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To provide capacity-building support for multi-sector partnerships and create community conditions for improved health and economic vitality with direct partnership from the Center for Rural Health Development, Inc.

To expand the Community Ambassador Project and develop a manual to to share the model of rural community engagement (over two years)

For the Appalachian Vision Outreach Program (AVOP) to address vision care to patients that are financially or geographically isolated

To provide strategic support for implementation and expansion of Wild, Wonderful, and Healthy West Virginia (over three years)

To provide a collaborative course for health care professionals on the application of evidence-based pharmacological and counseling interventions for effective tobacco abstinence

To support the development and implementation of a state-wide cross-sector coalition addressing substance use, to improve the lives of families and their communities

To align health care organizations and build capacity to capture funding that will advance quality care and improve health outcomes in West Virginia

For advancing both the West Virginia State Oral Health Plan and Coalition Workplan to address oral health disparities

To work with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families, in implementing a relative/kinship practice model to set performance expectations

To provide information and coordination on critical healthcare issues for consumers and organizations, including health care providers, payers, education and faith communities, policymakers, and advocates