Initiatives

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and ARHP looks to shape the rural health landscape through a new focus on health equity and diversity.

In 2023, the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership became an approved Community Health Worker (CHW) training site for the state of Arkansas...

In early 2022, ARHP member healthcare administrators discussed the pressing need for qualified staff to fill vacancies in medical billing...

In early 2020, the need for a locally grown health workforce became more apparent than ever before. Rural residents with a knowledge of...

Young students throughout the 23-county ARHP South Arkansas service area (predominantly Delta) face a host of challenges. Lack of...

Almost five years before the COVID-19 pandemic brought mental health to the national spotlight, the rumblings of growing concern could be...

In 2017, the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP) and its members were alarmed by quickly rising rates of illicit drug use and...

Due to a general lack of knowledge in the community about how to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use concerns, ARHP...

The AmeriCorps Program is a national service movement that mobilizes over 200,000 members and volunteers across 35,000 locations each...

Arkansas Delta residents: What if you could be trained to serve in the front lines of rural healthcare? Now You Can! Every day, patients...

With every passing day, the number of seniors is growing as individuals are living longer and more Baby Boomers reach 65 years and above....

Rural health systems play a critical (and often unseen) role as anchors in small communities throughout the nation. Many times, rural...

In July 2024, the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP) will launch the Arkansas Rural Health Academy (ARHA). The innovative, mobile...

In 2022, stories of isolated seniors with little to no access to transportation or healthy food began to reach the ears of Arkansas Rural...