Larry Hogan, Governor
Boyd K. Rutherford, Lieutenant Governor
Robert R. Neall, Health Secretary
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Allan Anderson, MD, Chair
Elizabeth Chung,
Vice-Chair
Scott T. Gibson
J. Wayne Howard
Celeste James
Surina Jordan, PhD
Barry Ronan
Erica I. Shelton, MD
Ivy Simmons,PhD
Julie Wagner
Anthony C. Wisniewski
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Mark Luckner, Executive Director
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Resource Guide:
This Resource Guide is a one-stop-shop for rural leaders looking for Federal funding and partnership opportunities to support local response efforts. The Resource Guide was developed by the USDA Rural Development and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. This resource and a Community Assessment Tool are all part of the USDA's Community Opioid Misuse Toolbox which can be accessed on USDA's Rural Opioid Misuse Webpage. Please share with rural leaders, stakeholders, and community members who may find it useful.
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Funding Opportunity: Horizon Foundation - Mental Health Outreach and Community Engagement
The Horizon Foundation seeks committed organizational partners to help increase Howard County parent and student awareness of the signs/symptoms of anxiety and depression. The Foundation is also seeking organizational partners to help encourage and normalize help-seeking behavior related to mental health, address social and cultural stigmas that could prevent people from getting the help they need and further help parents learn about and take advantage of school-based mental health services in schools where they exist.
Applications are due December 7, 2018.
For more information, click here.
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Integrating Oral and General Health Through Health Literacy Practices: A Workshop
December 6, 2018, Keck Center (100) * 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
The Roundtable on Health Literacy will convene a workshop on integrating oral and general health through health literacy practices. This workshop is the culmination of the work of the roundtable's oral health collaborative.
For more information and to register, click here.
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CHRC Call for Proposals generates 114 Letters of Intent requesting $46.6 million
The Call for Proposals issued by the CHRC earlier this fall generated 114 Letters of Intent (LOIs) requesting $46.6 million in funding. Of this total, more than 54% (62 of 114) were submitted by applicants who have not received a grant from the CHRC in the past, and 41 LOIs were submitted by first-time applicants. Full grant proposals are due to the CHRC on December 17. Grant awards are expected to be made by the CHRC in late February 2019. The CHRC is in a position to award $5.9 million in new grant funding this fiscal year.
This year's Call for Proposals looks to support three categories of programs:
(1) Promoting delivery of essential health care services: primary/preventative care services, dental services, and women's health care services;
(2) Addressing the heroin and opioid epidemic through integrated behavioral health service delivery; and
(3) Promoting food security and addressing childhood and family obesity.
More information about this year's Call for Proposals and application instructions can be found on the CHRC website.
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Maryland Celebrates National Rural Health Day in Westminster
CHRC grantee Access Carroll hosted Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford, Maryland Department of Health Deputy Secretary Fran Phillips, and other state and local officials as part of Maryland's celebration of Rural Health Day on November 15. Access Carroll received three grants from the CHRC totaling $525,000, which they have leveraged to receive an additional $840,000 from the private sector. Access Carroll provides somatic, behavioral health, and dental services, all in one location, in an underserved and rural area of the state.
As part of the Rural Health Day celebration, the CHRC was invited to take part in a webinar hosted by the Maryland State Office of Rural Health and the CHRC presentation described programs implemented by CHRC grantees to improve health outcomes in rural communities. For a copy of the presentation, click
here.
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Through a proclamation, Governor Larry Hogan declared November 15, 2018 as Maryland Rural Health Day.
From left to right: Tammy Black, Executive Director, Access Carroll; Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford; and Edwin Singer, Carroll County Health Officer.
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The CHRC has awarded 107 of its 210 grants to support projects in rural areas in the state. These 107 projects have been awarded $28 million and collectively served more than 82,000 residents in rural areas of the state. For more information about CHRC grants in rural communities, click
here.
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Charles County Mobile Integrated Health receives
2018 Health Quality Innovators of the Year Award for Collaboration
CHRC grantee Charles County Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) received the 2018 Health Quality Innovators of the Year Award for Collaboration at the Maryland Care Transitions Forum and Health Quality Innovator Award Event held by Health Quality Innovators on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. This award recognizes organizations for using evidence-based approaches to improve quality of care, create healthier communities, and lower health care costs. Charles County MIH supports patients at risk for admission, frequent emergency department users, and frequent 911 callers through home visits after discharge. Supported by the Charles County Department of Health, the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center, and the Charles County Department of Emergency Services, this winning program has reduced ED visits by 60% and EMS call volume by 48% among participants.
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The Charles County MIH team includes Pamela Gantt, NREMT-P, paramedic; Jennifer Hunt, RN, BSN, Community Health Nurse; and Wanda Mahoney, Community Health Worker.
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The Charles County MIH program is one of several recent CHRC funded programs that is generating quantifiable outcomes as measured by cost-savings and/or improvement in clinical outcomes. For more information these programs, click here.
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The University of Maryland Department of Pediatrics Completes a CHRC Grant to Address Childhood Obesity
The University of Maryland Department of Pediatrics recently completed a three-year grant from the CHRC to support the Healthiest Maryland Schools program which aimed to reduce the prevalence of obesity among low-income, urban, African-American elementary school-aged children. The program equipped children and their parents/caregivers with the knowledge and skills needed to adopt health-promoting behaviors while also training the next generation of health professionals to broadly disseminate pediatric obesity prevention messages to the public.
Under the grant, 128 students from the University of Maryland professional schools were trained as "Health Leaders" who delivered after-school healthy eating and active living programs to school children in six Baltimore City elementary schools.
The program also trained pediatric residents and attending physicians from the Pediatrics at Midtown clinic in pediatric obesity prevention, detection, and management. This CHRC funding laid the groundwork for a growing school wellness program at the University of Maryland, leading to subsequent funding from the USDA and CDC.
The project is one of 15 CHRC grants totaling $2.6 million aimed at reducing obesity and promoting food security. For more information about these programs, click
here .
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