{"id":6941,"date":"2024-03-06T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/?page_id=6941"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:30:22","slug":"division-of-primary-care-and-rural-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/division-of-primary-care-and-rural-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Primary Care and Rural Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-6941\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-6941-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-6941-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-6941-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6941-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-features panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-features so-widget-sow-features-default-b4c164352452-6941\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><ul\n\tclass=\"sow-features-list\n\tsow-features-responsive\">\n\n\t\t\t<li\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-features-feature sow-icon-container-position-top\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: flex; 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flex-direction: column; width: calc(33.333% - 20px);\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-icon-container sow-container-none\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"color: #e8e8e8; \"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/incentive-programs\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-icon-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/03\/1.png); font-size: 60%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sow-features-feature-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/incentive-programs\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHealth Workforce Incentive Programs\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-features-feature-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Commonwealth of Virginia offers several incentive programs to attract primary health professionals to Virginia's underserved areas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<li\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-features-feature sow-icon-container-position-top\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: flex; 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