McDowell County Commission on Aging Archive

To coordinate and expand community-based interventions that prevent tobacco/vaping and nicotine product use, promote cessation, and reduce exposure to secondhand smoke

To protect and preserve Medicaid while connecting West Virginia children and families to quality and affordable healthcare

For the CARES Learning Launchpad initiative to create the nation’s first autism support apprenticeship program to grow West Virginia’s workforce, improve therapy quality, and build a scalable, replicable model

To expand an evidence-based model to address West Virginia’s youth mental health crisis by scaling therapy, groups, mentoring, wraparound services, and operations to bring hope to more youth (project over two years)

For startup funding to support an early intervention speech-language pathologist to reduce wait lists, support underserved children, and contribute to sustainable clinic growth and development

To build clinic sustainability and capacity by hiring a medical biller/coder to maximize Medicaid reimbursements, equipping a multiuse group therapy room, and supporting counselor retention to expand care

To support workforce recruitment and retention challenges for rural health organizations in West Virginia, the development of a state-wide rural health conference, and to provide technical assistance for Rural Health Clinics

To offer the West Virginia University Tobacco Treatment Training Program for providers to earn credentials in evidence-based pharmacological and counseling interventions to assist clients in tobacco abstinence (project over two years)

For the Kanawha Valley Council on Philanthropy to support projects in health, quality of life, and community economic development on Charleston’s West Side

For the Bridging the Data Gap Project, which will provide access to the Collaborate Case Tracking Database system for all 21 West Virginia Child Advocacy Centers