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Success Stories

A mother and three daughters pose around a dining room table. There are lace curtains and blue wall in the background and some dishes on the table in the foreground.

“This is Home” – A Family Finds Their Forever Home in Calais, Maine

One of the first rooms Heather Gagne and her daughters began redecorating in their new home is the dining room, shown in the top photo. They have been busy repainting and making other updates. Raising a family in coastal Machias, Maine may sound lovely, but for Heather Gagne recent years proved stressful. There were few housing options in the Downeast community, and Heather was glad to find a rental home to…
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Lab Technician at Exceptional Hospital Bullhead City Looks Into Microscope.

Putting the Exceptional in Exceptional Healthcare

Exceptional Community Hospital in Bullhead City first opened its doors in November 2023 Exceptional Healthcare is growing in service of rural Arizona. The community hospital provider has recently added facilities in Prescott Valley and… [Read More]
Arizona
First RespondersHealth Care
Staff member shows new facility

Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations at the Laona Rescue Unit in Northern Wisconsin

Emergency services in the rural Laona area are enhanced and streamlined through a Community Facilities project funded in part with a $2,093,000.00 grantAn inspirational sign* at the new Laona Rescue Unit facility reads: “Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations.” That is… [Read More]
Wisconsin
Health Care
Three men and three women pose in front of a CT machine at CA Dean hospital.

“The People” Make It Special: Grant Helps Maine’s Smallest Hospital Provide Emergency Services and Life-Saving Care to Rural Northern Communities

For more than a hundred years, a small hospital has operated in Greenville, Maine, making essential health services available in one of the most rural parts of the state—the region surrounding Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County.Heavily forested Piscataquis County is Maine’s… [Read More]
Maine
Health Care
DeSoto Regional Health groundbreaking ceremony.

DeSoto Regional Health Breaks Grounds on $50 Million Expansion with $32 million USDA Loan, Enhancing Emergency and Urgent Care for Rural Louisiana

With a $32 million Community Facilities direct loan commitment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, DeSoto Regional Health, a 70-year-old hospital in Mansfield, LA, broke ground on renovations and expansions to add a 16-bed medical/surgical unit, a 9-bed… [Read More]
Louisiana
Community FacilitiesHealth Care
Photo of nurse using a nuclear medicine camera

Better Local Healthcare for Florida’s Rural Panhandle with USDA

Just north of Interstate 10, and ninety minutes away from Pensacola to the west and Tallahassee to the east you’ll find Bonifay, Florida. This small community of 2,700 is the county seat for Holmes County, and like many other rural communities of its size, the people here are… [Read More]
Florida and Virgin Islands
Health Care

Hardeman County Community Health Center Ribbon Cutting

On Friday, August 2, 2024; Hardeman County Community Health Center opened the doors of their new Women and Children’s Clinic in Bolivar, Tennessee. The clinic hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for a brand-new facility more than 5,000 square feet. Hardeman County Community Health… [Read More]
Tennessee
Health Care
Sandy Bryant speaking at the Smyth Campus groundbreaking

Bridging the Care Gaps to Foster Wellness and Recovery in Rural Virginia

The story of Mount Rogers Community Services (MRCS) extends far beyond a single person or family. The ever-expanding narrative is more like a patchwork quilt of caring that covers six jurisdictions in Southwest Virginia. Each story is personal because Chief Executive Officer… [Read More]
Virginia
Health Care
Ohio state director presents certificate to Jefferson Local School District Superintendent.

Connectivity Key to Well-Being and Prosperity in Rural Community

On a tranquil spring evening in Ohio’s northeastern Ashtabula County, community members filed into the Jefferson High School library for its monthly board of education meeting. The evening was a celebration as the board recognized “Students of the Month,” athletes who… [Read More]
Ohio
EducationHealth CareMental Health
USDA invested $2.6 million in loans and grants to construct a long-term support care facility for GHA Autism Supports.

Rural Development is Partnering with GHA Autism Supports

USDA Rural Development is making one their most dynamic and impactful investments with their partnership with GHA Autism Supports Morrow Valley Farmstead. The investment of $2.6 million into the home for aging individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental… [Read More]
North Carolina
Health Care
Two patients exercise in the telehealth cardio rehab room at Benson Hospital.

Health Care Closer to Home – It’s Good for the Heart

In Arizona, Benson Hospital’s telehealth services cut a 100-mile round trip to metropolitan Tucson, allowing residents to focus on what matters most – their health. Before the pandemic, telehealth was nearly nonexistent in Graham and Cochise County, forcing rural Arizonans in… [Read More]
Arizona
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