Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program - Applicant Organization Information SDAHO Healthcare Research Education and Trust 3708 W Brooks Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57106-4207 Hospital Association SDAHO.org Designated Project Director Information Project Director: Michele Snyders, Hospice and Palliative Care Program Manager 605-789-7538 Michele.snyders@sdaho.org Project Track Regular Network Planning Grant Track Network Planning Grant Project: South Dakota Coalition for the Advancement of Serious Illness Care -SD CASIC Legislative Aim (i) Achieve efficiencies (ii) Expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services and associated health outcomes (iii) Strengthen rural healthcare system by identifying ways to encourage cross-organizational collaboration and leadership commitment Focus Area SDAHO Healthcare Research and Trust focus area is: Assessing the readiness for a statewide coalition that will coordinate palliative care and hospice activities and training across the state. Proposed Service Region State: South Dakota Counties: Yankton, Dewey, Walworth, Lawrence, Hughes, Brookings, Clay, Minnehaha Cities: Yankton, Gayville, Volin, Mission Hill, Lesterville, Utica, Eagle Butte, Green Grass, Isabel, La Plant, Lantry, North Eagle Butte, Timberlake, Whitehorse, Mobridge, Selby, Bowdle, Hoven, Spearfish, Lead/Deadwood, Sturgis, Pierre, Blunt, Harrold, Brokings, Volga, Aurora, Elkton, White, Bruce, Sinai, Bushnell, Vermillion, Wakanda, Meckling, Burbank, Sioux Falls, Garretson, Dell Rapids, Colton, Baltic, Brandon, Hartford, Valley Springs, Humboldt, Crooks, Sherman, Lyons, Corson. Population to be Served Individuals with serious illness in need of hospice and palliative care; health care providers and facilities; non-health care agencies serving those with serious illness Underserved populations included: Native American/Alaskan Native; Elderly; Impoverished; Disabled; Rural; Chronically Ill; Network Members 1. SDAHO Healthcare Research Education and Trust-Hospital Association 2. Avera Sacred Heart: Hospital 3. Medicine Wheel Village: Long-term care facility 4. Mobridge Regional Hospital & Clinics: Critical Access Hospital 5. Monument Home Plus Home Care and Hospice- Hospice Agency 6. Sanford USD Medical Center, Hospital 7. South Dakota Department of Health: State agency 8. South Dakota State University College of Nursing: Educational Institution 9. University of South Dakota School of Health Sciences: Educational Institution At least sixty-six percent of network members of the proposed project are in a HRSA-designated rural area as defined by the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer. Each network member is ready to fully engage in the planning process as evidenced by their letters of commitment. Experience in Serving Rural Underserved Populations Network members have participated in Rural Health Care Inc, Confronting Racism While Achieving Health Equity, providing direct care in rural Tribal facilities, educating primary care providers in critical access hospitals Funding Preference The applicant is applying for Funding Preference under Qualification 1: Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). Specifically, each network member meets the Mental Health HPSA criteria.
