USDA-Rural Development.

AuthorSlaten, Russ
PositionInside Alaska Business

Six rural Alaska recipients have been awarded a total of $2,338,241 in grants through USDA-Rural Development's Distance Learning and Telemedicine program. The North Slope Borough received a $420,027 grant to purchase video equipment to link six village clinics, four end-user sites, and the Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital in Barrow. The Yukon Koyukuk School District received a $496,701 grant to purchase video conferencing equipment for nine schools in the Interior. Eastern Aleutian Tribes, Inc. received a $279,106 grant to build an interactive tele-psychiatry network that delivers mental and behavioral health services to six schools and one children's home. Bering Strait School District...

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