Rural Health Capital Resources Master Class

The NOSORH Rural Health Capital Resources Initiative presents a Master Class designed for busy professionals who want to learn more about accessing and utilizing capital from federal, state, and private sources for rural health development projects. Participants will gain key insights on how to apply successful funding and partnership strategies to their own work. This four-course series will include instruction from national experts in community development finance, federal program funding, healthcare partnerships, and rural philanthropy. Sessions will also provide structured opportunities for peer learning and networking.
Structure
The live, four-course Master Class ran from April 26 thru June 14, 2023. Recordings of all live sessions are available below.
Objectives
- Understand the collection of capital resources available to support rural health needs for infrastructure and social determinants of health.
- Think critically about the use of partnerships and collaboration to develop fundable projects, stack capital, and achieve successful project outcomes.
- Apply key learnings from this training to further individual project work and organizational objectives.
Sessions
Select from the options below to view the recordings:
+ Rural Health Capital Resources 101
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
2:30 to 4:00 pm ET |
About the session:
In this introductory session, participants will unwrap the basics of federal, state, and private sources of capital for rural health and prosperity and learn how capital resources are used in rural settings to achieve community health improvement goals. This webinar is open to all interested rural health stakeholders.
Recording:
View this session’s recording here.
Speakers:
Brian Haapala |
Terri Billups |
Christy Davis |
+ Building Partnerships and Cross-Sector Approaches to Advance Rural Health
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 |
2:30 to 4:30 pm ET |
About the session:
Participants will learn how to develop effective partnerships with guidance from Building Healthy Places Network’s A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investment. Participants will also explore how West Virginia is successfully linking Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) capital to rural health. Working together, presenters will show how innovative partnerships can impact rural health financing needs and development project goals.
Recording:
View this session’s recording here.
Speakers:
Colleen Flynn |
Ashley Hernandez |
Sharon Lansdale |
Robert Dearing |
+ Working with CDFIs to Meet Rural Health Infrastructure Needs
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 |
2:30 to 4:00 pm ET |
About the session:
Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) play an important role in filling the capital stack and providing the technical assistance needed to develop housing, healthy food retail, clinical care, and broadband in rural communities. Participants will learn about the capital resources that CDFIs offer, and how they can work in partnership with CDFIs to achieve local development project goals.
Recording:
View this session’s recording here.
Speakers:
Robin Davey Wolff |
Caitlin Cain |
+ Philanthropy, Rural Prosperity, and Population Health - Connecting Community Needs to Capital Resources
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 |
1:00 to 2:30 pm ET
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About the session:
Participants will learn about the role health systems play as anchor institutions and how they can apply financial resources, in partnership with other organizations, to address long-term community health needs. Participants will also explore the role of philanthropy to meet rural health capital resource needs. In closing, we will revisit the core principles of partnership building and braid together our knowledge about capital resources and rural health.
Recording:
View this session’s recording here.
Speakers:
David Zuckerman |
Allen Smart |
Colleen Flynn |