November 2025 Center for Rural Health Update
FOCUS on Rural Health
Improving Together
Four North Dakota rural hospitals participate in initiative to address behavioral health in their
communities.
News
Changing Lives for Rural Veterans Through Peer
Support
Peer Vision for Mental Health is working to offer support to veterans through a grant provided by the Blue
Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation.
Join the Celebration of Rural on November
20!
The Center for Rural Health (CRH) invites you to show your support for National Rural Health Day on November
20.
O'Neil Named 2025 North Dakota Community
Star
Alan O'Neil, CEO of Unity Medical Center in Grafton, has been named the 2025 North Dakota Community Star.
Job Opportunity: Program
Evaluator
Apply to join CRH as a program evaluator. Application deadline is December 4.
Funding & Other Opportunities
Recruiting for Retention Webinar
Series
3RNET is hosting a six-part webinar series on recruitment in rural areas. The next installment in the series
occurs on December 2. Registration fees are sponsored by CRH for healthcare employers in rural or urban
underserved communities in North Dakota who would like to attend. Past webinar recordings are also available
for registrants.
Deadline to register: December 15
North Dakota
Critical Access Hospital Subcontract Program
Funding is available to support North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and CAH-owned Rural Health
Clinics in identifying potential areas of financial and operational improvement. There will be a technical
assistance meeting on December 18.
Deadline to apply: January 9, 2026
CRH Events
| November 20 |
National Rural Health
Day Celebrate rural communities and those who serve them, increase awareness of rural health-related issues, and promote the efforts of State Offices of Rural Health on National Rural Health Day! |
| November 20 |
Webinar: Using RHIhub to
Support Community Health and Wellbeing Hosted by the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub), this webinar will highlight the resources, data visualizations, and tools available on the RHIhub website to support your work to improve rural community health and well-being. |
| November 26 |
Webinar:
Executive Functioning Deconstructed, Part 4 – Judgment This prerecorded event features a session hosted by the North Dakota Brain Injury Network (NDBIN) on executive functioning. |
| November 26 |
TeleECHO:
Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury School professionals are invited to learn about pediatric brain injuries at this teleECHO clinic. |
| December 3 |
TeleECHO:
Suicide Prevention in Schools – From Early Intervention to Response This pediatric mental health teleECHO will share information on suicide prevention strategies in a school setting. |
| December 4 |
New Qualified Service
Provider (QSP): Next Steps Monthly Meeting This monthly meeting will provide recently approved QSPs an introduction to the QSP handbook as well as resources, links, and advice to support them as a QSP. |
| December 10 |
Webinar:
Executive Functioning Deconstructed, Part 5 – Flexibility In the fifth installment of NDBIN's Executive Functioning webinar series, presenters will discuss flexibility. |
| December 10 |
TeleECHO:
Seeing the Whole Story – Trauma-Informed Care in Schools At this school-based teleECHO, participants will learn about trauma and best practices for mental health in students. |
| December 17 |
TeleECHO:
Identifying Hidden Needs – Trauma-Informed Screening to Guide Treatment and
Referral Nicola Herting, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with children and families impacted by trauma, will present in this teleECHO clinic. |
Publications & Resources
Rural
Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Camps and
Scrubs Academies Report
This project report describes Scrubs Camps, and Scrubs Academies I and II, and shows the impact these
programs have on rural communities.
Medical Students Write About Health Outcomes
The Targeted Rural Health Education (TRHE) project helps resident physicians and health profession students
take a closer look at the health needs of communities in which they are training. The writers promote
positive health outcomes in their rural communities. Here are the two most recent articles: