- Weathering the Storm Together: Community Resiliency Hubs Hold the Promise of Local Self-Sufficiency and Supportive Mutual Aid
- Virginia Tech Researchers Bring Rural Families into the Nation's Largest Study of Early Brain and Child Development
- Expanding Access to Cancer Care for Rural Veterans
- VA: Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee, Notice of Meeting
- Scaling Rural Wellness with Clever Collaboration
- Stroudwater Associates Enhances Rural Healthcare Dashboard with New Data to Support State Rural Transformation Grant Applications
- Harvest Season Is Here: Busy Times Call for Increased Focus on Safety and Health
- HHS Dispatches More Than 70 Public Health Service Officers to Strengthen Care in Tribal Communities
- Wisconsin Rural Hospitals Team up to Form Network
- CMS Launches Landmark $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program
- American Heart Association Provides Blood Pressure Kits at Southeast Arkansas Regional Libraries to Support Rural Health
- Broadening Access to Minimally Invasive Surgery Could Narrow Rural-Urban Health Gaps
- Instead of Selling, Some Rural Hospitals Band Together To Survive
- Help Line Gives Pediatricians Crucial Mental Health Information to Help Kids, Families
- Rural Health: A Strategic Opportunity for Governors
VHA Dementia Caregiver Video Series Launched! Serving Older Veterans
The Veterans Health Association (VHA) Office of Rural Health created this series for the family caregivers of veterans of dementia. Features of the series include issues pertaining to medication management, pain management, financial mismanagement, and safety risks.
Recovery Is Possible: Continuity of Care from Incarceration to Community
The latest episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast is a discussion with Kelsea O’Leary, Behavioral Health Program Manager for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She describes strategies for continuity of care for justice-involved citizens in recovery post-incarceration.
This is part 3 in a 3-part series featuring Innovation Tank finalists from the FORHP-supported Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
FarmSafe: A Podcast for Farmers and Their Advocates
Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FarmSafe podcast features agricultural workers and public health experts discussing a range of topics from mental health to natural disasters to cancer risk to managing ticks.
From Withdrawal to Regulation: The Brains Timeline for Early Recovery in Recovery Housing
On the first Thursday of each month, the Fletcher Group presents an online learning opportunity with the latest research, innovations, and best practices in subjects related to substance use disorder.
In the August 6 webinar, at 2:00 pm EST, participants will explore the neurobiology of addiction, gaining a practical understanding of how the brain changes during the first 18 months of recovery. Learn why common behaviors in recovery housing are often signs of neurological healing rather than noncompliance and discover evidence-informed strategies to support residents through each stage of recovery.
The Fletcher Group is one of three Rural Centers of Excellence established by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s (FORHP) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
ICYMI: Rural Hospital Financial Performance: Tools for Data-Driven Decision Making
In case you missed it, the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) posted a recording of a useful webinar that took place on Tuesday of this week.
Experts from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the Office for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and from the North Carolina Rural Health Research Center gave an overview of HHS’s Rural Hospital Financial Performance Dashboard, a new tool intended to provide information about the financial and operational characteristics of individual rural hospitals as well as characteristics of the community health around those hospitals.
Podcast: Virtual Roads to Real Recovery
Listen or read the transcript of this episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast focusing on strategies used by the Mercy Virtual Substance Use Recovery Program to build trust and provide patients a seamless bridge into substance use treatment.
This is part 2 in a 3-part series featuring the 2026 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Innovation Tank finalists, with Mercy vSURP’s work winning third place.
Co-Occurring Disorders and Recovery Support Services
Fletcher Group monthly webinars cover a multitude of SUD-related subjects. The Fletcher Group is one of three FORHP-supported Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Prevention.
Webinar to be held Thursday, July 2 at 2:00 pm Eastern.
Exploring Rural Health Podcast: Preventing Death and Supporting Recovery
The Rural Health Information Hub’s Exploring Rural Health podcast is featuring a three-part series of the 2026 Innovation Tank finalists selected from FORHP’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) grantees.
This first episode features first-place winners, Lincoln County Ambulance District Chief Ray Antonacci and Battalion Chief Sarah Czarnecki sharing their RCORP-funded initiative to provide buprenorphine to incarcerated individuals in their county jail.
Get Your Bearings on Small Census Geographies
An hour-long webinar recording from the U.S. Census Bureau discusses small geographies in the decennial census and American Community Survey.
The transcript and presentation slides are included beneath the video player.
ICYMI: Preview FORHP Programs for FY2026
In case you missed it, the Rural Health Information Hub archived the February 17 webinar they hosted. The hour-long session outlined FORHP’s priorities for Fiscal Year 2026, includingplanned funding opportunities and key resources. As we continue our shared efforts to strengthen rural health care delivery and advance evidence-informed approaches, we hope these materials will support your planning efforts for the year ahead.