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Mental Health

New Healthcare Primary Care Opens in Reynolds, Georgia with Help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biden-Harris Administration American Rescue Plan Invests in Rural Healthcare

Reynolds, Ga., Dec. 11, 2023 – This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and executives from Mercer Medicine Taylor County cut the ceremonial ribbon, opening a new primary care facility that will serve Taylor County in rural Middle Georgia. The facility was funded in part by USDA’s Rural Emergency Health Care Grant Program.

USDA RD Announces $2 Million to Expand Health Care, Broadband Across Rural Oregon

United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) Deputy Under Secretary Farah Ahmad today announced that the agency is investing over $2 million to help rural residents gain access to critical health care services and future telehealth programs across Oregon. The three telehealth projects will make behavioral health care, primary care, and dental services more affordable and accessible for some of the region’s most remote communities. 

USDA Awards Over $800,000 in Grants to Support Rural Oregon Health Care and Food Security

PORTLAND, Ore., November 17, 2022 — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director in Oregon Margi Hoffmann today announced that USDA is awarding $811,400 in grants for seven health care projects in six Oregon counties to expand access to health care and to combat food insecurity. The Biden-Harris Administration made these funds available in the Emergency Rural Health Care Grants Programs through its historic legislative package, the American Rescue Plan Act.

USDA Invests $13 Million on National Rural Health Care Day to Improve Health Care for Rural People Across Wisconsin

Stevens Point, Wis., November 17, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Wisconsin Julie Lassa today announced that USDA is awarding $13 million in grants to improve health care facilities in rural towns across Wisconsin. These grants will help 13 rural health care organizations expand critical services for rural residents in Wisconsin.

USDA Rural Development Announces $237,900 Grant for Clatsop Community Action Food Bank

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director Margi Hoffmann today announced that USDA is awarding Clatsop Community Action (CCA) a grant of $237,900. This investment will be used to purchase two new food distribution trucks and new dry and cold storage for the CCA Regional Food Bank. The investment is expected to benefit 36,858 people.