{"id":230605,"date":"2021-07-23T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=230605"},"modified":"2021-07-24T14:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T19:43:55","slug":"nd-receives-1-2-million-rural-clinics-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=230605","title":{"rendered":"ND receives $1.2 million, rural clinics vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi) \u00a0 The Biden Administration has provided $1,238,225 to support rural health clinics in ND with vaccination efforts, particularly as many communities face increased challenges caused by the Delta variant. The funds will go to 25 Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) who will use these resources to combat COVID-19 misinformation by developing and implementing additional vaccine confidence and outreach efforts. The funding was made available by the American Rescue Plan and is being administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through the Rural Health Clinic Vaccine Confidence (RHCVC) Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cRural health clinics play a crucial role in supporting our national vaccination effort to defeat COVID-19,\u201d said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. \u201cThis funding will give trusted messengers in rural communities the tools they need to counsel patients on how COVID-19 vaccines can help protect them and their loved ones.\u201d
\nRHCs are well positioned to disseminate information about how and where to get vaccinated at the local level, and coordinate with existing vaccination sites and public health partners to identify strategies to increase vaccine confidence among key populations. RHCs will also use this funding to improve health literacy, focusing on vaccine safety and the benefits of broad vaccination for rural communities. These efforts will improve health care in rural areas by reinforcing key messages about prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
\nHRSA is making grant awards to RHCs based on the number of certified clinic sites they operate, providing approximately $49,500 per clinic site. RHCs are a special designation given to health care practices in underserved rural areas by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help ensure access to care for rural residents.
\n\u201cRural Health Clinics are critical partners in addressing health equity gaps, including those related to vaccination,\u201d said HRSA Acting Administrator Diana Espinosa. \u201cThis funding will help Rural Health Clinics address the barriers people in their communities face to getting vaccinated and build confidence in vaccines through trusted resources for health care services and health information.\u201d
\nHRSA also awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement to the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health<\/a> to provide technical assistance to the RHCs participating in this Program. The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health will work closely with the National Association of Rural Health Clinics<\/a>, the technical assistance provider for the RHC COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Program<\/a>. Collaboration between HRSA and these organizations ensures RHCs will receive coordinated technical assistance to support their COVID-19 response and improve health care in rural communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi) \u00a0 The Biden Administration has provided $1,238,225 to support rural health clinics in ND with vaccination efforts, particularly as many communities face increased challenges caused by the Delta variant. The funds will go to 25 Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) who will use these resources to combat COVID-19 misinformation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":219961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=230605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230638,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230605\/revisions\/230638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/219961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=230605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=230605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=230605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}