Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program - SD BAND Abstract Applicant Organization Information ? University of South Dakota, 414 E Clark St. Vermillion SD 57069 ? Public Institute of Higher Education ? Website: usd.edu Designated Project Director Information Ryan Groeneweg, Clinical & Behavior Svcs Mngr, (605) 357-1439, Ryan.Groeneweg@usd.edu Network Planning Project South Dakota Behavioral Analyst Network Development (BAND) Legislative Aims Aim #1: Achieve efficiencies Aim #2: Expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of basic health care services Aim #3: Strengthen the rural health care system Focus Area University of South Dakota’s focus area is access to behavioral analyst services. Proposed Service Region This project will impact all rural counties in South Dakota. List of counties include: Aurora Beadle Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Brown Brule Buffalo Butte Campbell Charles Mix Clark Clay Codington Corson Custer Davison Day Deuel Dewey Douglas Edmunds Fall River Faulk Grant Gregory Haakon Hamlin Hand Hanson Harding Hughes Hutchinson Hyde Jackson Jerauld Jones Kingsbury Lake Lawrence Lyman McCook* Marshall McPherson Mellette Miner Moody Oglala Lakota Perkins Potter Roberts Sanborn Spink Stanley Sully Todd Tripp Turner* Walworth Yankton Ziebach *McCook: This county is eligible even though it is designated as a Metropolitan County under an exception for outlying counties that do not have any urbanized area population. *Turner: This county is eligible even though it is designated as a Metropolitan County, all census tracts in the county qualify as rural. It also qualifies under an exception for outlying counties that do not have any urbanized area population. Population to be Served The populations to be served will be rural South Dakotans. This population has experienced significant disparities in access to rural services general and specifically have had difficulty access behavioral analysts services due to concentration of analysts in urban areas. Network Members Network Partners and their organization type are listed below (Bold indicates rural location). Over two-thirds of the network are located in a rural area. All partners have indicated their readiness to integrate functions and share clinical and/or administrative resources. ? University of South Dakota, Flagship University Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas, Primary Care Association ? South Dakota Department of Health Office of Rural Health, State Health Department ? South Dakota Department of Social Services Division of Behavioral Health, State Mental Health Department Experience in Serving Rural Underserved Populations The mission of the SHS is to “develop exceptional practitioners, leaders, and scholars who advocate for and improve the well-being of all people, particularly those in rural and underserved communities. We have done multiple projects included prior FORPH grants dedicated to increasing access to services in rural areas. We have also previously collaborated with all network partners on projects related to rural nursing workforce development and expanding access to behavioral health services. Funding Opportunity Notification Grants.gov Funding Preference USD is requesting a funding preference under Qualification 1: Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
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