{"id":15685,"date":"2025-09-23T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=15685"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:45:58","slug":"cumberland-plateau-health-district-receives-grants-to-support-rural-health-care-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2025-regional-news-releases\/cumberland-plateau-health-district-receives-grants-to-support-rural-health-care-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumberland Plateau Health District Receives Grants to Support Rural Health Care Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Media Contact:<\/strong> Victoria Bartfai, victoria.bartfai@vdh.virginia.gov<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cumberland Plateau Health District Receives Grants to Support Rural Health Care Services<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>$2.2 Million Awarded to Benefit Southwest Virginia Mothers and Infants<\/em><\/p>\n<p>TAZEWELL, Va.<strong> \u2013 <\/strong>The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA), serving as the backbone organization for the Cumberland Plateau Perinatal Health Network (CPPHN), has been awarded two major grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to strengthen maternal and infant health services across Southwest Virginia. The following grants were awarded to the Virginia Rural Health Association to support the expanding efforts of the Cumberland Plateau Perinatal Health Network:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program \u2013 $300,000 per year for four years, awarded specifically to the Cumberland Plateau Health District (Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell counties). This funding will support expanded prenatal and postpartum care, workforce investments, and innovative outreach programs designed to improve access and outcomes for mothers and babies in rural communities.<\/li>\n<li>Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) \u2013 $1,000,000 for the first award year (renewable for up to four years), awarded to serve the broader Southwest Virginia region, including the Cumberland Plateau and LENOWISCO Health Districts. The Network will coordinate this effort to expand perinatal services, train and deploy community health workers and doulas, integrate telehealth systems, and strengthen coordination among healthcare providers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt is such an honor to be selected as an RMOMS grantee,\u201d said Beth O\u2019Connor, Executive Director of the Virginia Rural Health Association. \u201cOur tiniest Virginians deserve to have every opportunity for a healthy life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to have received these two grants that will provide mothers and children with the vital resources needed to benefit their overall health and well-being.\u201d said Victoria Bartfai, Maternal and Child Health Coordinator for the Cumberland Plateau Health District.<\/p>\n<p>Both awards will be used to address the on-going health disparities throughout the region, including high rates of substance use during pregnancy, geographic isolation, and limited access to maternity care. Through these investments, the Cumberland Plateau Perinatal Health Network will help fill existing gaps, strengthen partnerships, and lay the foundation for long-term improvements in maternal and perinatal health.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement reflects the collaborative efforts of the Cumberland Plateau Title V team, Virginia Department of Health\u2019s Central Office Title V team, the Institute for Public Health Innovation, and VRHA.<\/p>\n<p>To view the data on maternal and child health outcomes, visit the Virginia maternal and child health overview dashboard at <a href=\"https:\/\/dashboards.mysidewalk.com\/vdh-mch-dashboard\/impact-of-maternal-and-child-health\">https:\/\/dashboards.mysidewalk.com\/vdh-mch-dashboard\/impact-of-maternal-and-child-health<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 22, 2025 Media Contact: Victoria Bartfai, victoria.bartfai@vdh.virginia.gov Cumberland Plateau Health District Receives Grants to Support Rural Health Care Services $2.2 Million Awarded to Benefit Southwest Virginia Mothers and Infants TAZEWELL, Va. \u2013 The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA), serving as the backbone organization for the Cumberland Plateau Perinatal Health Network (CPPHN), has been awarded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":518,"featured_media":0,"parent":12292,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1238,576,1230,96,1229,1237,22,693,1232,1231,1234,161,1240,1233,1239,1236,1226,1235,369,1227,1228],"class_list":["post-15685","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-awards","tag-community-health-workers","tag-cpphn","tag-cumberland-plateau-health-district","tag-cumberland-plateau-perinatal-health-network","tag-doulas","tag-grant","tag-health-disparities","tag-health-resources-and-services-administration","tag-hrsa","tag-hrsa-rural-health-care-services-outreach-program","tag-lenowisco-health-district","tag-maternal-and-child-health-outcomes","tag-maternal-and-infant-health-services","tag-perinatal-health","tag-rmoms","tag-rural-health-care","tag-rural-maternity-and-obstetrics-management-strategies","tag-southwest-virginia","tag-virginia-rural-health-association","tag-vrha"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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