Project Title: The Bootheel Community Paramedicine Project Applicant Organization: Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation, 99 Skyview Rd., Portageville, MO, 63873, https://daeoc.com Applicant Organization Type: Community Action Agency, Non-profit 501(c)(3) Project Director: Annette Nicole Murphy, Adult Education Coordinator, (Telephone) 573-379-3851, (Fax) 573-379-5988, (Email) amurphy@daeoc.com Proposed Workforce Training Track: Track #4-Community Para-Medicine Target Service Areas: Missouri Counties of Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, and Stoddard Proposed Network Partners: Missouri Delta Medical Center, New Madrid County Ambulance District, Workforce Development Board of SE Missouri, Paradigm Senior Management Total Funding Amount Requested: $1,545,000 Capacity to Serve Rural Underserved Populations: The Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation (DAEOC) has a long history of providing support and services to those living in poverty in the rural southern-most counties of Missouri. The counties that make up the proposed service, with some of the state’s highest poverty rates, are among the state’s most needy in terms of family and economic security, education, food and nutrition, and health. DAEOC provides programs and services that are both individualized and holistic, designed to empower people to make positive change in their community, family, and personal lives in order to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency. DAEOC is the grantee for the area Head Start and Early Head Start programs, operates an Adult Education and Job Training Center funded by the Delta Regional Authority, U.S. Department of Labor, and administers Low-Income Home Energy Assistance grants and the Weatherization Assistance Program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The agency is engaged in family and individual case management, targeted family and individual coaching, operates a homeless shelter, and provides family support services, crisis
intervention, and HUD permanent and temporary housing assistance. Partnerships with social service, employment/job training, health care, and education sectors offer perspective and guidance on the needs of the entire region. DAEOC proposes to design and implement a community paramedicine model that expands health care capacity and eases health care worker shortages in this rural, high poverty region of Missouri. The Bootheel Community Paramedicine Project will offer job training that expands existing EMT and CNA trainings to include community paramedicine principles, develop a Community Paramedicine Specialist training course for existing emergency medical services workers and other health care professionals, and design and implement a model program that integrates community paramedicine principles in two communities. DAEOC will produce and distribute a how-to community paramedicine guide based on the agency’s experiences. The resulting job trainings and community model will be tailored to the needs of the region and they will succeed through the combined efforts of those that have a stake in maintaining the health and well-being of the residents and by expanding the roles of newly trained workers to provide health services where access to physicians, clinics and/or hospitals is difficult or may not exist. The Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp. is requesting a funding preference based on Qualification #1. All 6 counties in the proposed service area are in a designated HPSAs and 5 of them are in an MUC/MUP. The Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp. is requesting special consideration based on the inclusion of a signed MOU from all network partners, included in Attachment 11.