Join us Wednesday, June 9 at 11 am EDT for our next Conversation for Action facilitated by Dreama Gentry and featuring two “Rural SIG” Leadership Team members. “Rural SIG” engages practitioners who support rural education and students. Register: bit.ly/2VkoBTP #RuralImpact

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NEW: The Fahe Network was just awarded over $9 million to help underbanked small businesses, entrepreneurs, & families across #Appalachia recover from the pandemic! As Mark Warner noted of CDFIs, "This is an industry & cause whose time has come." bit.ly/35nDUQ7 (1/2)

This The White House announcement is a much-needed first step to help underserved communities reopen small businesses, recruit new employers & develop new start-ups to rebuild prosperity & connect families with economic opportunities they need to realize their American Dream (2/2)

ICYMI: USDA unveiled a new grant program - Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) to help rural communities create good-paying jobs and support new business opportunities.

For counties like McDowell, WV suffering sharp population drops, rebuilding prosperity requires a multifaceted approach to retain young talent & comprehensively uplift the economy via workforce investments. That's where Fahe-supported initiatives like ReconnectingMcDowell come in (1/2)

ReconnectingMcDowell Concentrated area poverty meant many teachers didn't qualify for federal housing aid. So Fahe joined with AFT & @SchoolsMcdowell to overcome this "double disadvantage" by helping plan a multi-unit teacher village to attract top classroom talent bit.ly/3gGaXV0 (2/2)

Local leaders steeped in on-the-ground expertise & firsthand knowledge of communities, people & traditions are the foundation of our Network's mission to build the American Dream. Congrats to Bryan Phipps & People Incorporated of Virginia on this exciting announcement bit.ly/3h0WTGX

New technology can detect up to 50 cancers. Congress can make it available to everyone on Medicare. As someone who lost two brothers to cancer, it's time to kiss cancer goodbye. Joe Manchin wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_…

Tragic new figures underscore the pandemic's terrible public health toll as isolation & despair drove addiction fatalities to record levels. Investing in treatment centers, therapies, & recovery programs will be essential for healing & rebuilding communities across #Appalachia.

In areas with high rates of chronic illness, rural hospital closures not only displace local workers & economies, but also worsen medical outcomes. Fahe Members like Open Door Community are joining with Ballad Health to improve the determinants of public health. on.natgeo.com/3z1oTA8

Big news for VA—an ambitious investment aims to accelerate #RuralBroadband & close the digital divide by 2024. Helping every family access the opportunities of a modern economy & benefit from essential services like #telehealth promises to build prosperity for all our communities

Historic investments in America’s physical infrastructure will spur employment, lay the groundwork to reach our climate goals, and modernize our infrastructure networks for the 21st century. Bipartisan Policy Center bipartisanpolicy.org/press-release/…

Additionally, thank you to David B. McKinley Carol Miller Shelley Moore Capito for cosponsoring the Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. It is wonderful to see WV working together to save more lives from cancer.

Thank you Mitch McConnell for listening to ACS CAN Kentucky volunteers speak about making #cancer a priority for Congress. We appreciate your office’s hospitality! #CancerLobbyDay

Thank you David B. McKinley and staff for meeting with WV ACS CAN on #CancerLobbyDay we appreciate the support on making #cancer a priority in Congress.

Tell congress to prioritize saving lives! Take action: bit.ly/3tyadYH

A coalition of health care organizations is again calling on West Virginia leaders to increase state funding for tobacco prevention, reports Lori Kersey. buff.ly/3W7FSOw

WV Legislature interim meetings for 2024 are the books. We appreciate lawmakers making time to discuss our priority initiatives to help end cancer as we know it for everyone in West Virginia! Among them are Mike Stuart & Delgate Rick Hillenbrand. Katie Rose Garden Hallie Mason