Boone County Health Department Archive

To provide healthcare to Boone County’s most vulnerable citizens by providing outreach via a mobile clinical unit and partnering with other healthcare entities in the county

For the Forest Carbon Management in Central Appalachia conference which aims to bring together researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, landowners, and stakeholders to address the challenges and opportunities related to the forest carbon market

To develop a robust and well-resourced network of K-12 youth-serving practitioners to increase access to entrepreneurial opportunities for youth (over two years)

For support to the agroforestry economy to assist in the diversification of non-timber forest products and the general increase in the utilization of emerging methodologies in production processes

To support an Appalachian Regional Commission ARISE grant application to develop a tri-state regional green building supply chain

To study the feasibility of developing a rail trail along an inactive rail line owned by Norfolk Southern that stretches from Kenova, West Virginia to Beech Fork State Park

To reduce illness, disability, and death related to tobacco use by educating and equipping community leaders and health providers with tobacco cessation skills and working with managed care organizations to increase billable services

To increase consumption of fruits and vegetables among limited-resource youth by reducing food deserts and increasing nutrition education

To support the Constructing Jobs in West Virginia Coal Country project which is a collaboration between Mountwest Community and Technical College and Hope Nation to create a construction degree that leads to new jobs in coal-impacted counties (/3 yrs)

To increase business and community member access to an Environmental, Social and Governance micro-credential program to drive economic development and Justice40 initiatives within the Central Appalachian Region