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Rural Health Network Development Planning

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Rural Health Network Development Planning

IPHI received the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Network Development Planning grant to improve perinatal health in Virginia. IPHI will partner with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Cumberland Plateau Health District to improve health outcomes in the District.  

The Rural Health Network Development Planning grant was awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to work with local and state partners to improve perinatal health outcomes. This project will take place in the Cumberland Plateau Health District and will support IPHI in working with the Virginia Department of Health, Cumberland Plateau Health District, Ballad Health System, Carillion Tazewell Community Hospital, and the Cumberland Mountain Community Service Board. 

HRSA awarded a $100,000 grant to develop a rural health network through June 2025. The Network will focus on improving perinatal health outcomes within the four-county district of the Cumberland Plateau in Virginia including:  

  • Buchanan, 
  • Dickenson, 
  • Russell, and  
  • Tazewell counties.  

The Network will draw on the community’s strengths and assets to address challenges to perinatal health care by completing a regional perinatal health gap analysis, developing a perinatal health care coordination blueprint to enhance organizational/regional capacity, and identifying resources. 

To learn more about the Rural Health Network Development Planning and how you can contribute to this important initiative, please contact Senior Program Manager Rebecca Epstein at [email protected].