Home health care co-ops get $1 million USDA boost
Rural Cooperatives, July-August, 2004 by Dan Campbell
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced the selection of nine recipients to receive a total of $1 million in rural development community development initiative grant funds to support the establishment and operation of home health care cooperatives. "The development of rural home-based health care cooperatives provides a cost-effective means of providing elderly and low-income families an alternative to health care services available to them," says Veneman. "Through partnerships, the Bush administration is working to improve the quality of life for rural residents."
Pre-development grants will assist qualified public bodies or nonprofit community development organizations in providing outreach to home-based health care providers, assessing local-level human service provider needs and other activities leading to the organization and implementation of successful home-based health care cooperatives. Revolving fund grants are made to qualified, nonprofit community development organizations or public bodies to provide start-up and operating funds and technical assistance to the newly created, home-based health care cooperatives. Recipients are required to obtain matching funds, doubling the value of the USDA grants. Eligible applicants must be located in rural areas with populations of 50,000 or less. Funding of selected applicants will be contingent upon meeting the conditions of the grant agreement.
For more information, including a list of all grant recipients, visit: http://www.usda.gov/Newsroom/0196.04.html.>
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