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Rural Health Network Annual Campaign
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For twenty years, Rural Health Network has worked to advance the health and well-being of rural people and communities in South Central New York. Highlights of our recent work are featured in What Matters - Rural Matters, our 2017 Impact Report.
As we look toward 2019, we plan to expand our community health education offerings and develop additional volunteer driver programs in rural communities. We are also launching a new website to share our work and will be embarking on a research project to learn more about how our work in rural communities helps improve the health of those we serve. Click below if you would like to help us continue impacting rural people and communities.
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Rural Health Network to Begin Two Year Social Determinants Project
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With funding support from the New York State Health Foundation and Care Compass Network, Rural Health Network is initiating a two year project to improve data collection and measurement of social determinants of health. The goals of the project are to determine the effectiveness of specific social determinant of health interventions, provide resources and tranining opportunities for rural community-based-organizations, and help guide and inform the development of data collection and measurement.
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Emma Nalin
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Emma Nalin, who has worked with Rural Health Network as a Community Health Worker for the past year will lead the project. Ms. Nalin has dual Masters Degrees in Public Health and Applied Anthropology and a strong academic research background. She brings both practical experience providing social determinant support services through her Community Health Worker position and an academic background which will be important to the project.
Speaking about the importance of this project, Executive Director Jack Salo said: If we are to successfully compete and have a role in providing services like food assistance, transportation, housing, health education and case management support in partnership with healthcare providers, we need to know if these services are effective in changing health behaviors and health outcomes.
A project advisory committee will help guide the work and a consultant will be selected in January to provide technical assistance on data collection and measurement design.
Read the full article here. |
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The Rural Health Network Is seeking one or more Community Health Workers to provide outreach to engage individuals enrolled in Medicaid and uninsured county specific populations to efficiently access health related services including, prescription medication, vision/dental services, financial assistance, health insurance, transportation, healthy foods, housing, and health advocacy.
Additional details are available on our website. Apply online by January 18 or until position is filled.
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Tioga Tells Project Update
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To get involved with Tioga Tells, please contact Project Lead Deanna Hutchison or (607) 687-8614. Tioga Tells Facebook group
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Open House Recap
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Open House on December 6th. The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce helped us kick off the event with a ribbon cutting to celebrate our recent move to 455 Court Street in Binghamton.
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| Left to Right: Sandra Sanzo, Board Member; Lenore Boris, Board Chair; Jack Salo, Executive Director; Carol Armstrong and Jennifer Conway, Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce; Clifford Crouch, NY State Assemblyman; and Maureen Abbott, Board Member. |
Guests had an opportunity to talk with Board and staff members, learn more about our programs, and enjoy some refreshments, including this Southwest Chicken & Butternut Squash Chili recipe developed for Farm to School taste tests.
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Learn more about Farm to School at the new
Food & Health Network website. |
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The 2017 - 2018 AmeriCorps term for Rural Health Service Corps wrapped up on November 30, 2018. This past year, our members served at 14 different host sites: Healthy Lifestyles Coalition, Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network, Broome County Office for Aging, Southern Tier AIDS Program, Faith in Action, CASA-Trinity, Tioga County Health Department, VINES, Food and Health Network, BRiDGES, Promise Zone, Family Counseling Services, and Cortland Area Communities That Care. We are extremely proud of the great work our members have done with these organizations, combating the opioid epidemic and addressing food security concerns in Broome County. The 2018 - 2019 year is officially underway, and many part- and full-time positions are still available. To learn more about our program, please
visit our website.
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Getthere's Transportation to Employment Program Adds a New Team Member
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On December 13th, Getthere added its latest member to the team - a Ford Transit passenger van. The van hails from Maryland, and says it can't wait to get rolling here in the Southern Tier. And since there are no extra desks in the Getthere office, the van has agreed to take a position that requires regular travel. We're glad to have the van on board.
Why hire a passenger van, you ask? It's the next step for the Transportation to Employment Program in our mission to help more people get to work without the need of a personal car.
The culture in our region is a car-centric one, which, for individuals for whom the costs of owning a car are prohibitive, leaves many of them stranded without a job and on the economic margins.
Getthere is embracing alternative commuting options, encouraging residents to commit to ridesharing in a car or van with colleagues. When owning a car is not financially feasible, or when public transportation doesn't service the routes and schedules for many in the workforce, innovative approaches are necessary. Getthere is bringing those innovative approaches to the Southern Tier and regularly changing transportation perspectives.
We'd like to invite you along for the ride. If you have questions about the Transportation to Employment Program, or about how you or your employees can take advantage of carpooling/vanpooling to work, please email Shane Solar-Doherty at [email protected].
The Transportation to Employment Program
is funded by Governor Cuomo's Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI), through the Binghamton-Broome Anti-Poverty Initiative (BBAPI).
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Introducing New Farm to School AmeriCorps/VISTA Members
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Melanie Cutillo
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Melanie Cutillo joined FaHN last month as our 2018-19 VISTA Food Access and Development Coordinator. She has a diverse background in international Food Rights, Public Health, Women's Studies, and Rural Development as a researcher and consultant. Her experiences includes research identifying the impact of rural women's agricultural rights upon health status of children and families in India and Ecuador.
Over her term of service, Melanie will be supporting initiatives such as the Anti-Hunger Task Force and the Farm to School Program to reduce food insecurity and improve health in the Southern Tier. In her spare time Melanie offers free cooking classes, focusing on local foods and creative healthy menus based on the farm-to-fork model.
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Maggie Caroompas
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Maggie Caroompas started an AmeriCorps term this week as our first
Farm to School Educator for the
Food and Health Network.
Maggie has been a Binghamton resident her whole life. She graduated from Tompkins Cortland Community College with an Associate's Degree in Sustainable Farming and Food Systems.
Maggie will be working with schools to promote healthy, local food in school meals by recruiting volunteers, creating educational programs for students, and coordinating taste tests and other activities. She
enjoys her job making coffee at Laveggio Roasteria, playing trumpet, volunteering with VINES, and spending time with her two dogs.
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| Opioid Overdose Prevention Training |
| Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP) and Lourdes Youth Services Alcohol and Drug Education Prevention Team (ADEPT) have partnered to provide FREE Naloxone* training sessions the first Thursday of every month from 5 - 6 pm. The next session is scheduled for January 3, 2019. Participants will learn about overdose prevention and how to correctly administer Naloxone. If you live or work with someone who is at risk for an opioid overdose, this training is for you. This training is open to the public. Anyone who may come in contact with someone who is using an opiate or opioid may attend including professionals, community members, and concerned family members. For more information, Call (607) 584-3114 or register online. |
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From all of us at the Rural Health Network,
may you have a safe, healthy, and happy Holiday season.
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To support our work at Rural Health Network,
If you're shopping at Amazon, you can support Rural Health Network by making your purchases though Amazonsmile.
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Advancing the health and well-being of rural people and communities.
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