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Welcome

The Connecticut Office of Rural Health (CT-ORH) serves:

As a clearinghouse to assist in the coordination of resources and activities that promote rural health on a regional or statewide basis
To provide technical assistance to rural health providers and organizations
To enhance recruitment and retention efforts for rural healthcare providers
To promote state, local, regional and federal partnerships

The CT-ORH is funded by a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration through the Office of Rural Health Policy.

Please visit About Us to learn more about the CT-ORH.

What's New:

Request For Proposal
Connecticut Office of Rural Health
12-2014 CT Rural Health Data Assessment

CT Office of Rural Health Request for Proposal/Bid Face Page 2014-15

RRA Initiative
The RRA Initiative has launched its official website. You will be able to access all of the resources that have been created over the past two years pertaining to recruitment and retention efforts of critical health care providers in CT. (http://www.rrainitiative.org/)

2015 NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle is Now Open!

Announcements:

Rural Health Network Planning Program
The 2014 NHSC Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle is
Now Open!
ORHP Funding Opportunity Announcement: Rural Health Network Planning Grant Program (HRSA-14-043)
Aetna's National and Regional Grants
CT Rural Hospital Quality Improvement Grant Recipients Announced
NAEMT Scholarship Program Information

National Resources:

The Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center provides information about asbestos exposure and mesothelioma cancer

CT-ORH Reports Available:

CT-ORH Annual Report 2014 (PDF 741 kb)
Telehealth in Connecticut: Perspectives from Home Health Care Providers (PDF 281 kb)
Telehealth in Connecticut (PDF 541 kb)
CT-ORH Annual Report 2013 (PDF 771kb)

CT-ORH Annual Report 2012 (PDF 210kb)
CT-ORH Annual Report - 2011 (PDF 850kb)
CT 2010 Rural Health Annual Report
CT Rural Health Report, "Rural Community Health in Connecticut: Challenges and Opportunities June 2006."
The Connecticut Rural Health Plan Overview 2001 (PDF/1.2MG).

For more information, please Contact Us.

Celebrating the power of rural health

CT-ORH, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Park Place East, Winsted, CT 06098-1798
Phone: (860) 738-6378 | Fax: (860) 738-6443
Heather Cappabianca, Director

This website is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of
Human Services (HHS) under grant H95RH00151, State Offices of Rural Health $172,950.

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