacks Legacy Week
. This week long celebration of events will commemorate her life, the legacy of her immortal cells, and serve as the official kick-off of the
Henrietta Lacks Commission
.
Join us for events in Halifax and Richmond, Virginia to be apart of history!
Detailed layout of events will soon follow.
General inquiries:
lauren.powell@vdh.virginia.gov.
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Education and Funding Opportunities
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Funding Opportunity
Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Funds projects that use computers, information technology and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their healthcare providers.
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Funding Opportunity
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program Grant. Eligibility is limited to state, county, city, township or Native American tribal governments.
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Conference
Registration is open for the
2018 Southwest Hep C Tribal Summit and Arizona Statewide American Indian STD/HIV Conference
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Funding Opportunity
Biologic Factors Underlying Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Grant.
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Award
Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy. Supports dissertation research on public policy issues such as prevention of child abuse, school programs for children with psychological issues, services for youth in the criminal justice system, and healthy parenting.
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Funding Opportunity
Social Epigenomics Research Focused on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01) Grant. Funds epigenomic investigations focused on identifying and characterizing the mechanisms by which social experiences at various stages in life affect gene function and thereby influence health trajectories or modify disease risk.
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This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human (HHS) under grant number H95RHoo138
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