Rural health and human services resources for California, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/states/ The Health Resources and Services Administration is issuing a non-competitive replacement award under the Telehealth Resource Center Grant Program to the California Telehealth Network in order to continue advancement of the effective use of telehealth technology that will facilitate the provision of health care services to rural, medically-underserved California residents. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/31/2012-2071/public-health-service-act-non-competitive-replacement-award Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:29:24 CST https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/01/31/2012-2071/public-health-service-act-non-competitive-replacement-award Los Angeles CA October 14, 2012 -- National PACE Association http://www.npaonline.org/website/article.asp?id=737 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:12:16 CST http://www.npaonline.org/website/article.asp?id=737 Los Angeles Times, (CA) article reports that California has pulled funding for school transportation for the rest of this fiscal year and may eliminate it entirely next year. In Death Valley, where some students have a two-hour round trip, the cut is 'catastrophic.' http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rural-schools-20120119,0,4691011.story Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:20:25 CST http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rural-schools-20120119,0,4691011.story San Diego CA March 12, 2012 -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:44:44 CST http://www.activelivingresearch.org/conference Describes a private nonprofit community-based organization serving rural communities in California by providing affordable housing to low and moderate income persons and for providing assistance to qualified persons in the areas of housing, energy and water conservation. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/rv_winter2011-12.pdf#page=8 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:44:41 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/rv_winter2011-12.pdf#page=8 Overview of the demographics, population health, the uninsured and Medicaid in the State of California. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8268.pdf Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:07:13 CST http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/8268.pdf Sacramento CA March 30, 2012 -- Remote Area Medical Foundation http://ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:19:55 CST http://ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm Oakland CA March 22, 2012 -- Remote Area Medical Foundation http://ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:18:14 CST http://ramusa.org/expeditions/schedule.htm This entire issue of Rural Voices is dedicated to the topic of rural homelessness. Highlights some of the innovative ways rural homeless providers are accessing and usingresources in Michigan, Minnesota, California, Georgia, and Kentucky. -- Housing Assistance Council http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall2007.pdf Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:39:27 CST http://www.ruralhome.org/storage/documents/voicesfall2007.pdf Coronado CA February 29, 2012 -- 340B Coalition http://www.340bconferences.org/conferences/index.htm Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:39:29 CST http://www.340bconferences.org/conferences/index.htm San Diego CA September 9, 2012 http://www.ivatcenters.org/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:51:51 CST http://www.ivatcenters.org/ Los Angeles CA July 11, 2012 -- National Association of County and City Health Officials http://www.nacchoannual.org/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:36:27 CST http://www.nacchoannual.org/ Loans to help create and improve essential community facilities in the rural West. -- Rural Community Assistance Corporation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2699 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:59:42 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2699 Loans to finance water and waste facility projects in the rural West. -- Rural Community Assistance Corporation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2697 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:09:34 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2697 Loan program helps create, improve or expand the supply of affordable housing for communities in the rural West. -- Rural Community Assistance Corporation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2696 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:58:27 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2696 Information and resources about US-Mexico border health issues. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/border_health/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:04:04 CST http://www.raconline.org/topics/border_health/ San Diego CA August 6, 2012 http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_1938.pdf Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:06:27 CST http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_1938.pdf San Diego CA June 3, 2012 http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_1938.pdf Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:57:53 CST http://www.borderhealth.org/files/res_1938.pdf Presents important health indicators - demographics, environmental health, influenza, injury, dental health, and substance abuse - for border and binational communities in California. -- California Office of Binational Border Health http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cobbh/Documents/COBBH%20Border%20Health%20Status%20Report%20to%20the%20Legislature%202009.pdf Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:50:29 CST http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cobbh/Documents/COBBH%20Border%20Health%20Status%20Report%20to%20the%20Legislature%202009.pdf Discusses WICHE's focus in 2012 which includes finance, access and success, workforce and society, technology and innovation, and accountability. Highlights students exchange programs in rural and underserved areas, rural healthcare initiatives, and rural primary care clinics. -- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education http://www.wiche.edu/info/publications/workplan2012.pdf Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:26:54 CST http://www.wiche.edu/info/publications/workplan2012.pdf San Francisco CA October 27, 2012 -- American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:15:31 CST http://www.apha.org/ Anaheim CA February 21, 2012 -- National Association of County and City Health Officials http://www.phprep.org/2012/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:00:40 CST http://www.phprep.org/2012/ Group of partners working together to create new telecommunications infrastructure, allowing California's rural communities to access a broad range of technology-enhanced services to improve the quality of health care services. -- California Telemedicine and eHealth Center http://www.caltelehealth.org/home Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:55:32 CST http://www.caltelehealth.org/home Starting point for the identification and discussion of policy and regulatory issues likely to arise in connection with MSSP, Pioneer, and commercial ACOs in California. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/resources/download.aspx?id=%7b62F85CB0-C13A-47B5-B334-2A59CC77A9E6%7d Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:40:37 CST http://www.chcf.org/resources/download.aspx?id=%7b62F85CB0-C13A-47B5-B334-2A59CC77A9E6%7d Discussion about health insurance regulation in California and the policies, structures, and new responsibilities needed to implement the ACA. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/resources/download.aspx?id=%7bD539C040-5451-46E7-86D1-F32C80A82372%7d Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:37:12 CST http://www.chcf.org/resources/download.aspx?id=%7bD539C040-5451-46E7-86D1-F32C80A82372%7d Policy brief focuses on implementation of the TDA provisions related to health plan, insurer, and Medi-Cal telemedicine coverage and payment policies. http://www.connectedhealthca.org/sites/default/files/Staying%20Connected%20CA%20Telemedicine%20Development%20Act%20Progress%20Report%20March%202010%20%281%29.pdf Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:51:56 CST http://www.connectedhealthca.org/sites/default/files/Staying%20Connected%20CA%20Telemedicine%20Development%20Act%20Progress%20Report%20March%202010%20%281%29.pdf Report puts forth a Model Statute, a platform for the ideal California telehealth policy environment, developed by the Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP). http://www.cwib.ca.gov/res/docs/special_committees/hwdc/meeting_materials/2011/Telehealth_Model_Statute_Report_Feb_2011.pdf Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:40:24 CST http://www.cwib.ca.gov/res/docs/special_committees/hwdc/meeting_materials/2011/Telehealth_Model_Statute_Report_Feb_2011.pdf Examines the health of rural elders and theirurban counterparts, and finds that both groups are more likely to be unhealthy than suburbanolder adults. -- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/ruralolderadultspb.pdf Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:25:46 CST http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/ruralolderadultspb.pdf The Humana Foundation supports charitable activities that promote healthy lives and communities. -- Humana Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2632 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:37:45 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2632 Describes the use of HIT by physicians, hospitals, and community clinics and reveals overall growth in adoption, with certain key gaps. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/resources/download.aspx?id=%7b31EF7F0D-D65D-4E6C-9B76-F0A8DA554B2C%7d Tue, 10 May 2011 13:46:38 CST http://www.chcf.org/resources/download.aspx?id=%7b31EF7F0D-D65D-4E6C-9B76-F0A8DA554B2C%7d